Game of the week August 23, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "1997 Chicago Open"] [White "Lev Psakhis"] [Black "Walter Browne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A25"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1997.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Rb1 a5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Nge2 d6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. b3 (11. Bd2 c6 $11) 11... g5 $5 (11... c6 $11) 12. f4 h6 (12... gxf4 $1 13. exf4 c6 $11) 13. h3 (13. Na4 Rb8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b6 $11) 13... Ng6 (13... c6 $11) 14. Qd2 c6 15. d4 e4 16. d5 c5 (16... gxf4 17. exf4 h5 $5 $11) 17. b4 (17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Nec3 gxf4 19. exf4 Bd7 $11) 17... axb4 18. axb4 b6 (18... gxf4 19. exf4 b6 $11) 19. Qc2 (19. Bb2 Qe7 $11) 19... gxf4 20. exf4 $6 (20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Kh7 $11) 20... h5 $1 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. h4 $2 (22. Rb3 Ra1 23. Nd1 h4 $15) 22... Ng4 {"Thank you for this nice square for my knight."} 23. Bh3 Nxh4 $1 24. Bxg4 (24. gxh4 Rf6 $5 (24... Qxh4 25. Bxg4 fxg4 {transposes to game}) 25. Kg2 Rg6 26. Ng3 Qxh4 $17) 24... fxg4 25. gxh4 Qxh4 26. Rf2 $2 (26. Nxe4 Bf5 27. Rb7 Bh8 $1 $19 {is the best defense}) 26... Bf5 $2 (26... e3 $1 27. Bxe3 Bf5 $19) 27. Be3 $2 (27. Qd1 e3 28. Rh2 Qe7 $19) 27... Qh3 28. Qd2 g3 29. Rg2 $2 (29. Nxg3 {is irrelevantly better, e.g.,} Qxg3+ 30. Rg2 Qh4 31. Re1 (31. Rg5 Kh8 32. Nb5 Bg4 33. Qh2 Qxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 Re2 36. Bc1 Bf6 $19) 31... Ra3 32. Nb5 Rd3 $19) 29... h4 30. Qe1 $2 { Another irrelevant error} (30. Nxg3 hxg3 31. Qe1 Rf6 $19) 30... Bg4 31. Qf1 Bf3 32. Rd1 $6 ({Stockfish says} 32. Bf2 {is better but who cares?}) 32... Ra3 33. Bd2 Rb8 (33... Qg4 {is even more gruesome for White}) 34. Rc1 Rbb3 35. Rc2 Ra1 36. Bc1 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxe2 38. Qe1 Bxc3 39. Qxc3 Bf3 0-1 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Views: 37