Game of the week August 30, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "1985 US Open"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Sturart Rachels"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2445"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1985.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O (7. Nd5 $5 Nge7 8. Bg5 (8. Nec3 O-O 9. h4 h5 $11 {Spassky-Kiril Georgiev, Dubai 1986}) 8... h6 (8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qd8 $11) 9. Bf6 Bxf6 (9... O-O $11 { Spassky-Christiansen, Linares 1985}) 10. Nxf6+ Kf8 11. f4 Kg7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Be6 $11 {Emma-Panno, Mar del Plata 1958}) 7... Nge7 8. f4 exf4 $6 (8... O-O 9. a4 Bg4 $11) 9. Bxf4 O-O (9... Ne5 $5) 10. Qd2 Be6 (10... Bg4 $5) 11. Bh6 Qd7 $6 (11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qb6 13. b3 $14) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nf4 Rab8 14. Rae1 ( 14. Rf2 $1 b5 15. Nd1 a5 16. Ne3 $16) 14... b5 15. Ncd5 (15. a3 $1 $14) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Bh3 (17. h3 $5 Z0 $140 18. g4) 17... Qb7 (17... Qd8 $5) 18. c3 (18. g4 $5) 18... a5 $6 (18... Ng8 19. b3 c4 $1 $11) 19. b3 b4 $6 (19... Ng8 20. d4 $14) 20. c4 Qa7 $6 (20... Rbe8 21. d4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Kg8 23. c5 Qa7 24. Re4 $16) 21. Qb2 Qc7 22. d4 $18 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Kg8 (23... Rbe8 24. c5 $18 { puts up more resistance}) 24. c5 f6 $2 (24... Qa7 {also puts up more resistance in a lost cause}) 25. Ne6 dxc5 (25... Qa7) 26. Qd2 (26. Qh4 { is even stronger}) 26... Qd6 $2 ({According to Stockfish} 26... Qd7 {is three (irrelevant) pawn equivalances better}) 27. Qh6 Rf7 28. Rxf6 $1 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxe1 $2 (30... Qe7 {is the move if Black wants to prolong his suffering but he obviously doesn't}) 31. Rxf7 (31. Rxg6+ $1 {checkmates quickly, e.g.,} Kh8 (31... hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qxf7) 32. Rg7) 31... Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf6 33. Qxg6+ Ke5 34. Be4 1-0 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: 51