Game of the week October 4, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "Windy City Invitational"] [Site "Chicago 1985"] [Round "?"] [White "Lawrence Day"] [Black "Raymond Keene"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1985.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "3"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 {The usual move} ({but Stockfish prefers} 3... Nf6 {e.g.,} 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. c3 c5 $11) 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 (5... e6 {is better, e.g.,} 6. Be2 d4 7. Nb1 Nf6 $11) 6. b3 (6. Be2 e5 7. d3 Bb4 $11) 6... e6 7. Bb2 (7. e5 $5) 7... Nbd7 8. exd5 $146 (8. g4 $5 { Kitti-Labeckas, Panevezys 2012} dxe4 $11) 8... cxd5 9. Qg3 $6 (9. g4 Qa5 10. g5 Ne5 11. Qg3 Nfd7 $11) 9... a6 (9... Rc8 $5) 10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 $5) 10... Rc8 11. d4 $2 (11. Kb1 h5 $15) 11... Qa5 (11... Rc6 $5) 12. Kb1 Ba3 (12... Bb4 $17 {is even stronger}) 13. Ba1 $2 (13. Bxa3 Qxa3 $17) 13... Bb4 14. Rd3 $6 (14. Ne2 Ne4 $19 {is somewhat better}) 14... O-O (14... Rxc3 $1 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rc8+ Ke7 18. Qc7 Qe1+ 19. Kb2 Rxc8 20. Qxc8 Qxf2 $19) 15. Qe3 Rc6 16. Nd1 $6 (16. Ne2 Rxc2 $1 (16... Ne4 $19 {is almost as good}) 17. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 18. Bb2 Rc8+ 19. Rc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Ne4 21. Bc4 Nxc3 22. Ra1 Nd1 23. Rxa2 (23. Kxd1 $2 Qxb2 24. Rc1 dxc4 $19) (23. Rxd1 $2 dxc4 24. bxc4 Rxc4+ 25. Kd3 Qxb2 26. Kxc4 Qc2+) 23... Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Nb6 $19 {is better (and trickier)}) 16... Ne4 $2 ({White misses the bone crushing} 16... Rxc2 $1 {which is even stronger with the knight on d1 instead of e2 (as in the last variation), e.g.,} 17. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 18. Bb2 Ne4 $1 ({even stronger than} 18... Rc8+ {which also wins}) 19. Rc3 (19. Nc3 Rc8 {is even worse for White}) 19... Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Rc8 $19) 17. c3 Be7 $6 (17... Ba3 18. Qe1 Qc7 $17) 18. h4 $6 (18. g4 Ba3 $17) 18... b5 (18... Qc7 $1) 19. b4 $2 (19. g4 b4 20. f3 Ng3 21. Rg1 Qc7 22. cxb4 f5 23. Rc3 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 fxg4 $17) 19... Qc7 (19... Qa4 $19 {is even stronger}) 20. f4 $6 ({ You know your position is bad when the computer says that} 20. Rd2 {is your best move, e.g.,}) 20... Rc8 (20... a5 $1 {is also stronger than the move played (but it makes no real difference)}) 21. Bb2 $6 (21. Nf2 {is irrelevantly better}) 21... Nb6 22. Rh3 (22. Rd2 {is slightly and irrelevantly better when Stockfish gives} Bxb4 $1 23. Bd3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Re2 Nc4 $19) 22... Nc4 23. Qe1 (23. Qe2 {is another irrelevantly better move}) 23... Bxb4 ({And} 23... Nxb2 $1 {is irrelevantly much stronger}) 24. cxb4 $2 (24. Rde3 Na3+ 25. Kc1 Qxf4 26. Rhf3 Qh6 {postpones resignation for a few moves}) 24... Na3+ 25. Bxa3 Rc1+ 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: 33