Game of the week October 25, 2020 by Robert Huntington Today would have been Grandmaster Honfi’s ninetieth birthday. [Event "Hungary 1976"] [Round "?"] [White "Karolyi Honfi"] [Black "Laszlo Eperjesi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "3"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 (2... d5 $11) 3. d4 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 $14) 3... d6 (3... Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 $11 {Gasik-Jorgensen, Dos Hermanas 2004}) 4. Nc3 Nd7 $6 (4... exd4 5. Qxd4 $14) 5. Nf3 g6 (5... Ne7 6. Be3 Ng6 $14) 6. g3 (6. d5 $14) 6... Bg7 (6... Ngf6 $1 $11) 7. Bg2 (7. d5 $1 $14) 7... Nh6 $2 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 $11) 8. O-O (8. d5 $1 $16) 8... O-O $6 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 $14) 9. Rb1 (9. d5 $1 $14) 9... a5 (9... Qc7 10. d5 $14) 10. h3 (10. dxe5 $5) 10... Qe7 $2 (10... f5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Re1 f4 $11) 11. Re1 (11. Be3 $1 $16) 11... f5 (11... f6 $1 12. Qc2 $14) 12. b3 (12. exf5 $1 Nxf5 13. b3 $16) 12... Nf7 $6 ( 12... exd4 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Nxd4 $14) 13. Ba3 $6 (13. exf5 $5 gxf5 14. Nh4 $16) 13... b5 $2 (13... Qf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nh4 $14) 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 $6 (15. exf5 $1 b4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bc1 $18 {is even stronger}) 15... fxe4 16. Nxe5 $6 (16. Rxe4 $18 {is simpler and stronger}) 16... Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe4 (18. Rc1 $1 $18) 18... Rb8 19. Nd4 Ng5 20. Bd5+ Kg7 21. Nf3 Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 Qa7 (22... Qf6 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxf8+ $18 {is irrelevantly better}) 23. Rb2 $2 (23. Qd2 $1 Rf6 24. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Bb2 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $18) 23... Bg4 24. Rh1 $2 ( 24. Qd3 Rf5 25. Re3 Rbf8 (25... Bxb2 26. Bxb2+ Kh6 27. Be6 $16) 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Bxf8+ $16) (24. Rc2 Rf5 25. Re3 Rbf8 26. Qd3 h5 27. Rxe5 $16) 24... Bxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Ng5 $2 (25... Rxf3 $1 26. Qxf3 Rf8 27. Qe4 Rxf2+ 28. Kxh3 Bxb2 29. Bxb2+ Rxb2 $15) 26. Bd5 Nf7 (26... Bf6 27. Qd2 Qd7 28. Rc2 $18 {is slightly better}) 27. Re2 Rbc8 28. Rh4 Qb6 (28... Qd7 29. Qd2 $18 {is an insufficient improvement for Black}) 29. Qd2 (29. Rhe4 $1 $18) 29... h5 $6 (29... Rc7 { puts up more resistance}) 30. Ra4 (30. Rhe4 $1 {is even stronger}) 30... Bc3 ( 30... Qd8 31. Qxa5 $18 {is a small improvement}) 31. Bb2 Bxb2 (31... Be5 32. f4 $18 {is a larger (but still insufficient) improvement}) 32. Qxb2+ Kh7 (32... Kh6 {is another insufficient improvement}) 33. Re7 Rc7 34. Rae4 Qc5 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qf6 Qc2 37. Re7 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: 47