Game of the week November 1, 2020 by Robert Huntington Friday was the 138th anniversary of the birth of Oldřich Důras. [Event "Prague 1911"] [White "Oldřich Důras"] [Black "Amos Pokorný"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1911.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 (5. Nf3 $14) 5... Bf5 (5... e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 $14) 6. Qf3 Qc8 $6 (6... e6 $5 7. Qxb7 Nbd7 8. Nf3 $14) 7. Bf4 (7. Nge2 $5 c6 8. Bg5 Bxc2 9. Rc1 $14) 7... c6 ({ Somewhat better is} 7... e6 8. Nge2 $14) 8. Bb3 (8. Qe2 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 $11) (8. Nge2 $1 $14) 8... e6 9. a3 (9. Nge2 $1 $14) 9... Nbd7 (9... Be7 10. Nge2 O-O $11) 10. h3 Nb6 (10... Be7 $11) 11. Nge2 a5 12. Rc1 ({Stockfish prefers} 12. O-O-O {slightly}) 12... Nfd5 (12... a4 $5) 13. Bh2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. Nxc3 $5) 14... Qd7 (14... Be7 $11) 15. Qg3 (15. O-O $5) 15... a4 16. Ba2 Nc8 $2 (16... Bg6 17. Qe5 Qd8 18. O-O Be7 $11) 17. c4 (17. O-O $1 $16) 17... Nd6 (17... Bg6 $1 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qe3 $14) 18. O-O Ne4 $6 (18... Bg6 19. Qf3 $14) 19. Qe3 Bd6 ( 19... Be7 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf4 Bg5 22. f3 Nf6 23. h4 Bxf4 (23... Bxh4 $4 24. Ng2 $18) 24. Bxf4 $16) 20. g4 (20. Bxd6 $1 Nxd6 (20... Qxd6 $2 21. Bb1 Nf6 22. Bxf5 $18) 21. g4 Bg6 22. d5 $18) 20... Bg6 (20... Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Bg6 {is slightly better}) 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 (21... Nxd6 {transposes to the note to White's 20th move }) 22. Nf4 Nf6 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 e5 25. Rfe1 Nd7 $2 (25... O-O 26. Qxe5 Ne8 27. h4 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Nd6 29. Re7 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 26. Ne6 $1 fxe6 $2 (26... Ke7 27. Nc7 (27. Nd4 $5) 27... Ra5 28. f4 $18 {is grim for Black but the game is even grimmer}) 27. dxe6 Nf6 $6 (27... Nc5 28. Rxc5 $18 {is irrelevantly better}) 28. Red1 Qe7 29. Qxe5 Rd8 (29... O-O {(on move 29!) is best but still resignable after} 30. Rc7) 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. e7 Qa8 $2 ({ At least, Stockfish doesn't see pending checkmate after} 31... Qb6) 32. Rc7 Bd3 33. Qe6 $6 ({missing} 33. Bf7+ Kxf7 34. e8=Q#) 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: 40