Game of the week November 8, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "Berlin Championship 1940-41"] [White "Friedrich Sämisch"] [Black "Kurt Richter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D08"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1941.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 $6 {or is that !? ?} 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 $6 ( 5... Nge7 6. Nb3 Ng6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nbxd4 Ngxe5 9. Bf4 $14) 6. a3 Qd7 $6 (6... g6 7. g3 $14 {is better}) 7. g3 (7. b4 $1 $16) 7... d3 (7... Nge7 8. b4 $16 { is better}) 8. e3 $2 (8. exd3 Bxd3 9. b4 O-O-O (9... Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Qh3+ 11. Kg1 O-O-O 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Rxd4 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Rxc4 16. Bg5 $18)) 8... f6 $5 (8... a5) 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bg2 (10. b4 $1 $16) 10... Bh3 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 h5 (12... a5 $1) 13. h4 Ng4 14. b3 $2 (14. b4 $1 $16) 14... Be7 $6 (14... O-O-O $1 $11) 15. Ne4 $6 (15. b4 $1 $14) 15... O-O $6 (15... O-O-O $1 $11) 16. Nfg5 $6 (16. Ra2 $1 $14) 16... Rad8 17. f3 $2 (17. Bd2 $11) 17... Bxg5 18. hxg5 (18. fxg4 {is slightly better, e.g.,} Rxf1 19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qd1 Bxh4 $1 $17 21. gxh4 $6 Ne5 $19) 18... Nce5 (18... Qe6 $1 {is even stronger}) 19. fxg4 $4 (19. Bd2 Qe6 $17) 19... Qc6 20. Rf4 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qxe4+ 22. Kg3 h4+ 23. Kh3 d2 24. Bxd2 Nf3 25. Ra2 ({White decides to commit hari-kari rather than endure} 25. Qh1 Rxd2 26. Rf1 Rh2+ $19) 25... Nxd2 26. Qe2 (26. Rxd2 Qxe3+) 26... Rd3 { The text leads to mate in 18 whereas} (26... Qh1+ {leads to mate in five}) 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: 127