Game of the week November 22, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "Philadelphia Open 1994"] [White "Michael Rohde"] [Black "Nasser Abbasi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2324"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1994.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e5 $2 ( 7... e6 $11 {is the main line here}) 8. O-O $6 (8. Nc3 $1 $16 {is even stronger }) 8... e4 $6 (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qxd4 10. Qe2 $14) 9. Nc3 exf3 $1 (9... Qd7 $2 10. Nxe4 Rd8 11. Re1 Be7 12. Be3 $18) 10. gxf3 $6 (10. Nxd5 fxe2 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Nb6+ axb6 13. Qa4 $16) 10... Qxd4 11. fxg4 O-O-O $2 (11... Bc5 12. Qc2 $14) 12. Qb3 $6 (12. Be3 $16) 12... Bd6 $6 (12... Qe5 13. Qxf7 Nf6 14. Kh1 $14) 13. Qxf7 (13. Nb5 $1 $16) 13... Qe5 (13... Nf6 {is slightly better}) 14. Qf5+ $2 ( 14. f4 $1 $16) 14... Qxf5 15. gxf5 Nd4 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 $5) 16... Nxe2+ $6 ( 16... Be5 17. Rae1 Nc2 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Rc1 $14) 17. Nxe2 b6 18. Rfd1 (18. Nd4 $5) 18... Nf6 (18... Ne7 $5) 19. Nd4 (19. b3 $5) 19... Kb7 $6 (19... Ng4 20. Bg5 Bxh2+ 21. Kg2 Rd7 22. b3 Be5 23. Rac1+ Kb7 24. Ne6 $16) 20. Ne6 Rd7 21. Bd4 (21. Bg5 $1 Be5 22. Rxd7+ Nxd7 23. Rd1 $16) 21... Rc8 $2 (21... Re8 22. Kh1 $1 Ree7 23. Rg1 $16) 22. Bxf6 (22. Bc3 $1 $18) 22... gxf6 23. Rd4 Re8 $2 (23... Rc2 24. Rad1 Kc6 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26. Nf8 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 24. Rad1 ( 24. b4 $1 $18 {immediately is the quick method}) 24... Kc6 25. b4 a6 $2 (25... b5 26. a4 $1 bxa4 27. b5+ $18 {would prolong the game}) 26. a4 b5 $2 (26... Ree7 27. b5+ $18 {is an irrelevant improvement}) 27. Rc1+ Kb6 28. a5+ 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: 38