Game of the week December 6, 2020 by Robert Huntington Yesterday was Pillsbury’s 148th birthday. [Event "Vienna 1902"] [White "Harry Nelseon Pillsbury"] [Black "J. Magyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1902.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] {12/6/20} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 f6 $2 {Perhaps the flapping of a butterfly's wings on the other side of the earth caused a synapse in Magyar's brain to misfire} 3. Nc3 (3. c4 $1 $16) 3... Bf5 $6 ({Best (according to Stockfish) is} 3... f5 $14 {Who doesn't want to play a Dutch Stonewall a tempo down?}) 4. Nh4 Bg6 $6 ( {Stockfish recommends} 4... Bg4 5. f3 Be6 6. e4 $16) 5. Nxg6 (5. e4 $1 $16) 5... hxg6 6. Qd3 Kf7 7. e4 (7. e4 e6 8. a3 Ne7 9. g3) 7... c6 (7... e6 $5) 8. Qf3 (8. Bd2 $1 $16) 8... e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 (10. O-O $16) 10... Nh6 $6 ( 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. O-O $16) 11. O-O-O (11. g4 $1) 11... Nd7 12. exd5 exd5 $2 (12... cxd5 13. g4 $16) 13. Rhe1 $2 (13. h4 $1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15. h5 $18) 13... Qc7 $2 (13... Nf8 14. Na4 Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 $16) 14. Nxd5 $5 (14. Bf4 $1 $18 {is even stronger}) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kf8 17. Bxg6 Nb6 $2 (17... f5 18. Rde2 $18 {would mean a longer game with the same result}) 18. Rde2 Nf7 19. Qe6 (19. Qb5 {is the quick method}) 19... Qd7 20. Qxd7 $2 ({ White chooses a winning endgame over the much more crushing middlegame after} 20. Qb3) 20... Nxd7 21. Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Re7+ Kg6 23. Rxd7 Rxh2 24. Rg1 (24. Ree7 {is even better}) 24... b5 25. Kd2 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: 31