Game of the week December 20, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "New York 1937"] [White "Anthony Santasiere"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1937.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 a5 5. b5 c5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 ({ Slightly better is} 8. Qc2 Re8 9. d3 $11) 8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 (9. d3 $1 $11) 9... Nb6 (9... b6 $11 {is better}) 10. cxd5 $6 (10. d3 $11) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 $6 ( 11. Be2 a4 $15) 11... Re8 12. O-O $6 ({Better is} 12. h3 Qe7 $15) 12... h6 $6 ( 12... Bg4 $1 $17) 13. Ne2 Bd7 $6 (13... Bg4 $15) 14. a4 Ne4 $6 (14... d4 $1 15. exd4 c4 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. d3 Bf5 $15) 15. Ng3 Qe7 16. Nh5 $6 (16. Rfe1 Bg4 $11) 16... f6 (16... c4 $1 17. Be2 Bg4 18. Ng3 (18. Nxg7 c3 $1 $15) 18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 Bf5 $11) 17. Ng3 c4 (17... f5 $11) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 g6 $6 (19... Rac8 20. Ngf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qd7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11) 20. f3 f5 21. fxe4 fxe4 $2 (21... Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxe4 23. Qc1 $1 $16) 22. Nde2 (22. Rf2 $1 $18) 22... Kh7 $2 ( 22... Be5 23. Bc3 $16) 23. Rf6 $6 {Still winning but there's much better} (23. Nxe4 $1 Qxe4 24. Rf7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Rf1+ Bf5 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxg6 $18) 23... Nd5 $2 (23... Bxg3 24. Raf1 $1 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rf8 26. Ng3 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 24. Nxe4 Be5 $2 (24... Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxd6 {is irrelevantly better}) 25. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 $2 (25... Kh8 26. Nf7+ {only prolongs Black's suffering pointlessly}) 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 $2 (27... Nxf6 { and Black gets mated in 14 moves}) 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rg6+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rg8# 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