Game of the week December 27, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "1979 Philadelphia Open"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Allan Savage"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nf3 c6 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 Qc7 (11... a5 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. Rab1 $14 { is slightly better}) 12. Rfd1 Nc5 (12... Nh5 $1) 13. Kh1 $6 (13. Bh6 $1 $16) 13... a5 14. Nc2 $6 (14. Bh6 $1 $14) 14... Re6 $6 (14... Nfd7 $1 15. Bh6 (15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 f5 17. Be3 a4 18. Rad1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Ne5 21. Rd8 Bg4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. b3 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 axb3 26. axb3 Re8 $11) 15... Be5 $11) 15. Bf4 Bf8 (15... Ne8 $1 16. Nd4 $16) 16. Nd4 Re8 (16... Re5 $5 ) 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 (18... Be6 $1 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 $16) 19. Qd4 $6 (19. Na4 $1 $16) 19... Qxb3 $6 (19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 $14) 20. Qxf6 $2 (20. Ra3 Qxb2 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Na2 Qc5 23. Qxf6 $16) 20... Bg7 21. Qxd6 Qxb2 22. Na4 $2 (22. Ra2 Qxc3 23. Bd2 Qb3 24. Rxa5 Be6 $15) 22... Qxe2 23. Rac1 $2 (23. Re1 Qf2 24. Bg3 Qa7 25. Rab1 Be6 26. Nb6 Rad8 $17) 23... Bh3 $3 24. gxh3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Rxe4 26. Rf1 Qxh3 27. Qd2 $6 (27. Qd1 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Qd5 (29. Nc5 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qe3+ 31. Rf2 Bd4 $19) 29... Rae8 $19 {would prolong White's suffering}) 27... Rae8 28. Qg2 $6 (28. Nc3 Rxc4 $19 {would also prolong White's suffering. He clearly wants to end his pain quickly}) 28... Qa3 29. Nc3 $2 (29. Rcd1 Rxc4 {if White is masochist looking for a few extra painful breaths}) 29... Bxc3 (29... Rxf4 $1 {is a real bone-crusher}) 30. Kh1 ( 30. Qg3 {is irrelevantly better}) 30... Bg7 (30... Rxf4 $1 {again is a bone crusher}) 31. Bc7 $6 (31. Qf3 {gives White an endgame four pawns down}) 31... Qxc1 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: 31