Game of the week January 17, 2021 by Robert Huntington Grandmaster Ciocaltea (1932-1983) would have had his 89th birthday yesterday. [Event "Albania 1977"] [White "Victor Ciocaltea"] [Black "Vladimir Antonov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1977.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 (5... Nf6 $5 $11) 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. e5 (9. Bf4 $1 a6 10. Bc4 Ne7 11. Bd6 b5 $1 $11) 9... Qb6 $2 {too slow} (9... a6 10. Bc4 Ne7 $11 {Molnar-Heligermann, Hungary 1995}) 10. Na3 Ne7 $2 (10... Kf8 11. Re1 h5 12. Bf4 $18) 11. Nc4 $1 Qc5 (11... Qe6 12. Nd6+ $18 {puts up slightly more resistance}) 12. b4 ({The immediate} 12. Nd6+ $18 {is even stronger}) 12... Qd5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. f4 ({Not that it matters much but} 14. Re1 $18 {is stronger}) 14... d3 15. Bxd3 (15. Rf3 $1) 15... Qd4+ $6 (15... Nf5 16. Bxf5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 gxf5 18. Be3 $18 {gets the queens off and allows Black to survive for a little while with a position too ugly to look at}) 16. Kh1 (16. Rf2 $1) 16... Qxa1 {Doesn't he know that you can't take it with you?} ({Then again,} 16... Nf5 17. Bb2 Qd5 (17... Qxb2 $2 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 {with mate to follow}) 18. Bxf5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 gxf5 20. Rac1 {and again Black's position is too ugly to look at}) 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Qxd5 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: 35