Game of the week January 31, 2021 by Robert Huntington Yesterday was Spassky’s 84th birthday. [Event "1985 US Open"] [White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1985.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d3 c5 (4... d5 $5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5 Bxd5 7. exd5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 $11 {Van der Elburg-Dal Borgo, Kemer 2007}) 5. g3 Nc6 (5... Ne7 $5) 6. Nge2 (6. Bg2 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 $11) 6... g6 $6 (6... h5 $1 $11 {according to Stockfish}) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Bg2 (10. Bg5 $14) 10... Bc5 $6 (10... Bg7 11. Bg5 $14) 11. Qd1 O-O 12. O-O (12. Bh6 $16) 12... Nh5 $6 (12... Qc7 13. Bh6 Rfc8 14. Rc1 $14) 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Qd2 $6 (14. a3 $16) 14... f6 (14... Bc6 $5 $14) 15. Rad1 (15. Rab1 $5) 15... Rf7 (15... Bc6 $5 $14) 16. Nb5 (16. a3 a5 17. Be3 $14) 16... Qc8 17. b3 Qc6 (17... a6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 $14) 18. Nd4 $2 (18. Nd6 $14) 18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4 $2 (19. Bxg7 $1 Bc5 20. Bh6 $11) 19... Nf5 $1 20. Qd2 g5 21. Bxg5 fxg5 22. Qxg5+ Rg7 (22... Ng7 $1 $17 {is slightly stronger}) 23. Qh5 Rf8 24. Rd2 Ne7 (24... e5 $1 $19) 25. Rfd1 (25. f4 $5 Qc7 $17) 25... Ng6 26. Qe2 (26. Rd6 Qc7 $19) 26... Nf4 $1 27. gxf4 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. f3 Bxf3 30. Rf1 ({Stockfish prefers} 30. Re1 {slightly but it really doesn't matter where White puts his rook}) 30... Rxf4 31. Rff2 (31. Rb2 e5 $19) 31... Rf5 ({The immediate} 31... e5 {is even stronger}) 32. h4 Bc6 33. Rfe2 Rf4 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: 32