Game of the week April 11, 2021 by Robert Huntington A good example (for an organic player) of how to win with the bishop pair. [Event "Los Angeles 1995"] [White "Eduard Gufeld"] [Black "Enrico Sevillano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 (6... b6 $5) 7. Ne2 f6 $6 (7... cxd4 $5) 8. Nf4 Qe7 9. exf6 (9. Nf3 $1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ndxe5 $1 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. O-O $14) 9... Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 $1 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Nh5 Qe7 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 $14) 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 (11... g6 $5 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 $14 {Kristof-Kovacs, Hungary 2006}) 12. O-O Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. Re1 e5 (14... g6 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Nd3 $16) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb3 (17. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 18. Qh5 $16 {Puraev-Guzikov, Novokuznetsk 2011}) 17... Qd6 (17... Rd8 18. Bd2 $16 {is slightly better}) 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Be3 $16) 18... a5 19. h4 (19. a4 Kh8 20. Rac1 Bd7 $11) 19... a4 $6 (19... Bd7 $11) 20. Qb4 Bxf4 $6 (20... Rd8 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Bc3 $14) 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 Bd7 23. Re7 $5 (23. Kg2 $16) 23... Rae8 24. Rae1 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Re8 $6 (25... Rf7 26. Re5 $16) 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. f3 Bc6 (27... Bg6 $1 28. Bb5 $16) 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke3 $6 (29. Bc2 $1 $16) 29... g6 $6 (29... d4+ $1 30. Kxd4 Bxf3 31. Bb5 $16 ) 30. Kd4 Nd7 (30... Ke6 {is somewhat better}) 31. g4 Ke6 (31... Nb6 32. Bg5 $18 {is a slight improvement}) 32. Bh6 $2 (32. h5 $18) 32... Nb6 $2 (32... Ne5 33. Be2 $16) 33. Bf4 $2 (33. f4 $18) 33... Nc4 (33... Nd7 34. h5 $18) 34. Bc1 ( 34. b3 $1 $18) 34... Ne5 (34... Nd6 $5) 35. Be2 b6 (35... Be8 $5) 36. Bd1 (36. f4 $1 $16) 36... Bb5 37. Kc3 a3 $2 (37... Nc6 38. Be3 $16) 38. bxa3 Nc4 39. a4 Bc6 40. Kd4 Ne5 (40... Nd6 41. Bc2 $18 {is slightly better}) 41. Bf4 (41. f4 $1 {is even stronger}) 41... Nd7 $6 (41... Nc4 {would prolong the game without changing the result}) 42. Bc2 (42. Bc7 {is the quick method}) 42... Nf6 (42... Kf7 {is slightly better (but who cares?)}) 43. h5 $6 ({Again} 43. Bc7 {is better}) 43... Be8 $2 (43... gxh5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Bc7 Ng7 46. Bxb6 h5 { puts up a fight}) 44. h6 Nd7 (44... Ng8 {is (irrelevantly) better}) 45. Bc7 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: 36