Game of the week May 2, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1983 Memorial Day Classic"] [Site "Hollywood, CA"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Nick De Firmian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1983.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 $5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Bg2 (5. Nbd2 $1) 5... c5 6. c3 Qb6 $6 (6... d5 $1 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 b4 $11 {Monell Camarasa-Pogorelov Torredembarra 2009}) 7. Nbd2 (7. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 8. O-O $14) 7... cxd4 (7... Be7 $1 $11) 8. cxd4 (8. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 9. cxd4 a5 $1 $11) 8... Be7 9. O-O Nc6 (9... d6 $5 $11) 10. e3 h6 $6 (10... d6 $11) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rc1 d6 $6 (13... Rd8 14. Nc5 $14) 14. d5 $1 Nd8 (14... Na5 15. dxe6 Bxe4 16. exf7+ Kf8 ( 16... Kxf7 $6 17. Ng5+ hxg5 18. Bxe4 Rab8 19. Bd5+ Ke8 20. b3 Kd8 21. Qg4) 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Qh5 d5 19. Rc6 Qxd4 20. exd4 Nxc6 21. Rc1 $1 (21. Kxg2 Rd8 22. Rc1 $14) 21... Be4 22. Rxc6 $16) 15. Nd4 $2 (15. Nc3 $1 $16) 15... Bxd5 16. Nf5 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Rb8 20. Rfd1 $5 (20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Nf5 Rg8 $11) 20... Bf6 21. Qd7+ Kf8 22. Nd6 (22. Rd6 Rb7 $11) 22... Kg8 23. Rd5 ( 23. b4 Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Qd7 $11) (23. e4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bf6 25. e5 Bg5 (25... Bxe5 $2 26. Qe8+) 26. h4 Qc6 $11) (23. h4 $44) 23... a6 (23... Qa5 $5) 24. h4 ( 24. Rf5 $5 Kh7 (24... Qa5 $6 25. Rc7 Qxa2 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Re7 $14) 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Nxf7 (26. Rc7 Kg7 27. Qg4+ $11) 26... Rb7 27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Nxh8 Kxh8 29. Rc8 $44) 24... Kh7 (24... Bxb2 $5 25. Rc2 Bf6 26. h5 $44) 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. Rcd1 $2 (26. Qd7 $11) 26... Nc6 27. Ne4 (27. R5d2 Ne7 $17 {is somewhat better}) 27... Be7 $2 (27... Bxb2 28. Rd6 Ba3 $17) 28. h5 $2 (28. Rd7 $16) 28... Bf8 $2 (28... Nd8 29. Rd7 Rb7 $11) 29. Rd7 Ne7 30. Qf4 Rb7 $2 (30... Ra8 31. R1d6 $16) 31. Rd8 (31. R1d6 $1 Qa5 $2 (31... Qa7 $2 32. Qg4) (31... Rxd7 32. Rxb6 Nd5 33. Qg4 $18 {is best}) 32. Qg4 {is even more bone crushing}) 31... Kh7 $2 (31... f5 32. R1d6 Qc7 33. Qe5 $1 fxe4 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qxe4+ Kg8 36. R8d7 $18) 32. R1d6 Qc7 $2 (32... Qxd8) 33. Qxf7 (33. Rxh6+ $1 Kg8 (33... gxh6 34. Qxf7+ Bg7 35. Nf6#) 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35. Rxh8+ Kxh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Rxf8#) 33... Nd5 (33... Rg8 34. Nf6+ {would only prolong Black's suffering}) 34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qxg6# 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: 29