Game of the week July 11, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1978 World Open"] [White "Michael Valvo"] [Black "Florin Gheorghiu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1978.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL, Oct 2007"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 (10... Nbd7 $1 $11) 11. Rfe1 (11. Qd1 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. e4 (12. Qd2 $5) 12... Qc7 (12... Qb8 $1 $11) 13. Qd2 (13. Qe3 $5) 13... Rfe8 (13... Rac8 $5) 14. Nd4 Bf8 15. Rad1 Rad8 (15... Rac8 $1 $11) 16. Nc2 (16. h3 Qb8 17. Ba1 Qa8 18. Kh2 $14 {`Gipslis-Kasparov, Moscow 1979}) 16... Qb8 ( 16... h5 $1 $11) 17. Qf4 (17. Qe2 $5) 17... Ba8 (17... Rc8 $11) 18. g4 $5 (18. Ba3 Nc5 $11) 18... Ne5 19. g5 Ng6 20. Qe3 $6 (20. Qf3 Nh4 21. Qg3 Nxg2 22. Qxg2 Nd7 $11) (20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nhf4 $11) 20... Nh5 21. Ne2 d5 $1 {The standard freeing move against the Maroczy bind} 22. e5 $2 (22. Bf3 Nhf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. exd5 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 exd5 26. Be5 Qc8 $15) 22... Nh4 (22... dxc4 $1 23. Bf3 Rd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Bc5 $17) 23. Bf3 (23. cxd5 Qc8 24. Ncd4 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxd5 $17) 23... Nxf3+ ({The immediate} 23... g6 $1 {is even better}) 24. Qxf3 g6 25. cxd5 Bxd5 (25... Rxd5 $1) 26. Qg4 $2 (26. Qe3) 26... Ba8 27. Ne3 ( 27. Bd4 Rd7 $19) 27... b5 28. h4 (28. Bc3 Qb7 29. Qg2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qc7 31. Qg4 Rd8 $19) 28... Rxd1 (28... Bc5 $1 $19) 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Bd4 Qb7 31. Qg2 $2 (31. f3 Qxf3 32. Qxf3 Bxf3 33. Kf2 Bxe2 34. Kxe2 Ng3+ $19 {would prolong the game}) 31... Qf3 32. Rd2 $2 (32. Qxf3 Bxf3 $19 {would also prolong the game but to what end?}) 32... Qxe2 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: 34