Game of the week July 18, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1994 Philadelphia Open"] [White "Loek Van Wely"] [Black "David Gertler"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 (3... e5 $1 $11 {is the main line}) 4. Be3 (4. Nf3 $14) 4... Nf6 5. f3 $5 (5. Nc3) 5... e5 6. d5 Ne7 $6 (6... Na5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bd2 b6 9. Bxc4 (9. Bxa5 $2 bxa5 10. Nc3 Bb4 $17 {Wcislo-Piesik, Gorzow Wielkopolski 2008}) 9... Nxc4 10. Qxc6+ Nd7 11. Qxc4 (11. Qxa8 $2 Nxb2 $17) 11... a5 $15) 7. Bxc4 (7. Nc3 $1 $14) 7... Ng6 $6 (7... c6 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Ne2 Bd7 $11) 8. Ne2 Bd6 (8... Be7 9. Bb5+ $14 {is somewhat better }) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbc3 Qe7 (10... a6 11. Qd2 $14 {is also slightly better}) 11. Qd2 a6 (11... Nh5 $5) 12. Rac1 (12. Bb3 $14) 12... Kh8 $6 (12... Nh5 13. a3 $14 ) 13. Kh1 (13. Ng3 $14) 13... Bd7 (13... Nh5 14. Ng3 $14) (13... b5 14. Bd3 $14 ) 14. Ng3 Nf4 (14... b5 15. Be2 $14) 15. Nf5 $6 (15. Bb3 $14) 15... Bxf5 16. exf5 Nd7 $6 (16... Bb4 17. g3 b5 18. Bb3 N4xd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd2 20. Nxe7 Bxe3 21. Rxc7 $14) 17. Ne4 (17. Rfe1 $5 $16) 17... Rac8 18. Bb3 g6 $6 (18... Nh5 19. Rfe1 Nhf6 20. Qf2 $16) 19. Nxd6 $6 (19. g3 $16) 19... Qxd6 $2 (19... cxd6 20. Rce1 (20. Bxf4 $6 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qf6 $11) 20... Qd8 21. g3 $16) 20. g3 Nh5 21. f4 $1 f6 (21... Rce8 22. fxe5 Rxe5 (22... Nxe5 $2 23. Bc5 $18) 23. Bd4 $18 { is better, which is a good indication of bad Black's position is}) 22. fxe5 $2 (22. fxg6 exf4 (22... hxg6 23. f5 $18) 23. Bd4 c5 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Rcd1 $18) 22... fxe5 23. g4 Ng7 24. fxg6 Qxg6 $6 (24... Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxg6 26. h3 $16) 25. Qg2 $6 (25. Rg1 $18) 25... Qd3 $2 (25... Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 $16) 26. Bg1 $2 ( 26. Rfe1 $18) 26... Qg6 $6 (26... Rxf1 27. Rxf1 $16) 27. Bc2 Qg5 $2 (27... Qh6 28. Rfe1 $18 {would prolong the game with little chance of changing the outcome }) 28. Qh3 h5 $2 (28... e4 29. Bxe4 h5 30. gxh5 $18 {would prolong the game with no chance of changing the outcome}) 29. Qd3 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