Game of the week September 19, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1990 Massachusetts Open"] [White "Mark Ginsburg"] [Black "Jack Young"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2258"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1990.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e4 $6 fxe4 4. Ng5 $6 (4. Ne5 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ $17 {is best for White}) 4... Nf6 $6 (4... d5 $1 5. f3 h6 6. Nh3 exf3 $17) 5. f3 exf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 $2 (7. c3 h6 8. Nh3 Bd6 $15) 7... Nxd4 8. Qh3 $6 (8. Qf2 Nf5 9. Nc3 (9. Bxf5 $2 exf5 10. Qxf5 $6 Qe7+ 11. Kd1 d5 $19) 9... h6 $17) 8... d5 9. Nxh7 $6 (9. c3 e5 10. Qg3 e4 11. cxd4 Bd6 $19) 9... Nxh7 10. Bxh7 (10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Be3 c5 $19) 10... Nxc2+ $6 (10... Qf6 $1 $19) 11. Ke2 $2 (11. Kd1 Rxh7 12. Qxh7 Nxa1 $17) 11... Kd7 (11... Qf6 $1 $19 {is even better}) 12. Rf1 Nxa1 $2 { It would not surprise me if Black were already in severe time trouble.} (12... Qe8 $19 {is curtains for White}) 13. Rf7+ Kc6 (13... Be7 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rxg7 Kd6 16. Qg3+ e5 $19 {is still winning for Black}) 14. Qc3+ Kb6 $2 (14... Bc5 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 Ba6+ $17) 15. Be3+ c5 16. b4 d4 $2 (16... Nb3 $1 17. Nd2 ( 17. Qxb3 $2 Bd7 $17) 17... Nxd2 18. Rxf8 $1 Nc4 $8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qxg7 $16) 17. bxc5+ Bxc5 18. Qb2+ Kc6 19. Nc3 $2 (19. Be4+ $18) 19... Qb6 $2 (19... a6 20. Be4+ Kd6 21. Na4 Qe8 22. Bxd4 Qxf7 23. Bxc5+ Kd7 $17) 20. Be4+ Kd6 21. Nb5+ Ke5 (21... Qxb5+ {and Black gets mated in 29 moves (instead of 12), according to Stockfish}) 22. Bf3 Rh4 23. g4 (23. Bf2 {mates three moves faster}) 23... g5 (23... Rxg4 {postpones mate by six moves}) 24. Bxg5 Rxh2+ (24... Qxb5+ { postpones mate by three moves}) 25. Kd1 Rxb2 {Black dies rich} 26. Bf4# 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: 27