Game of the week October 3, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "2002 Memorial Day Classic"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA"] [White "Jack Peters"] [Black "Varuzhan Akobian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C12"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2002.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qe7 (10... c5 {is the main line here}) 11. h4 c5 (11... h5 12. Qf4 b6 13. Nf3 Ba6 $11) 12. Rh3 $6 (12. h5 g5 13. f4 gxf4 $11) 12... Bd7 (12... Nc6 $15) 13. Rf3 $2 (13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qf4 Nc6 $11) 13... Nc6 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Rf6 ({Somewhat better is} 15. Bb5 Na5 $15) 15... c4 (15... Rdf8 $1 $15) 16. Bf1 $6 (16. Be2 Na5 17. a4 Rdg8 18. Ra1 Nc6 $15) 16... Qa3 $6 (16... Nb8 $1 17. h5 g5 18. f4 Rdg8 $15) 17. Rxf7 Qxa2 18. Qd1 Rdf8 $1 (18... Rhf8 $1 {avoids the immediate draw, e.g.,} 19. Ra1 Qxa1 20. Qxa1 Rxf7 $15) 19. Rxf8+ ({ Stockfish recommends taking the immediate draw with} 19. Ra1 Qb2 (19... Qxa1 $4 20. Rxf8+ {note it's with check}) 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Ra1 Qb2) 19... Rxf8 20. Nh3 Na5 (20... b5 $1 21. Qc1 (21. Rxb5 $2 Nxd4 $17) 21... Qa5 $11) 21. Ke3 (21. Be2 $5) 21... Qa3 22. Qd2 $2 (22. Kd2 $11) 22... Nc6 23. Nf4 $2 (23. f3 a5 $15) 23... Ne7 $6 (23... g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nh5 a5 $17) 24. g3 g5 25. hxg5 $6 (25. Nh5 $1 Ng8 26. Bh3 gxh4 27. f4 $11) 25... hxg5 26. Nh5 $6 (26. Nh3 Rg8 $15) 26... Nf5+ 27. Ke2 Rh8 28. g4 (28. Nf6 $2 Nxg3+ $1) 28... Nh4 $6 (28... Be8 $1 $17) 29. Nf6 $2 (29. Kd1 Ba4 $15) 29... Be8 (29... Ba4 $1 $17) 30. Qe3 $6 (30. Ke3 Ng6 $17) 30... Bg6 31. Kd2 $6 (31. Qd2 a5 $19) 31... Qa2 (31... b5 $1 $19 32. Rxb5 $2 Qa2) 32. Rc1 a5 $2 (32... b5 $1 $19) 33. Be2 a4 $2 (33... b5 34. Qxg5 b4 35. Nxd5 $1 exd5 36. Qe7 bxc3+ 37. Kxc3 Ng2 38. Qc5+ Kb8 39. Qb6+ $11) 34. Qxg5 a3 (34... b5 {is still the move although it's too late to make any difference} 35. Nh5 $18) 35. Nh5 Bxh5 (35... Qb2 {is a tiny (irrelevant) bit better for Black} 36. Qxh4 $18) 36. Qxh4 Qb2 37. gxh5 a2 38. Qh1 (38. Qf6 Re8 39. Bg4 Qxc1+ 40. Kxc1 a1=Q+ 41. Kd2 Kb8 42. Qf7 $18 {is even stronger}) 38... Kc7 $6 (38... b5 {puts up more (pointless) resistance}) 39. h6 $2 (39. Ra1 $18 {and it's all over for Black}) (39. h6 $2 b5 40. Bxc4 bxc4 41. Rg1 $16 { Black either lost on time or resigned where he could still fight on}) 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: 25