Game of the week October 31, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "Manchester 1979"] [White "Keith Arkell"] [Black "Murray Chandler"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1979.09.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "www.newzealandchess.co.n"] [SourceDate "2019.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. e5 Nd7 $6 (6... Nxd4 $5 7. exf6 Nxe2 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Ngxe2 Rxg7 (9... e6 10. h4 d5 11. Bb3 Rxg7 12. Bh6 Rg8 $11) 10. Bh6 Rg8 11. h4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O c6 $11) 7. Nf3 Nb6 ( 7... dxe5 8. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 10. Qc4 e6 11. Nxe6 (11. Qxe6+ $2 Qe7 12. Nd5 Qxe6 13. Nxc7+ Ke7 14. Ngxe6 Bf6 $15) 11... Nb6 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Ne6+ Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qh4 (14... Qe7 $2 15. Bh6+ $18 {McNab-Green, Cagnes sur Mer 1977} ) 15. O-O $14) 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Bf4 (9. h3 $1 $14) 9... a5 (9... Bg4 10. O-O-O Qc8 $11 {Neerava-Reilly, Toowoomba 1985}) 10. a4 Bg4 (10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Bg4 $11 { Biro-Barua, Rhodes 2019}) 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Qe3 (12. h3 $5) 12... dxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 (13... Nb4 $1 $11) 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Bh6 (15. Nd4 Qd7 16. b3 $14) 15... Rad8 16. Rxd8 $6 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 $11) 16... Rxd8 17. Bxg7 (17. b3 Qg4 $15 ) 17... Kxg7 18. h4 $2 (18. b3 Qg4 $15) 18... Nc4 19. Qf4 N4xe5 20. h5 (20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5+ Nxe5 $17) 20... Qf5 21. h6+ Kg8 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Nb5 $6 ( 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nb5 Rd7 $17) 23... Rd7 $2 (23... Ng4 $1 $19) 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Nxf3 26. gxf3 f6 27. Nxc7 Kf7 28. c3 Kg6 29. Ne6 Kxh6 30. Nc5 Kg5 31. Nxb7 Kf4 32. Ke2 Ke5 33. Nc5 $6 (33. b3 $11) 33... Kd5 34. Nb3 h5 (34... f4 { is somewhat better}) 35. Nd2 f4 36. Kf1 f5 37. Kg2 (37. b3 e5 38. Kg1 e4 39. fxe4+ fxe4 40. Kg2 $11) 37... e5 38. Kh3 $6 (38. b3 e4 39. Nf1 $11) 38... e4 39. fxe4+ fxe4 40. Kh4 $2 (40. Kg2 h4 41. b3 Ne5 42. b4 e3 43. fxe3 fxe3 44. Nf1 e2 45. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 46. Kxf1 $11) 40... Ne5 41. b4 $2 (41. Nf1 Nd3 $19 { would prolong the game}) 41... e3 42. fxe3 fxe3 43. Nf1 e2 44. Ne3+ Ke4 45. Ng2 Nd3 46. Kg3 h4+ 47. Kxh4 Kf3 48. Kh3 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: 40