Game of the week November 7, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1973 Canadian Open"] [Site "Ottawa"] [White "Kevin Spraggett"] [Black "Bruce Amos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1973.07.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "Canbase"] [SourceDate "2015.08.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.08.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 (5. Bd3 $14) 5... c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 $6 (7... Qb6 $1 8. g3 Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bh3 a5 $11) 8. Kf2 (8. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 9. Bd3 f6 10. Qe2 $14 {Michiels-Rasmussen, Hinnerup 1979}) 8... b5 9. Bd3 $6 (9. a3 c4 $11) 9... b4 10. Ne2 Nb6 $6 (10... Be7 $1 $15) 11. Bd2 Na4 $2 (11... Nc4 $1 $11) 12. Rb1 (12. cxb4 $1 Nxb4 13. Bxb4 cxb4 14. Qd2 $16) 12... Bd7 13. g4 $6 (13. f5 $1 exf5 14. Nf4 $16) 13... Rb8 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Bc2 (15. Kg2 $5) 15... Qa6 $2 (15... cxd4 16. Nexd4 Qa6 17. Bxa4 Bxa4 18. Qe2 Be7 $11) 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Ra1 (18. f5 $1 $16) 18... Be7 (18... h5 $1 19. Bd3 Bb5 20. Bxb5+ Qxb5 21. g5 $16) 19. Qd2 (19. f5 $1 $16) 19... Rc8 (19... Bb5 20. Ng3 $16) 20. f5 f6 $2 (20... Bb5 21. Nf4 $16) 21. Bd3 Bb5 (21... Nc4 $5 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Be4 c3 24. Qe3 $18) 22. Bxb5+ Qxb5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nf4 exf5 ( 24... O-O 25. Nxe6 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 25. Rhe1+ (25. g5 $18 { is even stronger}) 25... Kf7 26. g5 Bd8 27. Re5 $2 (27. Ne5+ Kg8 28. h4 $18) 27... g6 $2 (27... Rf8 28. Rxf5+ Kg8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rc1 $16) 28. Rae1 Rf8 29. Ne6 (29. Re6 $1 Nd7 30. Rd6 $18 {is the quick method}) 29... Re8 $2 ({ Black can prolong the game by giving up the exchange with} 29... Be7 {but why?} ) 30. Qe3 Qc6 (30... Qd7 {is a pointless improvement}) 31. Nxd8+ Rcxd8 32. Re7+ Kf8 (32... Kg8 {postpones checkmate but, again, why?}) 33. Qe5 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 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: 30