Game of the week November 21, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "Briansk 1978"] [White "Alexander Panchenko"] [Black "Vladimir Baikov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1978.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4 Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. b4 Nc4 (10... d3 $5) 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Re1 d5 13. Nxd4 Bd6 $6 (13... c5 $1 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. f3 O-O 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 $14) 14. f3 Qh4 15. g3 $2 (15. h3 Qg3 16. Nf5 Qh2+ 17. Kf2 O-O-O 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Kb8 20. Qxe4 Rhe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Kb7 23. Re4 g6 24. Nxd6+ Nxd6 25. Nd2 $1 Nxe4+ 26. Nxe4 Qe5 27. Nc5+ Kc6 28. Be3 $16 {Klinger-Mainka, Dortmund 1989}) 15... Bxg3 16. Re2 Be5 17. fxe4 dxe4 (17... O-O-O $1 $11) 18. Qf1 $2 (18. Na3 Nb6 $11) 18... Rd8 $6 (18... O-O-O $15) 19. Qg2 $2 (19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Rxd4 21. Nd2 O-O $11) 19... Rxd4 $1 20. cxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 f5 22. Bg5 Qh5 23. Nc3 Bxc3 24. Rf1 (24. Rxe4+ fxe4 25. Qxe4+ Kd7 26. Qf5+ Kc6 27. Qe4+ Kb6 28. Be3+ Nxe3 29. Qxe3+ Kb7 30. Qxc3 Qd5+ $19 {is only slightly better}) 24... O-O 25. Ref2 (25. Be7 Re8 $19 {is another insufficient improvement}) 25... h6 (25... Bxb4 $19 {is even stronger}) 26. Bf4 (26. Be7 Ne3 $19 {is irrelevantly better}) 26... Bxb4 27. Qg3 (27. a4 Bc3 $19 {would prolong the game without changing the result}) 27... Bd6 $6 (27... g5 $1 $19 {is the quick way}) 28. Bxd6 (28. Qc3 {is ever so trivially better}) 28... cxd6 29. Rg2 (29. Rf4 e3 $19 {is yet another irrelevant improvement}) 29... Rf7 ({Once again,} 29... g5 {is quicker} ) 30. Qc3 Kh7 (30... g5) 31. a4 Ne5 $6 (31... g5) 32. axb5 (32. Qd4 {is slightly better and would not change the outcome}) 32... axb5 33. Qd4 Rf6 ( 33... Nd3 $1 $19) 34. Qa7 (34. Rfg1 {puts up more (futile) resistance}) 34... Rg6 35. Rxg6 (35. Qf2 {might prolong the game a few moves}) 35... Qxg6 (35... Nxg6 $1) 36. Rg1 Ng4 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: 42