Game of the week November 28, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1994 Memorial Day Classic"] [Site "Long Beach, CA"] [White "Smbat Lputian"] [Black "Rosendo Balinas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. d4 Nc6 $5 2. Bg5 (2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. dxe6 dxe6 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f4 $14) 2... f6 (2... d5 $5 $11) 3. Bh4 e5 (3... d5 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 $11) 4. dxe5 (4. d5 Nce7 5. e4 c6 $11) 4... Nxe5 (4... Qe7 $5) 5. e4 Bb4+ (5... d5 $11) 6. Nd2 d5 $6 (6... d6 7. Qe2 Bc5 $11) 7. c3 Be7 8. Ngf3 Bg4 $6 (8... Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 dxe4 (9... f5 $5) 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxe4 $14) 9. Be2 (9. Qb3 $5) 9... Bxf3 (9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 $16) 10. Nxf3 dxe4 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxe4 Qc6 ({Slightly better is} 12... O-O-O 13. Nxe5 Qd2+ 14. Kf1 fxe5 15. Rd1 Qf4 (15... Qxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 17. Ke2 Rxh1 18. Qg4+ Kd8 19. Qxg7 $18) 16. Bg4+ Kb8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Bxd8 Nh6 20. Bg5 Nxg4 21. Bxf4 $16) 13. Qf5 Nh6 14. Qh5+ Nhf7 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. O-O Qh6 (17... Rae8 { is a marginal improvement}) 18. Qf3 (18. Qf5 $1 $16) 18... Nd6 $2 (18... c6 19. Bd3 $16) 19. Qd5 (19. c4 $1 $18) 19... Rhe8 20. Qc5 Kd8 $6 (20... Kf8 21. Qxc7 Re7 22. Qa5 $16) 21. Rad1 Re7 $2 (21... Kc8 22. Rd5 Qf6 23. Rfd1 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 22. Qd5 Qe6 $6 (22... Rb8 {would needlessly prolong the game} ) 23. Qxb7 Qc8 $6 ({so would} 23... Rc8) 24. Qd5 (24. Qe4 $1 {is even stronger} ) 24... Rb8 25. Qg8+ (25. c4 $1) 25... Re8 26. Qxg7 Rxb2 $2 (26... Qe6) 27. Bg4 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: 39