Game of the week December 26, 2021 by Robert Huntington This game is proof that the gods care little for justice. White wins with the Grob Attack. [Event "Edinburgh 1981"] [White "Michael Basman"] [Black "Colin Crouch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1981.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. g4 $6 d5 2. h3 (2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 (3... dxc4 $6 4. Bxb7 Nd7 5. Bxa8 Qxa8 6. f3 e5 7. Qa4 Be6 $15) 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 $17) 2... e5 (2... h5 $5 3. g5 e5 $17) 3. Bg2 c6 (3... Nc6 4. Nc3 d4 5. Ne4 h5 $17) 4. d4 e4 (4... h5 $15) 5. c4 Ne7 $6 (5... h5 6. Nc3 Be6 $15) 6. Nc3 f5 (6... h5 $11) 7. Qb3 ( 7. Bg5 $5) 7... dxc4 (7... g6 $5) (7... Qb6 $5) 8. Qc2 $2 (8. Qxc4 Nd5 $11) 8... Qxd4 (8... g6 $1 $17) 9. Be3 $6 ({Better is} 9. gxf5 Nxf5 10. Nxe4 Nh4 $17 ) 9... Qe5 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bd4 Qf4+ $2 (11... Qe7 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bc3 Nc6 $17) 12. e3 Qg5 $6 (12... Qc7 13. a3 Na6 14. Nge2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qf7 $11) 13. f4 $6 (13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bc3 $14) 13... Qe7 (13... Qg6 $5) 14. gxf5 (14. a3 $11) 14... Bxf5 15. Bxe4 $6 (15. a3 Rg8 16. Nge2 Nd7 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 O-O-O $11) 15... Nb4 16. Bxc6+ N8xc6 17. Qxf5 Nd3+ 18. Kb1 $6 (18. Rxd3 cxd3 19. Nf3 d2+ 20. Kxd2 g6 21. Qg4 Rd8 22. Kc1 Bg7 $15) 18... Nf2 19. Nf3 Nxh1 (19... Qf7 20. Qc2) 20. Rxh1 Nxd4 $2 (20... Qd7 21. Qe4+ Ne7 22. Qc2 Nc6 23. Qe4+ $11 (23. Rd1 $5 O-O-O $8 $11)) 21. exd4 Kd8 (21... Qf6 $5 22. Qd5 $18 {is probably an insufficent improvement}) 22. Ng5 (22. Re1 $1 $18 {is even stronger}) 22... Qf6 $2 (22... g6 23. Ne6+ Kc8 24. Qe5 $18 {would prolong the game without altering the result}) 23. Qd5+ Kc8 24. Nf7 (24. Re1 $1 $18 {is the quick method}) 24... Rg8 $2 ({But Black wants a quick end to his misery and doesn't want to suffer after} 24... a6 25. Ne4 $18) 25. Ne4 ({Again} 25. Re1 {is the quick way}) 25... Qb6 $2 (25... Qe7 {would only prolong Black's suffering}) 26. Ne5 $6 ({But White apparently doesn't mind prolonging Black's suffering.} 26. Rc1 {is the quick way here.}) 26... Rh8 $2 (26... Qd8 27. Qxg8 $18 {would be the continuation if Black wanted to continue his pain}) 27. Rc1 Ba3 (27... a6 { and White has to take eleven moves to checkmate. Black wants to quick this very miserable world as soon as possible.}) 28. Rxc4+ Kb8 29. Nd7# 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: 57