Game of the week January 16, 2022 by Robert Huntington Today would have been grandmaster Ciocâltea‘s 89th birthday. [Event "Salonika 1983"] [White "Georgios Ioakimidis"] [Black "Victor Ciocaltea"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1983.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 (7. Bg5 $14 {is the main line}) 7... Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 a6 13. Nc3 b6 $11) 10... O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Kh1 (12. a3 $5 ) 12... a6 13. Nc3 f5 14. f4 $6 (14. f3 f4 $11) 14... Bf6 15. Qc2 (15. Bd2 { is somewhat better}) 15... exf4 (15... g6 $1) 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. b4 a5 18. Rab1 ( 18. Nb5 $1 axb4 19. Rae1 Qb6 $11) 18... axb4 19. Rxb4 (19. Nb5 $5) 19... Ng6 20. Bd2 $6 (20. Bg3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxa2 22. Rb2 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 f4 24. Bf2 Re8 $11 ) 20... Be5 21. Be1 Qg5 22. Rb3 Qh6 (22... f4 $1 $17) 23. h3 f4 (23... Rf7 $5) 24. Nb5 Bf5 25. Qd2 f3 $5 (25... Rac8 $15) 26. Rbxf3 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Rxa2 28. Bc3 Rxe2 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Bf4 31. c5 dxc5 (31... Rc2 32. g3 $8 Bxg3 33. Rf3 Be5 $15) 32. d6 Rc2 33. g3 $6 (33. Kg1 Bxd6 34. Nxd6 Rxc3 35. Nxb7 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 (37. Ke3 Rxg2 38. Nxc5 Rh2 39. Rh5 Ne7 $19) 37... Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Nh4+ 39. Kg3 Nxf5+ 40. Kf4 Nd4 41. Nxc5 Kf7 $15) 33... Bxd6 34. Nxd6 Rxc3 35. Nxb7 c4 (35... Rxg3 $1 $17) 36. Kg2 Rc1 $6 (36... Rd3 37. Rc5 c3 $15) 37. Rc5 c3 (37... Ne7 $5 $11) 38. Nd6 $6 (38. Rc8+ $11) 38... c2 $6 (38... Ne7 $15) 39. Rc8+ Nf8 40. Ne4 $4 (40. Nf5 g6 41. Nd4 $11) 40... Re1 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: 44