Game of the week January 23, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Russia 1990"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Vladimir Belikov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "LF14_08"] [SourceDate "2014.08.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.08.06"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 (10. Qe1) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 (11... Nxd4 $11) 12. Bg1 (12. Qe1) 12... Bd7 (12... Nb4 $11) 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rab8 (14... Rad8) 15. Qe2 Bc8 16. Qc4 (16. e5 $5) 16... Bd8 17. e5 d5 18. Qe2 (18. Qd3) 18... Nd7 19. Nd4 (19. Be3 $5) 19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Be7 21. Nd1 (21. Qd3 $5) 21... Bc5 ( 21... Bb7 $11) 22. c3 b5 (22... Bf8 $5) 23. axb5 (23. Ne3) 23... Rxb5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 (24... Rxc5 $11 {is somewhat better}) 25. b4 Nd7 $6 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Nf2 Bb7 $11) 26. Qd2 Nb6 $6 (26... Rf8 27. Nb2 Rb8 28. Rfc1 $14) 27. Ne3 Bb7 (27... Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Rfd1 $16 {is a small improvement for Black}) 28. Be2 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rfd1 (30. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 31. exd6 Rd8 32. Nxc4 $16) 30... a5 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Qxa5 33. Nxc4 Qa4 (33... Qa7 34. Nd6 $16 {is another small improvement for Black}) 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. c4 $6 (35. Rb1 h6 36. h3 Bd5 37. Kh2 $16) 35... Bc6 (35... Qb3 $1 $11) 36. Rb1 (36. h3 $1 $14) 36... Ra8 $2 (36... Qa3 $11) 37. h3 h5 $6 (37... h6 38. Kh2 Qa7 39. Rb2 $14) 38. Kh2 (38. Qf2 $1 $16) 38... g6 $2 (38... Qa7 39. Rb2 $16) 39. Rb6 ( 39. f5 $1 $18 {is even stronger}) 39... Kg7 $2 (39... Be8 40. c5 $18 {would only lead to prolonged suffering for Black}) 40. f5 $1 exf5 (40... Qa1 41. f6+ $18 {is a slightly slower death for Black}) 41. Qg5 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: 25