Game of the week February 6, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Harvard Opem 1991"] [Site "Cambridge, MA"] [White "Boris Gulko"] [Black "Boris Baczynskyj"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2333"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1991.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CH, July-Aug 1991"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 (7... Be7 $5) 8. c4 Nf6 (8... dxc4 $6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. N3d2 $16) (8... Nge7 $1 $11) 9. cxd5 (9. Nc3 $1 $14) 9... exd5 (9... Nxd5 $1 $11) 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 $5 $14) 10... Be6 $6 (10... d4 11. Na4 $14) 11. Na4 (11. Bg5 $1 $16) 11... O-O 12. Nxb6 (12. Bg5 $5 $14) 12... axb6 (12... Qxb6 13. Be3 $14 {is a bit better for Black} ) 13. Be3 (13. Nd4 $5) 13... Ng4 (13... Re8 $5) 14. Bd4 Ra4 $6 (14... Re8 15. a3 $14) 15. e3 Re8 $6 (15... h5 16. Nc1 b5 17. b3 $16) 16. h3 $6 (16. a3 $16) 16... Nh6 $6 (16... Nf6 17. a3 $14) 17. Bc3 Qd7 (17... b5 $5 18. a3 $16) 18. Kh2 (18. Qh5 $5) 18... Rea8 19. a3 Nf5 20. Qh5 f6 (20... d4 21. Nxd4 Ncxd4 22. exd4 Bd5 23. Rfd1 $16) 21. Rad1 (21. Rfd1) 21... g6 (21... Rd8 22. Qe2 $16 { is a small improvement for Black}) 22. Qe2 (22. Qf3 $5 $16) 22... d4 (22... Qf7 $5 {is another (very) small improvement for Black}) 23. Nxd4 Ncxd4 24. Bxd4 Bc4 $2 (24... Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 Re8 27. Qd2 $16) 25. Bxf6 (25. Bc3 $1 { is even stronger, e.g.,} Bxe2 26. Rxd7 Bxf1 27. Bxf1 $18 {and the two bishops are going to do terrible things to Black}) 25... Bxe2 $2 (25... Qe6 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Bd5 $18) 26. Rxd7 Bxf1 (26... Bc4 {would prolong the game but why not choose a quick death?}) 27. Bd5+ Kf8 28. Rxh7 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: 28