Game of the week February 27, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Salzburg 1955"] [White "Aleksandar Matanovic"] [Black "Alfred Beni"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1955.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 (5. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 6. d4 c6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd6 Nf6 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Bf5 O-O 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 (13. Rxe6 $2 Nd5 $1 $17) 13... h5 14. Be3 Qxd6 15. h3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bb4 17. a3 $14) 5... O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Qe7 $6 (8... h6 $11) 9. Qd3 (9. d5 $1 $14) 9... Nd8 $6 (9... Bd7 10. Bg5 h6 $11) 10. Nbd2 (10. Na3 $5) 10... c6 ( 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Ne6 12. Bc4 c6 13. Nb1 Nh5 14. Nc3 Nhf4 15. Qd1 $14) 11. Ba4 Bc7 $6 (11... Ne6 12. Nc4 d5 $11) 12. Nf1 h6 $6 (12... Nh5 13. g4 $14) 13. Ng3 Nh7 (13... Ne6 14. Nh4 $16 {is a slight improvement for Black}) 14. Bb3 $6 (14. b4 $1 $16) 14... Kh8 $6 (14... Ne6 15. Bc2 $14) 15. Nh2 (15. Be3 $1 Ne6 16. Rad1 $16) 15... Be6 $2 (15... Qf6 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Qd2 $14) 16. Bc2 f6 $6 ( 16... Nf6 17. f4 $16) 17. f4 (17. Nf3 $1 $16) 17... Re8 18. Bd2 (18. d5 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Rf1 $16) 18... Nf8 (18... Bg8 $5 19. Rad1 $16) 19. Nf5 $6 (19. Rad1 $16) 19... Bxf5 (19... Qd7 $1 20. Rad1 $14) 20. exf5 Nf7 21. Ng4 $6 (21. Nf3 Qd7 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Rad1 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Bb6+ 27. Kf1 Nfe5 28. a4 $16) 21... Qd7 (21... Bb6 $1 22. Kh1 $14) 22. fxe5 (22. d5 $1 $14) 22... dxe5 23. Bb3 b5 (23... a5 $5 $11) 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. dxe5 Bxe5 $6 (25... Rad8 26. e6 (26. Qc2 fxe5 $11) 26... Bb6+ 27. Kh1 Rxd3 28. exf7 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 h5 $11) 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 $6 (26... fxe5 27. Be3 a6 28. Qe4 $14) 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. Be3 (28. a4 $5) 28... Nd7 ({Somewhat better for Black is} 28... Nh7 29. Qd6 Qd5 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Re1 $16) 29. Qd6 (29. a4 $1) 29... Nf6 $2 (29... Rc8 30. Bxa7 $16) 30. Qxc6 Qd5 $6 (30... Rb8 31. Rd1 $18) 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Bf2 (32. Kf2 $1 $18) 32... a6 (32... Nf4 {puts up more resistance}) 33. Rd1 Ne7 ({ Again,} 33... Nf4 {is (irrelevantly) better}) 34. g4 Nc6 35. Rd6 (35. Bg3 $1) 35... Rc8 36. Bg3 a5 37. Rd5 (37. Kf2 $1) 37... b4 38. Rc5 bxc3 39. Rxc3 ({ Stockfish prefers} 39. bxc3 {but it doesn't matter much at this point}) 39... e4 (39... Kg8 {3.48 according to Stockfish after 29 ply vs. 3.58 for the move played}) 40. Kf2 a4 $6 (40... g6 {at least trades off a pair of pawns}) 41. Rc4 (41. Ke3 $1) 41... e3+ (41... h5 {would prolong the game but if Black really wants a quick end to his misery, he could resign}) 42. Kxe3 Re8+ 43. Kf3 (43. Kd3 {is irrelevantly better. The game is over.}) 43... Ne5+ 44. Bxe5 Rxe5 45. Rxa4 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: 34