Game of the week March 6, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "1992 New Haven Open"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Richard Bauer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E18"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 O-O 12. Rfe1 g6 13. Rad1 Bg7 14. h4 (14. a3 $5) 14... h6 (14... a6 15. b3 Qe7 $11) 15. d5 (15. b3 a6 $11) 15... Kh7 (15... e5 $1 $11) 16. h5 $5 (16. Qc2 e5 $11) 16... g5 $2 ({The last chance to play} 16... e5 $11) 17. e5 $1 {If Black won't play it, White will} Nxe5 (17... exd5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Nxd5 $16) 18. Nxe5 ({The immediate} 18. Qc2+ $18 {is more accurate because Black doesn't have g7 for his king}) 18... Bxe5 19. Qc2+ Kh8 $6 (19... Kg7 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. dxe6 $18 {puts up more (but fruitless) resistance}) 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. dxe6 Qc8 $6 (21... Qf6 22. Bxb7 $18 {Dumping the bishop is better than allowing the e-pawn to advance}) 22. e7 (22. Bxb7 { is even stronger, e.g.,} Qxe6 (22... Qxb7 $2 23. Qf5 fxe6 24. Qxe5+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Nd5 $18) 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Nd5 Rc8 25. Ne3 $18) 22... Re8 ({ Black can prolong his agony with} 22... Bxg2 23. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 24. Kxg2 $18) 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qf5 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