Game of the week March 27, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "1971 British Columbia Open"] [White "Duncan Suttles"] [Black "Peter Biyiasas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1971.03.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "Canbase"] [SourceDate "2015.08.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.08.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nge7 6. b4 (6. h4 $5) 6... O-O ( 6... a6 7. d3 d6 $11) 7. b5 (7. h4 $5) 7... Nd4 (7... Na5 8. d3 a6 $11) 8. e3 Ne6 9. Nge2 f5 $6 (9... a6 10. a4 axb5 11. axb5 c6 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {Gouret-Murey, Paris 1991}) 10. d4 (10. O-O $1 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Nxf4 $14) 10... e4 $6 (10... f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. exf4 Nf5 $11) 11. Qb3 (11. O-O $1 $14) 11... Kh8 (11... a6 12. b6 c6 13. Ba3 $16) 12. h4 d6 13. h5 (13. a4 Bd7 14. Ba3 $14) 13... g5 $2 (13... gxh5 14. Rxh5 a6 15. a4 $14) 14. g4 (14. h6 $1 Bf6 15. g4 fxg4 {transposes to the game while avoiding the defense in the next note}) 14... fxg4 $2 (14... h6 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16. Nxe4 Nh4 17. Rh2 Nxg2+ 18. Rxg2 Qe8 19. Qc2 $14) 15. h6 Bf6 16. Bxe4 Rg8 $2 (16... c5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba3 $18) 17. Qc2 (17. Ng3 Nf8 18. Nh5 $18 {is even stronger}) 17... Nf8 18. Ng3 Nfg6 19. Nh5 Rf8 20. Bb2 Kg8 (20... Nh4 21. Bxh7 Bxd4 (21... Nef5 22. Rxh4 $1 Nxh4 23. Nd5 $18) 22. exd4 Nef5 23. d5 Kxh7 24. Ne4 Qe8 25. Nhf6+ Rxf6 26. Qe2 $18) 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Be4 Qe8 $2 (23... Qe7 24. Bxg6 (24. a4 $5 $18) 24... hxg6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. d5 $18) 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. d5 Kh7 27. Bxf6 Bf5 28. Qb2 Qe4 29. O-O {on move 29!} Qf3 $2 ({Stockfish says that} 29... Rf8 { is much better but it would only prolong the game to no good purpose}) 30. Bxg5 (30. Bd8 $1 {forces mate}) 30... Rg8 31. Qf6 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: 33