Game of the week April 3, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "US Chess League 1976"] [Site "New York vs. Cleveland"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Calvin Blocker"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5 $6 (8. d3 d6 9. O-O O-O $11) 8... axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Nc3 (10. Qxb5 $2 Nxe4 $17 {Ivakina-Tukan, St. Petersburg 2006}) (10. O-O Na5 11. d3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 O-O 13. Nxe5 d5 $15) 10... O-O (10... Na5 $1 $15) 11. Nd5 $2 (11. Qxb5 Na5 12. d3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 d5 $11) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 (12. exd5 Na5 $17 {is slightly better }) 12... Nb4 13. Bxb7 $2 (13. Bb3 Bxe4 14. O-O Nxc2 15. Bxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qxb5 Be4 $17) 13... Qxb7 $2 (13... Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 (14. Kf1 Qxb7 15. Nxe5 Nd4 $19) 14... Qa4 15. b3 Qxb3 16. Bd5 Ne3+ 17. Ke1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qb1 $19) 14. d3 f6 (14... Nc6 15. O-O b4 $11) 15. O-O d5 $6 (15... Nc6 $11) 16. Nh4 g6 $6 ( 16... dxe4 17. Nf5 Re8 18. dxe4 Bf8 $11) 17. c3 Na6 18. Bh6 (18. Qg4 $1 Qc8 19. Qg3 $14) 18... Rd8 (18... Re8 $11) 19. b4 (19. f4 dxe4 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. f5 g5 22. dxe4 Kh8 $11) 19... dxe4 (19... c5 $11) 20. dxe4 (20. Qa2+ $1 Qd5 21. Qxa6 exd3 22. Qa1 e4 $11) 20... c5 21. Ra1 (21. g3 $5) 21... cxb4 $2 (21... Nc7 $11) 22. Qa2+ Kh8 (22... b3 23. Qxb3+ Kh8 24. Qf7 $18) 23. g3 $2 (23. Qf7 $18) 23... bxc3 $2 (23... Nc5 24. Qf7 Rg8 25. cxb4 Nxe4 $17) 24. Qf7 Rg8 25. Rxa6 c2 ( 25... Qxa6 $2 26. Qxe7 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Qa6 28. Bg7+ Rxg7 29. Qf8+ Rg8 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Qh6#) 26. Ra1 $2 (26. Kg2 g5 27. Rb6 Qxe4+ (27... Qxb6 28. Nf5 $18) 28. Nf3 Qg6 29. Qxe7 Re8 (29... c1=Q 30. Rxf6 $18) 30. Qc7 Qxh6 31. Qxc2 $18) 26... b4 27. Qb3 $2 (27. Kg2 g5 (27... b3 $2 28. Ra8 $1 $18) 28. Nf5 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 c1=Q+ (29... Qxf5 $2 30. Bg7+ Rxg7 31. Ra8+ $18) 30. Rxc1 Qxf5 31. Qxe7 b3 32. Qb4 $16) 27... Qxe4 28. Rc1 (28. Qf7 Qb7 29. Qb3 Qe4 $11) 28... Rc8 $2 ( 28... g5 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. Nxe5 Qf6 $11) 29. Qf7 Rg8 30. Qxe7 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