Game of the week April 17, 2022April 18, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "CCA Winter Int'l 8384"] [Site "New York, NY"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Jay Bonin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2403"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1984.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 $6 (5... c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Bc5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. e4 Qe7 $11) 6. Nc3 b5 (6... d5 {is somewhat better, e.g.,} 7. cxd5 exd5 (7... b5 $5 8. Qb3 cxd5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nxb5 $1 $14) 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Bf4 $14) 7. cxb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9. e3 Bb7 $6 (9... Be7 10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qxa6 $14) 10. Be2 Bc6 11. Qc4 Qb7 $6 (11... d6 12. Nc3 $14) 12. O-O a6 (12... d6 13. Nc3 $16 {is a slight improvement for Black}) 13. Nc3 Bxf3 $6 (13... d6 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qb3 $16) 14. Bxf3 Qxf3 (14... d5 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 $18) 15. Qc8+ Ke7 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Qb7 Nd2 $6 {A clever try but} (17... Nc6 18. Qxa8 f6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qc8 $18 {is objectively much better (but not nearly good enough)}) 18. d5 $1 { Forced. Everything else loses, e.g.,} (18. Nd5+ Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bxd2 Nc6 $19) (18. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd4 $19) 18... Ra7 $2 (18... Nc6 19. Bxd2 Rb8 20. Qc7 Rxb2 21. Bc1 Rb4 (21... Rc2 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Ba3+ Kf6 24. Qf4+ Kg6 25. Qg4+ $18)) 19. Qxa7 $2 {The slow method} (19. Qxb8 {is the quick method}) 19... Nxf1 20. Qxb8 Nxh2 $2 (20... h6 21. Kxf1 Kf6 22. Qc8 $18 {would prolong Black's pain}) 21. d6+ Kf6 22. Qd8+ Ke5 23. Bf4+ Kd4 24. Qb6+ 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