Game of the week July 3, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Boston 1973"] [White "John Curdo"] [Black "Jack Peters"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C49"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1973.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 ( 7... Bg4 8. a3 Bd6 $11) 8. Ne2 (8. h3 $5) 8... Bg4 (8... Re8 9. Ng3 Qd8 $11) 9. Ng3 (9. a3 $5) 9... Nh5 10. h3 (10. Nf5 $5) 10... Nxg3 11. fxg3 Bxf3 (11... Be6 $1 $11) 12. gxf3 f5 ({Slightly better is} 12... Bc5+ 13. Kg2 f6 $11) 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Kg2 Raf8 15. Qe2 (15. Be3 $14) 15... Qd5 $6 (15... Bc5 $11) 16. a3 ( 16. Be3 $1 $14 {is a bit stronger}) 16... Bc5 17. Bd2 (17. Be3 $14) 17... Bd4 18. c3 (18. a4 $14) 18... Bc5 (18... Bb6 19. Rae1 Rd8 $11) 19. b4 Be7 20. Qe4 ( 20. Rae1 Rd8 21. d4 Bd6 $11) 20... R5f7 $6 (20... R5f6 21. c4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Rd6 $11) 21. c4 Qd7 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Rad1 Rd8 $6 (23... g6) 24. Rf2 (24. h4 $14) 24... Re7 (24... g6) 25. Rb2 (25. Re2) 25... Qe8 (25... g6) 26. Re2 Rd6 (26... a6 27. Rde1 $14) 27. Ree1 (27. h4 $5) 27... Qd8 (27... b6 28. h4 a6 29. Re3 $14 ) 28. b5 (28. a4 $5) 28... c5 $6 (28... Ree6 29. a4 $14) 29. h4 c6 $6 (29... Qe8 $5) (29... b6 $5) 30. a4 $6 (30. bxc6 bxc6 (30... Rxc6 31. f4 $16) 31. a4 $16) 30... cxb5 31. axb5 h6 $6 (31... Qd7 32. Rd2 b6 33. Ra1 $14) 32. Re2 Rd4 33. Qf5 (33. Bxd4 $2 exd4 $19) (33. Qe3 $1 $14) 33... Rxc4 $2 (33... Rd6 34. Rc2 $14) 34. dxc4 Qxd1 35. Rd2 Qb3 $2 (35... Qc1 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Qd3 $18 { puts up more (futile) resistance}) 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Qd3 e4 $2 (37... h5 38. g4 $18 {would prolong the game but wouldn't change the result}) 38. Qd5+ Re6 39. Rd7+ Be7 40. Qf5+ Rf6 41. Bxf6 (41. Qe5 $1 {leads to mate}) 41... exf3+ $2 ( 41... Qxf3+ 42. Qxf3 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 Kxf6 44. Rxb7 {allows Black to escape into a hopeless ending}) 42. Kh3 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: 35