Game of the week July 17, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "New York match 1931"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Arthur Dake"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E43"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "1931.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 (5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qb4 Qc7 $11) 5... Bb7 6. Nge2 $2 (6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. e4 Nd7 $11 {Clarke-Hampton, England 1997}) 6... Bxg2 7. Rg1 Be4 $6 ( 7... Bf3 $1 8. Qc2 (8. Rxg7 $6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nh5 $17) 8... g6 9. a3 Bxe2 $15) 8. Bxe4 $6 (8. a3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 O-O $11) 8... Nxe4 9. Rxg7 $2 (9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 O-O $17) 9... Nxf2 $1 10. Qc2 (10. Kxf2 $2 Qf6+ $19) 10... Qh4 11. Kf1 $2 (11. Ng3 Bf8 $19 {would prolong the game}) 11... Ng4 12. Ng3 $2 (12. Nf4 Kf8 13. Rxg4 Qxg4 $19 {would also prolong the game}) 12... Qf6+ 13. Kg1 $2 (13. Ke1 {is an irrelevant improvement}) 13... Qxg7 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Qa4 $2 (15. Qg2 c6 $19 {is another irrelevant improvement}) 15... c6 (15... Nxh2 $1 {is the quick method}) 16. Qxa6 $2 {It doesn't matter. White just wants a quick death.} cxb5 $2 (16... Nxh2 {would give White what he wants}) 17. Qb7 Rd8 {White has had enough} 0-1 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: 31