Game of the week August 14, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "National Open 1985"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [White "John Donaldson"] [Black "Viktors Pupols"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1985.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 $1 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bd6 $11) 4... dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 $6 (6. Be2 Be7 $11) 6... Nd7 (6... Bb4+ $1 7. Nc3 Nf6 $15) 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 $6 (8. Nc3 Ngf6 $15) 8... Ngf6 (8... Bb7 $5 $17) 9. b3 c3 $6 (9... O-O 10. axb5 cxb5 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 $17) 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. Na3 (12. Qc2 Rc8 $17 {puts up slightly more resistance}) 12... O-O (12... Qb6 $1 $17) 13. Nc2 Be7 (13... Qb6 $17) 14. Ke2 (14. Qe2 a5 $17 {is a small improvement for White}) 14... Ne4 (14... Qb6 $1 $19) 15. Bg3 (15. Bd3 a5 $19) 15... h5 $6 (15... a5 $19 ) 16. Ne5 $2 (16. Ba6 Bxa6+ 17. Rxa6 h4 18. Be5 Qc8 $19 {puts up more resistance}) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd2 18. f3 Nxb3 (18... h4 $19 {is the quick method}) 19. Ra4 Na5 $2 (19... Nd2 $19) 20. Qa1 Nc6 21. Bg3 $2 (21. Qxc3 Rc8 $17) 21... a5 (21... h4 $1 {is a lot stronger}) 22. Qxc3 Nb4 (22... Qb6 $1) 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Qa1 Bc6 $2 (25... h4 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Be1 Ra1 $19) 26. Bd3 $2 (26. Bc4 Bd5 27. Bd3 Qb7 $17) 26... Qb7 27. Qb2 (27. Qb1 Ra8 $19) 27... h4 28. Be1 $6 (28. Bf4 h3 $19) 28... Ra8 (28... h3 $1 $19 {is even stronger}) 29. Bd2 $2 (29. Kf2 h3 $19 {is an irrelevant improvement.}) 29... h3 30. e4 $2 (30. Rb1 {is also irrelevantly better}) 30... hxg2 31. Ra1 $6 (31. Rd1) 31... Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Bb5 33. Be3 $2 ({and Stockfish says White is only down 20.4 pawn equivalences vs. 51.89 with the move played} 33. Kf2) 33... Bxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Qb5+ 35. Kd2 b3 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: 30