Game of the week August 21, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "North Carolina 1991"] [White "Alexander Ivanov"] [Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 (5... c5 $1 6. c4 Nf6 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 $11) 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Bg4 ( 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Ne4 Bxf3 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxf3 Rfd8 ( 15... Nxc4 $2 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc6 a5 19. Rxc7 $16) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qb3 $14) 11. Ne5 (11. h3 $1 $14 {Kosintseva-Mohota, Dresden 2008}) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qh4 14. Nb5 (14. g3 $5) 14... Nc6 $6 (14... Bd8 15. Rd4 Qe7 $11) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rd4 Qf6 17. Rf4 Qg6 $6 (17... Qh6 18. Rg4 $14) 18. Rg4 Qf5 $6 (18... Qxg4 19. Qxg4 cxb5 20. cxb5 $16) 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Be3 Qd6 (20... g6 21. Nxe6 $18 {is a marginal improvement for Black}) 21. c5 Qd5 22. Nf3 $2 (22. cxb6 $18) 22... Nc8 $2 (22... h5 $1 23. Rd4 Qxc5 24. Rd7 Nxd7 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rc1 $14) 23. Rd1 Qh5 24. h3 Bf6 (24... f5 25. Ra4 $18 {is a bit better than the game for Black}) 25. Bg5 Bxg5 $2 (25... Qg6 26. Nh4 Qxg5 27. Rxg5 Bxg5 28. Nf3 $18 {is a lot better than the game for Black (but still quite miserable and lost)}) 26. Rxg5 $2 (26. Nxg5 Ne7 27. Nxe6 Ng6 28. Nxf8 $18 {is curtains}) 26... Qh6 27. Rd7 Qf6 $2 (27... Re8 28. h4 $16) 28. Qe5 Kh8 ( 28... Qxe5 29. Nxe5 {puts up more (futile) resistance}) 29. Rxc7 (29. Rg4 $18 { is quicker}) 29... a5 (29... Re8 {is a meaningless improvement}) 30. Rg4 a4 $2 (30... Ra7 {is a more meaningful but still insufficient improvement}) 31. Rf4 Qg6 $2 (31... Qxe5) 32. Qc3 $6 (32. Nh4 $18 {and it's over}) 32... Ra7 33. Rfxf7 $1 Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Raxf7 35. Ng5 Rxf2 $6 (35... Rf6) 36. Nxe6 (36. Qd3 $1) 36... Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Rg8 (37... R8f7 38. Qe5 {and Black might get a few more miserable breaths}) 38. Qd3 Rf6 $2 (38... Rff8) 39. Ng5 g6 40. Qd4 ({It doesn't matter in the least but the quick mate is} 40. Qd7 Rg7 41. Qd8+ Rg8 42. Qxf6+ Rg7 43. Qf8+ Rg8 44. Nf7#) 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: 24