Game of the week August 28, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "1988 US Junior Championship"] [Site "Amherst, MA"] [White "Daniel Edelman"] [Black "Stuart Rachels"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2421"] [BlackElo "2466"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. Qd2 e6 $11) 7... Nxe3 8. fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Be7 (11... dxe5 $2 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Nb3 $1 $18) 12. Qh5 O-O 13. exd6 Bxd6 (13... Bg5 $2 14. Rae1 $16 {Edelman (!)-Balleisen, ICC INT 2015}) 14. Ne4 $6 (14. Rad1 Qc7 (14... Qb6 $2 15. Nf3 $18) 15. Ne4 Be7 $11) 14... Be7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Rf3 $6 (16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qxb2 $15) 16... c5 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Qe5 $2 (19. Nb3 Be8 (19... Rad8 $5 $17) 20. Qg4 Rg8 $17 { Schaefer-Heimbuch, Germany 1988}) 19... f6 20. Qh5 Be8 21. Qg4 Rf7 22. Nf3 $2 ( 22. Nxe6 f5 23. Qg6 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc6 $19 {would prolong the game}) 22... f5 23. Qg6 (23. Qh3 fxe4 $19 {is a very small (and irrelevant) improvement for White}) 23... fxe4 24. Ne5 ({So is} 24. Qxe4) 24... Rf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bxg6 26. Nxg6+ Kh7 27. Nxe7 Qxb2 28. Ng6 Qxa2 29. h4 a5 30. Nf8+ (30. Rf7 {is the way to prolong the game (but, given the hurt he's suffering, why would White want to?)}) 30... Kg8 31. Nd7 a4 (31... Qxc2 {is stronger but just rubs it in}) 32. Nxc5 Qd5 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: 36