Game of the week September 18, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Hoenne Open"] [Site "Menden 2001"] [White "Vladimir Epishin"] [Black "Romuald Mainka"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2316"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Rochade Europa, June 200"] [SourceDate "2018.01.27"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.01.27"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 (5... O-O $1 $11) 6. Nf3 (6. Rd1 $1 $14) 6... Qe7 (6... O-O $1 $11) 7. g3 e5 (7... O-O) 8. Bg2 h6 (8... O-O 9. Rc1 $14) 9. O-O (9. dxe5 $1 dxe5 10. O-O $14) 9... e4 $6 (9... O-O) 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nc2 (11. f3 $1 e3 12. Qd3 $16) 11... c6 12. Ne3 (12. d5 $1 $16) 12... Na6 13. a3 (13. f3 $1 exf3 14. Rxf3 $16) 13... Nc7 14. d5 c5 $6 (14... a5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qd4 $14) 15. f3 (15. b4 $1 $16) 15... exf3 16. exf3 Bd7 $6 ( 16... Qd8 17. Rfb1 Re8 18. Bf1 b6 19. b4 $14) 17. Rfe1 (17. b4 $1 $16) 17... Qd8 18. Bf1 Re8 (18... a6 19. b4 $14 {is a small improvement for Black}) 19. Bd3 (19. b4 $14) 19... Rb8 20. a4 (20. b4 $5) 20... Na6 $2 (20... Re7) 21. Nb5 Nb4 $2 (21... Bxb5 22. axb5 Nb4 23. Rxa7 $16) 22. Nxd6 Rf8 23. Nef5 Nxd3 (23... Bxf5 24. Nxf5 $18 {is a very slight improvement for Black}) 24. Qxd3 g6 $2 ( 24... a6 25. b3 $18) 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 $2 (26... Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Rxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qe3 $18 {would needlessly prolong Black's wretched existence }) 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+ 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: 93