Game of the week May 21, 2023 by Robert Huntington [Event "1992 Nor'Easter Open"] [Site "Watertown, MA"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Boris Belopolsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2297"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1992.04.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CH May-June 1992"] [SourceDate "2009.07.13"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.07.13"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O (9. Nf4 $1 Be7 10. Qg4 $14) 9... cxd4 $6 (9... Be7 10. Nf4 $14) 10. Nxd4 $1 Nac5 $6 (10... Nxe5 $2 11. Qa4+) (10... Rc8 11. Qe2 Nab8 12. f4 $14) 11. f4 (11. b4 $5) 11... g6 (11... b5 $5 12. Nxb5 Nd3 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. N2b3 $16) 12. c4 (12. b4 $1 Nd3 13. Qe2 Nxc1 14. Raxc1 $16) 12... Nb8 $1 (12... Nd3 $6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. N2b3 $18) 13. Qf3 a6 $2 (13... Nba6 14. Rd1 $16) 14. cxd5 $2 (14. b4 dxc4 15. Nc2 Qd5 16. bxc5 $18) 14... Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. N2f3 Ra7 $2 (16... Ne6 17. Kf2 a5 18. Be3 $14) 17. Be3 Be7 (17... Bh6 $5) 18. Rac1 (18. f5 $1 $16) 18... O-O 19. Rfd1 Rd8 (19... a5 $5) 20. a3 (20. e6 $1 Bd6 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Ne5 $16) 20... Rb7 21. h3 (21. b4 $1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nd4 $16) 21... Kf8 $2 (21... Bf8 22. Rc2 a5 23. g4 $16) 22. g4 $6 (22. b4 Ne6 23. f5 $1 $18) 22... Ke8 $2 (22... Kg8 23. b4 $16) 23. f5 Ne4 (23... a5 24. Kg2 $18 { is marginally better}) 24. e6 (24. b4 $1 $18 {is even stronger}) 24... gxf5 ( 24... Bf6 {puts up the stiffest (though insufficient) defense}) 25. gxf5 (25. Ne5 $1 {would end the game quicker}) 25... Bf6 (25... Nd6 {is another marginal and irrelevant improvement}) 26. Rc2 ({So is} 26. Bf4) 26... Nd6 $6 {Hastening the inevitable} (26... a5) 27. b3 $2 (27. Bf4 {would also hasten the inevitable }) 27... fxe6 28. fxe6 Rg7+ $6 (28... Ke7 {would delay the inevitable}) 29. Kh2 a5 (29... Rg8 {is yet another irrelevant improvement}) 30. a4 (30. Bf4 $1 { would end the game quicker}) 30... Ne4 $2 (30... Na6 {puts up more resistance but why?}) 31. Nf5 Rb7 $2 ({If Black wanted to suffer longer, he could play} 31... Nc5) 32. Rg1 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: 12