Game of the week July 16, 2023 by Robert Huntington [Event "1989 Constitution State Open"] [Site "Waterbury, CT"] [White "Michael Rohde"] [Black "Richard Bauer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2433"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CH, Jan-Feb 1990"] [SourceDate "2015.04.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.04.19"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 dxc4 $6 (8... b6 $1 9. a4 Bb7 10. Ba3 c5 $11) 9. bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 (10... exd4 11. exd4 c5 12. d5 $14) 11. Qc2 (11. a4 $1 $14) 11... e4 $6 (11... Re8 $1 $11) 12. Ng5 (12. c5 $5 $14) 12... b5 $2 (12... Re8 13. c5 Bxc5 14. Bc4 $1 Nd5 15. Ngxe4 Bb6 16. Nxd5 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxb6 axb6 (18... Nxb6 $6 19. Bd3 $16) 19. f3 $14) 13. Bd2 $6 (13. Ncxe4 h6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf3 $18) 13... Re8 14. f3 exf3 (14... b4 $5) 15. Bxf3 Ba6 $2 (15... b4 16. Nce4 h6 17. Nxf7 $1 Nxe4 ( 17... Kxf7 $2 18. Nxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxc6 $18) 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rxe4 21. Bxb4 $16) 16. Bxc6 Rac8 (16... Nf8 17. e4 h6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 hxg5 20. Rae1 $18) 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 $2 (17... g6 18. Bxe8 $18 {is an irrelevant improvement for Black}) 18. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 $2 (18... g6 19. Raf1 $18 {would prolong the game for no good reason}) 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ (20. Nd5 {is the quick method with mate in five}) 20... Ke7 21. Nd5+ Kd8 22. Qxf6+ $2 Be7 (22... Qe7 {would stave off mate for an additional ten moves}) 23. Nxf7# 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: 39