Game of the week September 17, 2023 by Robert Huntington In memory of Joel Johnson (1955-2023), another (former) New England master who recently passed on. [Event "1976 Boylston Chess Club Championship"] [Site "Boston, MA"] [White "Joel Johnson"] [Black "Harry Lyman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "1911"] [BlackElo "2150"] [Annotator "GotW"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "www.chessjamaica.org"] [SourceDate "2008.07.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ (11. h4 $5) 11... cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. c4 $6 (13. c3 Qf5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Bc3 Rfe8 $11) 13... Qxc4 14. Bxd6 O-O-O $2 (14... Qd5 15. Be5 O-O 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 $15) 15. Bg3 (15. Rc1 $1 $18) 15... Bg4 $2 (15... d3 16. Rc1 $16 {Stelmaszyk-Sonis, chess. com 2021}) 16. Rc1 (16. Qd2 $1 Bxf3 17. Qf4 Rd7 18. Rac1 $18 {is the quick method}) 16... Qb4 17. a3 (17. h3 $1 Be6 (17... Bh5 18. Re5 g6 19. Qd3 $18) 18. Ne5 $18 {is another quicker win}) 17... Qxb2 $6 (17... Qb6 18. h3 Be6 19. b4 $18 {would slow White down without changing the outcome}) 18. Qd3 Bxf3 $2 ( 18... Qb6 19. Ne5 $18 {but Black is a dead man limping (or crawling) in any case.}) 19. gxf3 $6 (19. Qf5+ Rd7 20. Qe5 $18 {is the quick and humane way}) 19... Rd5 20. Qe4 (20. Rb1 {is even better}) 20... Rhd8 21. Qf4 ({So is} 21. Qg4+) 21... Qb6 22. Rb1 $2 {Almost throwing away the win} (22. a4 $1 $18) 22... g5 $4 (22... Qa5 $1 23. Qxf7 R5d7 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf6 $16) 23. Qxf7 R5d7 24. Qe6 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: 71