Game of the week October 22, 2023 by Robert Huntington [Event "USA 1945"] [White "Anthony Santasiere"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 (4... Nbd7 $5) 5. a3 (5. c4 $5 c6 (5... Bxb4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bb5 Qe4 $11) 6. c5 a5 7. a3 b6 $11) 5... a5 ( 5... Be7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 c6 $11 {Mahdy-Kreindl, Oberwart 2002}) 6. b5 c5 (6... Nbd7 $1 $11) 7. Be2 h6 8. d3 (8. O-O $5) 8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. c4 Bd6 11. cxd5 (11. a4 O-O $11) 11... exd5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. h3 $2 (13. a4 $11) 13... a4 (13... Rfe8 $15) 14. g4 $6 (14. O-O Bh7 $15) 14... Be6 (14... Bg6 $1 $17) 15. Qc2 $6 (15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bf5 $15) 15... Qa5 16. Rb1 d4 (16... Qd8 $1 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bf5 $17) 17. exd4 (17. O-O $1 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rfe8 $15) 17... cxd4 $2 (17... Nd5 $17) 18. O-O Qxb5 19. Nxd4 (19. Nc4 $1 Bc7 $11) 19... Qg5 (19... Qa6 $1 $11) 20. N2f3 Qg6 (20... Qc5 $5) 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Nhf5 (22. Nhf3 {with its tacit draw offer is what Stockfish prefers slightly}) 22... Rac8 $6 (22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qf4 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11) 23. Qd1 $6 (23. Qxa4 $14) 23... Qf4 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Qd2 $6 (25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxa4 Nd5 $11) 25... h5 $2 ( 25... Nd5 26. Rfe1 Nc5 $15) 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rfc1 $6 (27. gxh5 Qd5 28. Bc1 Nxh5 29. Rb4 b5 30. Qe3 Nhf6 $11) 27... Ne4 28. Qb4 Ndc5 $4 (28... Qxb4 29. axb4 Nd2 $15) 29. Qd4 $4 (29. dxe4 $18) 29... Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Nd2 (30... Nb3 $1 $11) 31. Rb4 $6 (31. Rb5 Ndb3 32. Rc4 Ne4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Bxg7 Nc3 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Rg5+ $14) 31... Ndb3 32. Rcc4 (32. Rb1 $5) 32... Nxd4 $6 (32... Na6 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxa4 b5 35. Rxa6 Nxd4 $11) 33. Rxd4 Rfd8 $6 (33... hxg4 34. Rxg4 $14) 34. gxh5 e5 $6 (34... Rxd4 35. Rxd4 e5 36. Rg4 $16) 35. Rg4 (35. Rdc4 $1 $16) 35... Kh7 $6 (35... Rc6 36. d4 Rxd4 37. Rbxd4 exd4 38. Rxd4 $16) 36. Rg5 (36. Rgc4 $1 $16) 36... Nxd3 $2 (36... Ne6 37. Rxe5 Nd4 38. Rxb7 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Rb2 $14) 37. Rxb7 Rc1+ $6 (37... Kh8 38. Rgxg7 Rg8 39. h6 $18) 38. Kh2 Nxf2 $2 (38... Nf4 39. Rgxg7+ $18 {would prolong the game without changing the outcome}) 39. Rgxg7+ Kh8 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rbg7+ Kf8 42. h6 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: 10