Game of the week December 10, 2023 by Robert Huntington [Event "New York 1970"] [White "William Goichberg"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B78"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1970.??.??"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 (10. g4 $5) 10... Rc8 (10... Na5 $5) 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bh6 (13. Bg5 $5 Re8 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Nh7 (16... Qc8 $11) 17. Bh6 $6 (17. Nd5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Be6 $11) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 (18... a5 $5 $15) 19. g4 hxg4 20. h5 Rxc3 $2 (20... g5 21. Bxg5 f6 $15) 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bg7 $1 Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kf6 24. Qf4+ Kg7 $2 (24... Bf5 25. exf5 Rxf3 26. Qd4+ Kxf5 27. Rxh7 $18) 25. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qf7+ {1-0, Majdan-Pham, Ningbo 2009}) 13... Bxh6 (13... Qa5 $5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. g4 hxg4 18. h5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 gxf3 20. hxg6 Nxe4 $2 (20... fxg6 $11) 21. Qh2 Nxc3+ $6 (21... Qxc3 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qf4+ Nf6 25. Rdg1 Bg4 26. Rh4 Ke8 $11) 22. Ka1 Nxd1+ $4 (22... fxg6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Rdf1 Bf5 $11) 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh6+ {The black king walks the plank} Kf6 25. g7+ Kf5 26. Rh5+ Ke4 27. Nd2+ Kd4 28. Qf4+ {Anderson-Green, Wellington 1977}) 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. g4 (16. Kb1 b5 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. hxg6 fxg6 (21... Rb8+ $5 22. Ka1 fxg6 23. Rb1 $14) 22. Rh8+ $1 Kf7 (22... Kxh8 $2 23. Qh6+ Nh7 24. Rh1 $18) 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. fxg4 $14 {Nopin-Kapusta, ICCF email 2011}) 16... Qxc3 17. Kb1 a5 18. gxh5 a4 19. hxg6 axb3 20. cxb3 fxg6 21. Rhg1 $2 (21. h5 Nxh5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Rg1+ Bg4 24. Ne6 (24. Rxg4+ $11) 24... Kf7 $11) 21... Kf7 22. h5 $2 (22. Rg2 Rg8 $17) 22... gxh5 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. f4 $2 (24. Rg2 Nc6 $19) 24... Nd3 25. Rg2 $2 (25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qg2 Qxd4 $19 {would prolong the game needlessly}) 25... Qxd4 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27. e5 Ne4 0-1 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: 15