Game of the week June 8, 2025 by Robert Huntington [Event "New England Open 1997"] [White "Igor Foygel"] [Black "Steven Winer"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "ATH"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2484"] [BlackElo "2233"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2176423564303167"] [EventDate "1997.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Chess Horizons?"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 $5 O-O ({Stockfish suggests} 5... Be6 {which isn't in the database}) 6. Nf3 b6 (6... c6 7. Bb2 Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 a5 $11) 7. Qb3 (7. Ba3 $1 e6 $11 {Tornai-Liptay, Hungary 2013}) 7... c5 8. cxd5 cxb4 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Be2 Nxd5 13. Bf3 Nxc3 14. Bxb7 Ra7 15. Bxc3 Rxb7 16. O-O Rc7 $11 {Drasko-Jansa, Sarajevo 1981}) 9. Qxb4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. O-O (12. Ba3 $5) 12... Nc6 13. Qa3 (13. Qd2 $5) 13... Bb7 (13... Bg4 $11) 14. Bd2 Rc8 (14... Qd7 $5 $11) (14... e6 $5 $11) 15. Rac1 e6 16. Rfd1 a6 $2 (16... Qe7 $11) 17. Bxa6 Ra8 $6 (17... Qd7 18. Bb5 $16) 18. Qxf8+ $1 Bxf8 19. Bxb7 Na5 (19... Ne7 20. Bxa8 $18 {is a small improvement for Black}) 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxa5 (21. Rc2 $18) 21... bxa5 22. Ne5 (22. h3 $5) 22... Bd6 23. Nc6 (23. Nc4 $1 $18 {is even stronger}) 23... Qa6 (23... a4 {is another small improvement}) 24. d5 e5 $2 (24... exd5 25. Rxd5 $18 {is a larger improvement}) 25. a4 Kg7 (25... g5 $5) 26. Rb1 Qc4 $6 (26... g5) 27. Nxa5 Qxa4 (27... Qe2 {might prolong the game without changing the result}) 28. Nb7 Qd7 $2 (28... Be7 {is a futile improvement}) 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Rbc1 h5 $2 (30... g5 {but it doesn't matter in the least}) 31. Rc6 Qd7 32. d6 (32. h3 {is irrelevantly stronger}) 32... h4 ({Black's position is so frelled that Stockfish thinks} 32... Qxc6 33. d7 $18 {is Black's best}) 33. h3 g5 34. Rc7 Qa4 35. Rcc1 (35. Rd2 {is even quicker}) 35... Qd7 36. Rc4 Kg6 37. Kh2 (37. Rc7 {lowers the boom immediately. Nothing matters from here on out.}) 37... f5 38. e4 f4 39. f3 g4 40. hxg4 h3 41. gxh3 Qd8 42. Rc2 Qh4 43. Rg2 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: 0