Game of the week October 12, 2025 by Robert Huntington [Event "2006 Massachusetts Open"] [Site "Marlborough, MA"] [White "Josef Friedman"] [Black "Alexander Ivanov"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "ATH"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2217"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "42"] [GameId "2206970145468805"] [EventDate "2006.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CH, July-Sept 2006"] [SourceDate "2020.07.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.11"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 (4. Bc4 $14 {is Stockfish's preference}) 4... Qb6 (4... Nf6 5. Qd2 d5 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 $14) 5. a3 (5. Rb1 Nf6 6. Be2 $14) 5... d6 (5... Nf6 6. Be2 $14 {Zvjaginsev-Bologan, Mainz rapid 2010}) 6. Bc4 (6. Nf3 $14) 6... e6 $6 (6... Nf6 7. f3 d5 $1 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxb2 10. Nge2 Qb6 $11) 7. Nge2 (7. f3 $5 $16) 7... d5 (7... Nf6 $5 8. f3 $16) 8. Bb3 Nf6 (8... h5 $5) 9. Ng3 (9. Qd2 $1 $16) 9... h5 (9... O-O 10. e5 Nfd7 11. h4 $16) 10. e5 $6 (10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 $14) 10... Ng4 11. O-O (11. Qd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Nd7 $11) 11... Nd7 $6 (11... c5 $1 12. dxc5 Qd8 13. Bd4 Nc6 $11) 12. Bg5 c5 (12... Bh6 $1 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bc1 $1 $14) 13. h3 cxd4 14. Nxd5 $2 (14. Na4 $1 Qa6 15. hxg4 h4 16. Ne4 (16. Ne2 b5 17. Qxd4 Bxe5 18. Qb4 Bd6 19. Qc3 Be5 20. Qe3 bxa4 21. Bxd5 $1 $14) 16... dxe4 17. Qxd4 Bxe5 18. Qxe4 $14) 14... exd5 15. hxg4 h4 (15... hxg4 $5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qxg4 Nxe5 18. Qf4 f6 19. Bxd5+ Be6 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Bh6 g5 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxh6 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 $11) 16. Ne2 $6 (16. e6 $1 hxg3 17. exd7+ Bxd7 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. Nf4 Bxg4 18. Qe1 $6 (18. f3 Be6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. f4 f6 21. fxe5 fxg5 22. Ba4+ Kd8 $17) 18... h3 $1 19. Nxh3 $2 (19. f3 Be6 20. Ba4+ Kf8 21. g3 d3+ $19) 19... Rxh3 $2 (19... Bxh3 $1 $19) 20. gxh3 $6 Qe6 $6 (20... Bxh3 21. Bxd5 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Rc8 $17) 21. Bxd5 $4 (21. f3 Bxh3 22. Qb4 Nxf3+ $1 23. Rxf3 Qg4+ 24. Kf2 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Qg1+ $11) 21... Qxd5 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: 1
Which game is highlighted as the game of the week? Could you share a bit about why it was chosen? Reply
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Which game is highlighted as the game of the week? Could you share a bit about why it was chosen?
It’s chosen from my database of 60,000+ games that are not in ChessBase’s Megabases. I look for an interesting game between well-known players.