Game of the week October 26, 2025 by Robert Huntington [Event "New York 1939"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Anthony Santasiere"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 $5 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 (4. d4 $5) 4... Nxc3 ({The main line goes} 4... e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd5 d6 (8... Qb6 9. Bc4 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 O-O 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Ng5 Nd4+ 13. Kd1 Ne6 14. Ne4 $14) 9. Bd3 Qa5+ (9... Nb4 $1) 10. Kf1 Be6 11. Qe4 Qb6 $11) 5. dxc3 b6 $2 (5... d5 6. exd6 exd6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Qe2 $16) 6. Bc4 $2 (6. e6 $1 dxe6 (6... fxe6 7. Ne5 $18) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ne5 Ke8 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bc6 $18 {Rellstab-Schoenmann, Hamburg 1932}) 6... e6 7. Bf4 Qc7 ({The immediate} 7... Bb7 {is a bit better}) 8. O-O Bb7 (8... Nc6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nd2 $14) 9. Qe2 (9. Re1 $1 h6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Qh5 d6 13. Bxe6 g6 14. Qh3 $14) 9... a6 $6 (9... h6 $11) 10. a4 (10. Rfd1 b5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. c4 $14 {is stronger}) 10... Nc6 11. Rad1 (11. Bg3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Qc6 13. Rfd1 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Qd3 $14 {maintains some edge}) 11... Be7 $6 (11... Na5 $1 12. Bd3 f5 $11) 12. Rd2 (12. Rfe1 $14 {is better}) 12... O-O $6 (12... Na5 13. Rfd1 $14) 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Ng5 h6 $2 {Missing the coming combination} (14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxa6 $16 {is a lot better than what happens in the game}) 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 (16... Rxd7 17. Bxe6+ Kxe6 (17... Kf8 18. Rxd7 $18) 18. Qc4+ Kf5 19. Qf7+ Bf6 20. Rxd7 $18) 17. Rxd7 Rxd7 18. Qh5+ g6 $2 {Black chooses a quick death} (18... Kf8 19. Bxe6 $18) 19. Bxe6+ Kxe6 20. Qxg6+ Bf6 21. Qxf6+ Kd5 22. Qf5 Re7 $2 ({After} 22... Kc4 {it will take White 17 moves to checkmate Black}) 23. e6+ Ne5 24. Qxe5+ Kc6 25. Qd6# 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