Game of the week January 18, 2026 by Robert Huntington [Site "Framingham 1988"] [White "Robert Seltzer"] [Black "John Curdo"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "ATH"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "2076"] [BlackElo "2480"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "73"] [GameId "2267772565267373"] [EventDate "1988.11.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CH, Jan-Feb 1989"] [SourceDate "2015.04.20"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.04.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 $6 (5... Nf6) 6. h3 Bh5 ({Stockfish prefers} 6... Bd7 {slightly}) 7. d3 (7. c3 {is more accurate}) 7... Nf6 (7... b5 $1 8. Bb3 Nd4 $11) 8. c3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 (10... h6 $1 11. Nf1 $14) 11. Nf1 ({Stockfish prefers} 11. Bc2) 11... Nc5 12. Bc2 d5 (12... Ne6 $1 13. g4 Bg6 $11) 13. Ng3 (13. exd5 $1 Qxd5 14. Ne3 $14) 13... Bg6 (13... Bxf3 $1 14. Qxf3 d4 $11) 14. Nxe5 $6 (14. Nf5 $14) 14... Nxe5 15. d4 dxe4 16. dxe5 Nd3 17. Rxe4 $2 (17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Bd2 c5 $15) 17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe5 19. Qh5 Ng6 20. Bg5 $2 (20. Be3 Qe8 $19) 20... f6 $2 (20... Qd5 $19) 21. Be3 b6 22. Ng3 Qe8 $2 (22... Bc5 $1 $11) 23. Nf5 Rd8 (23... Rf7 $5 24. Re1 $18) 24. Re1 Rd7 $2 (24... Rf7 {puts up more, if futile, resistance}) 25. Nh4 f5 26. Bb3+ (26. Bg5 {is quicker}) 26... Kh8 27. Bg5 Rf6 $2 (27... b5 {is better but it doesn't matter}) 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nxf5 (29. Be6 {is irrelevantly stronger}) 29... Qf8 30. Bc2 Bc5 $2 (30... Rd5) 31. b4 (31. Nh4 {ends the game immediately}) 31... Rd2 (31... Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Rxc2 34. Nh4 $18) 32. bxc5 ({Again} 32. Nh4) 32... Ne5 (32... Rxc2 33. Nh4 $18) 33. Nd4 $18 {Further comment is unnecessary} Qe7 34. Qh6 bxc5 35. Qxd2 cxd4 36. cxd4 Qd6 37. Qh6 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