Game of the week January 25, 2026 by Robert Huntington [Event "Continental Open 1998"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA"] [Round "4"] [White "Alexander Shabalov"] [Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "GotW"] [ECO "B90"] [BlackElo "2585"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2270307513377879"] [EventDate "1998.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 $5 e5 (6... b5 $5) 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4 d5 9. g5 ({Stockfish prefers} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Nc6 $11) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Be3 (12. Bg2 $5) 12... Nd7 (12... h6 $1 13. h4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nd7 $11) 13. O-O-O $6 (13. Bg2 h6 $11) 13... Kc7 (13... h6 $1 14. g6 f5 $15) 14. Bg2 (14. Nd2 $1 Bf5 $11) 14... h6 15. gxh6 (15. h4 $1 Bf5 $11) 15... g6 16. Bxe4 Bxh6 (16... Re8 $1) 17. Rg3 Bxe3+ (17... Nf6 18. Bxh6 Nxe4 (18... Rxh6 19. Rc3+ Kb8 20. Bh1 Rxh2 21. Nc5 $44) 19. Bg7 Nxg3 20. Bxe5+ Kb6 21. Rd6+ Kb5 $11) 18. Rxe3 Rac8 (18... Rxh2 $2 19. Rc3+ Kb8 20. Na5 Ra7 21. Bd5 $16) 19. Bd5 Bxd5 (19... Bf5 $5 20. Bxf7 Rxh2 21. Rc3+ Kd8 22. Nc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Ke7 $11) 20. Rxd5 Nb6 21. Rdxe5 Rxh2 22. Na5 (22. Re7+ Kd6 23. Na5 (23. Rxf7 $2 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Nc4+ $19) 23... Nd5 24. Nxb7+ Kc6 25. Na5+ $11) 22... Rxf2 23. Re7+ Nd7 24. Rd3 Rd8 (24... Rxc2+ $1 25. Kd1 (25. Kxc2 $2 Kd8+ $19) 25... Rc1+ 26. Kd2 (26. Ke2 Rd8 27. Kd2 $11) 26... Rc2+ $11) 25. b4 (25. Nc4 Rf1+ $11) 25... g5 (25... Rf4 26. Rc3+ Kb8 27. Rd3 Kc7 $11) 26. Nc4 Rf6 $4 {loses a piece} (26... g4 $11) 27. Ne5 Re6 28. Rexd7+ Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kc8 30. Rd5 f6 31. Nd3 (31. Ng4 Re1+ 32. Kd2 Re4 33. Nxf6 Rxb4 34. Rxg5 Ra4 35. Rg7 Rxa2 36. Ne4 {is better (at least for the computer)}) 31... Kc7 32. Kd2 b6 33. a4 Rd6 $2 {equivalent to resignation} ({After} 33... Kc6 {, White will grind out a win with his extra piece.}) 34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35. c4 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