game of the week March 8, 2026 by Robert Huntington [Event "1989 Marshall CC-ch"] [Site "New York, NY"] [Round "?"] [White "Michael Rohde"] [Black "Walter Shipman"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "ATH"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2282571091383306"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL, Dec 1999"] [SourceDate "2017.10.08"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.08"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1 Re8 9. h3 dxc4 $6 (9... Qa5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ne4 $1 $11) 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O (12. Ne4 $5 $14) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Qf6 (15... Rac8 $1 16. Nd2 $14) 16. e5 (16. Nd2 $1 $14) 16... Qe7 17. Qe3 (17. Nd2 $1 $14) 17... Red8 $2 (17... c5 $1 18. dxc5 bxc5 $11) 18. Ng5 h6 $2 (18... Nf8 19. Ne4 Ng6 20. Nd6 $16) 19. Ne4 c5 $6 (19... Nf8 20. Qg3 $18 {puts up stiffer resistance}) 20. Nd6 Bc6 $6 ({as does} 20... Rab8 21. f4 $18) 21. Qf4 $2 (21. f4 b5 22. d5 $1 $18 {is the quick method}) 21... cxd4 $6 (21... Nf8 22. Bd3 Rab8 23. Re3 $18 {would makes White's task more difficult}) 22. Rxd4 Nc5 ({as would} 22... b5 23. Bd3 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Rxe6 $18) 23. Re3 Nb7 $6 ({as also would} 23... a5 24. a3 $18) 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Qg4 ({Here} 25. Rg6 $18 {is the quick method}) 25... Qg5 (25... g5 26. Qh5 $18 {is an insufficient improvement for Black}) 26. Qe2 (26. Nxf7 $1 $18 {is not only quicker but prettier}) 26... Qe7 (26... Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qc1+ 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Rg4 $18 {would prolong the game}) 27. Rdg4 (27. Qc2 $18 {also shortens the game}) 27... g5 ({while} 27... Nxd6 28. Rxg7 Ke8 29. Qd2 $18 {prolongs it without changing the result}) 28. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 (28... Qxg5 29. Rxg5 Nxd6 30. Rh5 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 $18 {is a irrelevant improvement}) 29. Qh5 Qc7 ({When the computer says giving up the queen with} 29... Qxd6 {it might be time to consider resigning}) 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qxg5+ Kd7 32. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 33. Qf5+ Kd5 34. Rd3+ Kc5 35. e6+ Kb4 36. Rd4# 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: 1