Game of the week March 29, 2026 by Robert Huntington [Event "Sarajevo 1976"] [White "Milan Vukic"] [Black "Kick Langeweg"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "ATH"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2282571091125262"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 Bb4 $6 (7... Bc5 $11) 8. a3 (8. e4) 8... Ba5 $6 (8... Bd6 9. e4 O-O $11) 9. e4 (9. c4 $1 $14) 9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc7 (10... Nxe4 $1 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bb2 Ng5 $11) 11. Nbd2 Be5 (11... O-O $142 12. Qe2 $14) 12. Qc1 ({For reasons I don't understand, Stockfish thinks that} 12. Qb1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 {is slightly better than the game continuation}) 12... Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Bxf3 (13... O-O $142 14. e5 $14) 14. Bxf3 (14. Nxf3 $142 Qc7 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Qxg7 Qf6 16. Qg4 Nc3 17. Rae1 $16) 15. e5 Nd5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. c4 $14) 14... e5 $2 (14... Qc7 $11) 15. Nc4 (15. Rfd1 $5) 15... Qc7 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Rfe1 (17. Qc3 $1 g6 18. Bg2 $16) 17... Rfd8 $6 (17... b5 18. Nd6 Ne8 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Qc1 $14) 18. Qc3 Ne8 (18... b5 $5 19. Ne3 $16) 19. Rd2 (19. Bg4 $1 Ndf6 (19... f6 20. h4 g6 21. h5 $16) 20. Nxe5 Rxd1 21. Bxd1 (21. Rxd1 $2 Nxe4 $11) 21... Nd6 22. Bf3 Nb5 23. Qc5 $16) 19... f6 (19... b5 20. Na5 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b4 $14) 20. Red1 (20. Bg4 $5) 20... Nf8 21. Bg4 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qe7 (22... g6 23. h4 $16 {is a very small improvement for Black}) 23. Na5 (23. a4 $16 {is a small improvement for White}) 23... Rb8 (23... g6 24. h4 $16 {is a somewhat larger improvement for Black}) 24. Qe3 Ra8 25. b4 (25. Be2 $1 g6 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. b4 $18) 25... g6 ({Stockfish prefers} 25... Qc7 26. Qc5 g6 27. h4 $18 {even though it reaches the same position}) 26. Qc5 ({beecause now} 26. Be2 $1 $18 {is even stronger for White than the game position}) 26... Qc7 27. h4 h5 $6 (27... Kf7 28. h5 (28. Qc4+ $5 $18) 28... Ng7 29. Nc4 Nge6 30. Qe3 $18 {would prolong the game}) 28. Bh3 (28. Be2 $1 $18 {would shorten the game}) 28... Kg7 $6 (28... Ng7 29. Rd6 Qe7 30. a4 $18) 29. Bd7 $1 Kf7 30. Bxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rd6 Kf7 $6 (31... Rc8 32. Rxf6 $18 {is an irrelvent improvement that might allow Black to limp on for a few more moves}) 32. Nxc6 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