Game of the week

Winner of the first brillancy prize at the 1987 Memorial Day Classic in Los Angeles.

Ira Pohl2196
Douglas Root2528
1987 Memorial Day Classic
Los Angeles
Annotated by ATH
1.d4e62.Nf3f53.c4Nf64.Nc3Bb45.Bd2O-O6.e3b6!?6…d6=7.a37.Bd3!7…Bxc38.Bxc3Bb78…Ne4!=9.b39.b4!?9…d610.Nd2?!N10.Be2Nbd711.O-O11.b4!?11…Ne4=Petrovic-Brodie, Toronto 198510…Nbd711.f3e512.Be2?!12.Qc2Qe812…Nh5!13.Nf113.h4!?f413…Qh4+13…exd4!14.g3Qe714…Qh3!15.Kf2?15.d515…f4?!15…exd416.exd4Rae816.d5fxe3+16…a5!17.Nxe3e4?!17…Nc5=18.f4Nxf4!18…Nhf6?19.Re1Rae820.b4±19.gxf4Qh4+20.Kg2Qxf421.Ng4h522.Rg1hxg423.Bxg4Nf623…Nc5!?=24.Be6+Kh825.Rf1Qg5+?25…Qh6!=26.Kh1Rae827.Rf5Qg6?27…Qh628.Bxf6Rxe629.Bg5Rxf530.Bxh6Rxh631.Qg4±28.Qf1?28.Bxf6!Rxe629.Qh5+Qxh530.Rxh5+Kg831.Bxg7!+−28…Rxe6!29.dxe6?Meekly accepting doom29.Qh3+Kg830.Rg1Qh731.Qxh7+Kxh732.dxe6e3+33.Rg2e2−+offers a lot more resistance29…e3+30.Rd5Nxd5The slow method30…e231.Qh3+Kg832.e7Qe4+33.Qg2Qxe7−+is the quick method31.Qxf8+Kh732.Qf3?32.Qxg7+Qxg733.Bxg7Nf4+34.Kg1Kxg735.e7e2!36.Kf236.e8=Q??Nh3#36…Kf7−+and White limps into a hopeless endgame32…Nxc333.Qxb7Ne434.h3Qxe634…Qf5is quicker35.Kg235.Ra2Nd236.Qg2would prolong the game but to what end?35…Qg6+35…Qf5would relieve White’s misery faster36.Kf3Qg3+36…Qf5+37.Kxe3Qxh3+is more merciful37.Ke2?According to Stockfish,37.Kxe4is much, much better but what human would be such a glutton for punishment to play it?37…Qf2+38.Kd3Nc5+0–1

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