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.Qc2Qe8⩱12…Nh5!13.Nf113.h4!?f4∓13…Qh4+13…exd4!∓14.g3Qe714…Qh3!∓15.Kf2?15.d515…f4?!15…exd416.exd4Rae8∓16.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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