Game of the week June 6, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1990 Canadian Open"] [Site "Edmunston"] [White "Danny Kopec"] [Black "Georgy Timoshenko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2468"] [BlackElo "2543"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CFC 1990.10"] [SourceDate "2011.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. b3 $5 Nf6 (4... a6 5. g3 Be7 $11) 5. Bb5 $146 {It's not often that you leave the database on move five!} (5. Bb2 d5 6. exd5 ( 6. Bb5) 6... exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 $11 {Malar-Winckelmann, Ireland 2000}) 5... e5 $2 (5... Qc7 $11) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qd4 9. O-O Qxe5 10. Ba3 Be6 $6 (10... Bf5 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Re1+ $14) 11. Re1 Qf5 $6 (11... Qd5 12. c4 Qd4 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Nxe6 $16) 12. d4 O-O-O 13. Bxc5 h5 $2 (13... Bxc5 14. Nxc5 $16) 14. Bxf8 $6 (14. Bxa7 $18) 14... Rhxf8 15. c4 h4 (15... Qg6 16. f3 $16 {is very slightly better}) 16. h3 ({And here} 16. f3 $16 {is very slightly better}) 16... Qg6 17. Kh1 (17. Kf1 $1 $16) 17... Bf5 18. Qd3 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. f3 (20. Rd2 $1 $16) 20... Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Kc7 $6 ( 22... a5 23. c5 Kb8 24. b4 Bxe4 25. Rdxe4 $16) 23. Nd6 (23. b4 $1 $16) 23... Be6 24. Ne8+ $2 (24. b4 a6 (24... Kb6 $2 25. a4 $18) 25. Ne4 $16) 24... Kb6 25. b4 a6 26. c5+ Ka7 27. Nd6 Qf6 $2 (27... Qg3 28. Re2 Bxh3 29. a4 (29. gxh3 $2 Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ $19) 29... g5 30. b5 cxb5 31. axb5 a5 32. Kg1 Bxg2 33. Rg4 (33. Rxg2 $2 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) 33... Qxf3 34. b6+ Ka6 35. Rgxg2 Qc3 36. Rc2 Qe3+ $11) 28. Ree4 g5 $6 (28... a5 29. a4 b6 30. cxb6+ Kxb6 31. bxa5+ Kxa5 32. Nc4+ $16) 29. a4 g4 $6 (29... Qh8 30. a5 $16) 30. hxg4 h3 $2 (30... a5 $1 31. b5 $16) 31. Kh2 $2 (31. b5 $18) 31... hxg2 32. Kxg2 Bd5 $2 ( 32... a5 33. Ne8 (33. bxa5 Qg5 34. Rb4 $18) 33... Qg5 34. Nc7 $18) 33. Rxd5 $2 (33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Kb8 35. Re8+ Kc7 36. Nf5 $18) 33... cxd5 34. Nc8+ Kb8 35. Re8 b5 $1 36. axb5 axb5 37. Nb6+ Kb7 38. Rb8+ Ka7 39. Ra8+ Kb7 40. Rb8+ Ka7 41. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2 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: 35