Game of the week September 5, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "Chicago Open 1997"] [White "Nick De Firmian"] [Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [BlackElo "2565"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1997.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. Kh1 Qc7 (11... Nb4 $5) 12. Bf3 Na5 (12... Rb8 $11 ) 13. Bg1 (13. g4 $5) 13... Bf8 14. Qe1 Rb8 (14... h6 $11) 15. Rd1 (15. Bf2 $5) 15... b6 $2 (15... e5 $1 16. fxe5 (16. Nde2 b5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Ng3 Rd8 $11) 16... dxe5 17. Qg3 $1 Bb4 $11) 16. b4 $1 (16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. h3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 $11) 16... Nc4 17. b5 Bb7 18. bxa6 (18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qh4 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. bxa6 $16) 18... Bxa6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ncb5 Bxb5 (20... Qc8 $5) 21. Nxb5 Qc8 (21... Qe7 $5 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Nd6 $16) 22. fxe5 Nd5 $6 (22... Nd7 23. Bd4 $16) 23. Rd4 Rd8 (23... Na3 24. Rxd5 $1 exd5 25. Bxd5 Nxb5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxe8 Qxe8 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. e6 $18) 24. Qe2 Na5 25. Be4 g6 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. Bxd5 (27. Nd6 $1 $18) 27... exd5 28. Rxd5 $6 (28. Nc3 $1 Bg7 29. Nxd5 $18) 28... Qc6 $2 (28... Bg7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nd6 $16 ) 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nd6 Bg7 (30... Bxd6 31. exd6 Nc4 32. Bd4 $18 {offers more (but futile) resistance}) 31. Qxf7+ $2 (31. Nxf7 Rf8 32. Qe3 $18) 31... Qxf7 32. Nxf7 Nc4 33. e6 Re8 34. Re1 Bf8 $2 (34... Kf8 35. Ng5 h6 36. Nf3 $16) 35. g4 Nb2 (35... h6 {is irrelevantly better}) 36. Bxb6 (36. Re4 {is even stronger} ) 36... Nxa4 37. Bd4 Rc8 $2 (37... Bc5 38. c3 $18 {is woefully inadequate but best for Black}) 38. g5 Be7 $2 {It doesn't matter} 39. Rf1 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: 28