Game of the week October 11, 2026 by Robert Huntington [Event "United States 1979"] [White "Jack Peters"] [Black "Mark Diesen"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GotW"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2282571091189798"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nd4 $6 (4... fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 $14) 5. exf5 (5. Nxe5 $1 c6 6. Bd3 Qf6 7. f4 $16) 5... c6 6. Be2 $6 (6. Ba4 $1 $16) 6... Qf6 $2 (6... d5 $1 7. Nxe5 Bxf5 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nf3 Ne6 $11) 7. O-O $2 (7. Nxd4 $1 exd4 8. Ne4 Qxf5 9. Ng3 Qf7 10. O-O d5 11. Re1 Be7 12. b3 $16 {Zamiratti-Schuster, ICCF email 2001}) 7... d5 8. Re1 $6 (8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nb1 Bxf5 10. d3 Bd6 $15) 8... Nxf3+ (8... Bd6 $1 $17) 9. Bxf3 Bxf5 10. d3 (10. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Qd6 12. c4 O-O-O $15) 10... Bd6 11. b4 $2 (11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Be3 O-O $15) 11... Bxb4 (11... Ne7 $1 12. Bh5+ Bg6 13. Bxg6+ Nxg6 $19) 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Rb1 $6 (13. Ne2 Ne7 14. c4 O-O $17) 13... b6 (13... Ne7 14. Ne2 (14. Rxb7 O-O $19) 14... O-O 15. Ng3 b5 $19) 14. d4 $2 (14. Bh5+ Bg6 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 $19) 14... e4 15. Bxe4 ({Best, according to Stockfish is} 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Be2 O-O $19) 15... dxe4 (15... Bxe4 16. Rxe4+ (16. f3 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. fxe4 O-O $19) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ $1 $19) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4+ Ne7 18. Qe2 (18. Qe1 Kd7 $19 19. Re5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qe6 21. Bg5 Rad8 22. h3 h6 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 {is an insufficient improvement for White}) 18... O-O 19. Re6 Qxd4 20. Bg5 Nf5 (20... Ng6 $1 $19 {is a slight improvement}) 21. g4 Bc5 $1 22. gxf5 Qxf2+ (22... Rxf5 {is the quick method, e.g.,} 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Rf8 $19) 23. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 25. Ke3 Rxg5 26. Rxc6 Re8+ (26... Rh5 $1 $19 {is even stronger}) 27. Kd4 (27. Kd3 {puts up more (futile) resistance}) 27... Rh5 (27... Rg4+ 28. Kd3 Rf8 $19 {is the quick method here}) 28. Rc7 Rxh2 ({Stockfish prefers} 28... Rh4+ 29. Kd3 Rh3+ 30. Kc4 Rxh2 $19 {but it doesn't matter. White is toast.}) 29. Rxa7 (29. Kc3 {is better, if anyone cares}) 29... Rxc2 30. Rxb6 Rd2+ 0-1 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: 2