Spanton (1889) - David Robinson (1857)
Veresov
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.cxd3!?
Going for speedy development with 6.Qxd3 was preferred in David Bronstein - Robert Fischer, Mar del Plata (Argentina) 1960. That game continued 6...c5 7.Bxf6!? gxf6!? 8.dxc5!? Nd7!? 9.e4 dxe4 10.Qxe4?! Nc5 11.Qf3 Bg7, when Stockfish15 and Komodo13.02 slightly prefer Black (½–½, 65 moves).
6...c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Ne5!?
After 8.0-0 Black can prevent Ne5 with 8...Bd6 but then 9.e4 is slightly better for White, according to the engines.
8...Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.f4 Ne8 11.Qh5!?
This ultimately leads to nothing special for White. The engines prefer 11.Bxe7, which Komodo13.02 reckons gives a slight edge although Stockfish15 calls the position equal.
11...f6 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Bh4 f5 14.Na4
Switching to queenside play.
14...Nf6 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Rfc1 Qa5 17.Qc2 Bd6 18.Bxf6!?
Misplacing the black king's rook for the coming queenside play, but it turns out Black does not need this rook on the queenside.
18...Rxf6 19.a3 Qc7 20.b4 a6 21.Rab1
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| How should Black respond? |
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21...g5!
This gives Black strong kingside counterplay, diverting White's forces from the queenside.
22.g3 Rg6 23.Kh1 Kh8 24.Rg1 Rag8 25.Qf2 Qg7 26.Nc5 h5?!
Black may have a slight edge after 26...Qf7, according to Stockfish15, although Komdo13.02 disagrees.
27.fxg5 Bxc5 28.bxc5 Rxg5 29.Rbf1
The engines reckon White is slightly better after 29.Qf4.
29...Rg4 30.Rb1 Qc7 31.Qb2 R4g7 32.Rbf1 Kh7 33.Rf4 Qa5?!
Moving the queen out of contact with the kingside is probably a mistake.
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| How should White proceed? |
*****
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34.Qb4
34.Rh4 Kh6 35.e4!? gives strong play, eg 35...dxe4 36.dxe4 Qd8 37.Qd2+ Rg5 38.Re1, when the black king is clearly the more endangered.
After the text DR offered a draw and played:
34...Qxb4
I played on but the position is dead-equal and remained so (½–½, 48 moves).
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