Hunerkopf – Spassky Hunerkopf Spassky Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1984.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Federal Republic of Germany Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Federal Republic of Germany"] [Site "?"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hunerkopf"] [Black "Spassky"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "32"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 {White lost time in order to weaken Black's queenside pawns. He should now play to consolidate by 11.O-O.} 11.f3 {This weakens White's kingside.} c5 12.Qa4 {This is a big mistake. White's queen now gets cut off from the center and the kingside and Black's knight gives him a ready made attack on the weakened e1-h4 diagonal.} Bd7 {It is important to drive White's queen off the fourth rank, so that after a subsequent ...Qh4+ Black's knight is not pinned onto his queen.} 13.Qa3 Qh4+ 14.g3 {Losing immediately. White has missed Black's 16th move. His best try would be 14.Kd1, though Black would keep an attack after 14...Qh5.} Nxg3 15.Bf2 {White had counted on this counter pin, but by leaving the c1-h6 diagonal the bishop has exposed White's other weakness, the first rank.} Qh6 {White resigned here, since he has only one way to avoid the check on c1 without losing his rook,} 16.Be3 {Which leaves him helpless after:} Qh5 {Black will end up at least two pawns ahead with a continuing attack.} 0-1 [Event "Federal Republic of Germany"] [Site "?"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hunerkopf"] [Black "Spassky"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "32"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 {White lost time in order to weaken Black's queenside pawns. He should now play to consolidate by 11.O-O.} 11.f3 {This weakens White's kingside.} c5 12.Qa4 {This is a big mistake. White's queen now gets cut off from the center and the kingside and Black's knight gives him a ready made attack on the weakened e1-h4 diagonal.} Bd7 {It is important to drive White's queen off the fourth rank, so that after a subsequent ...Qh4+ Black's knight is not pinned onto his queen.} 13.Qa3 Qh4+ 14.g3 {Losing immediately. White has missed Black's 16th move. His best try would be 14.Kd1, though Black would keep an attack after 14...Qh5.} Nxg3 15.Bf2 {White had counted on this counter pin, but by leaving the c1-h6 diagonal the bishop has exposed White's other weakness, the first rank.} Qh6 {White resigned here, since he has only one way to avoid the check on c1 without losing his rook,} 16.Be3 {Which leaves him helpless after:} Qh5 {Black will end up at least two pawns ahead with a continuing attack.} 0-1 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.