May 02, 1971 Boston Globe Chess by Harold Dondis

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Chess Sun, May 2, 1971 – 170 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com

Here is a Russian game which must certainly be called a thing of beauty.

Viktor Kupreichik (white) vs. Gennadi Timoshchenko (black)

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. P-K5 P-QB4 4. P-QB3 Q-N3 5. N-B3 B-Q2 6. N-R3 PxP 7. PxP N-QB3 8. B-K2 B-N5ch 9. K-B1 B-K2 10. P-R4 P-B3 11. R-R3 N-R3 12. BxN PxB 13. Q-Q2 O-O-O 14. PxP BxP 15. N-QN5 P-K4 16. PxP BxR 17. KPxB B-N5 18. P-R4 BxN 19. BxB P-R3 20. Q-B4 PxN 21. B-N4ch R-Q2 22. PxP N-R4 23. Q-N4 Q-B2 24. P-QN3 Q-R7 25. RxN Q-Rch 26. K-K2 R-K1ch 27. Q-K7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Be2(a) Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Be7 10. h4 f6 11. Rh3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qd2 0-0-0 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb5 e5(b) 16. dxe5 Bxh3 17. exf6 Bg4 18. a4 Bxf3(c) 19. Bxf3 a6 20. Qf4 axb5 21. Bg4+ Rd7 22. axb5 Na5(d) 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. b3(e) Qh2 25. Rxa5 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Qe7 1-0

Viktor Kupreichik vs Gennadi Timoshchenko
URS (1968)
French Defense: Advance. Wade Variation (C02) 1-0
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1087064

(a) The good solid 8. N-B2 apparently is not to White's wild tastes.
(b) Black doesn't care to wait while white builds a Q side attack.
(c) Not good but black was faced with 19. Q-B4 and 19. P-QR5 Q-B4, 20. R-B1, etc.
(d) If 22.—QxNP ch, 23. K-N1 and black is helpless against 24. R-R8ch e.g. 23. —N-N1, 24. R-R8 or 23. — N-R4, 24.P-N4, etc.
(e) Stifling all hope (24.— Q-B5ch). If now 24.—P-N3, 25. P-B7 Q-Q1, 26. Q-Q6 wins easily.
Annotations by J.A.C.

Finishing off a masterpiece. (White to move.)
White's crushing 27th in today's game.
If 27. — RxQch, 28. PxR wins or
if 27. — R-Q1, 28. R-R8ch K-B2, 29. Q-B5 mate.
FEN 2k1r3/1p1r3p/5P1p/RP1p4/1Q4BP/1P6/4KPP1/7q w - - 0 1