[Event "US Open 2024"] [White "Gilruth,Peter"] [Black "Royal, Paul, Jr"] [Site ""] [Round "3"] [Annotator "PGilruth"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2024.07.29"] [BlackElo "1912"] [PlyCount "96"] {[%evp 0,96,19,29,55,56,82,4,8,15,30,27,27,30,33,19,20,0,27,32,27,-2,7,19,9,7,33,-17,21,8,-1,9,23,2,10,11,15,-92,-90,-142,-169,-232,-244,-255,-253,-266,-255,-280,-279,-292,-321,-275,-249,-225,-224,-224,-199,-233,-203,-227,-151,-232,-176,-176,-149,-164,-164,-195,-182,-221,-228,-220,-218,-218,-222,-229,-198,-193,-193,-229,-234,-229,-214,-236,-258,-263,-258,-322,-328,-507,-536,-554,-554,-567,-554,-639,-552,-653,-653]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 $6 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 $5 {[#] I thought this move was suppose to be inaccurate. Next time I will try10.Nb5. See for example Tal,Mihail (2635) - Paehtz,Thomas Sr (2480) [B39] Halle DSV Halle (13), 27.09.1974 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Nb5 0–0 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Be2 b6 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bxd4 Qxe4 15.Bxg7 Qxg2 16.Qd4 Qxh1+ 17.Kd2 Qxh2 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Bf3 d5 20.Bxd5 Rb8 21.Re1 Be6 22.Rxe6. 1–0} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. f3 Qb6 15. Kh1 $5 Rae8 16. Bf1 $2 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 {[#]} 18. Ne2 $4 {after 30 minutes thinking!! Now Black is better.} ({White keeps a small edge after either 18.Nb5 or} 18. Bd3 )Nxf3 19. Bxb6 $2 ({Fritz likes} 19. Qd5+ {but who would see this??} )Nxd2 20. Bxa7 $2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ra8 $19 {Black si winning. I squirm about a bit, but the result is no longer in question. Poor play from me.} 23. Be3 Rxa2 24. Nc3 Rxb2 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rb5 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. g4 Rb3 29. Bg5 Ke8 30. Ra1 e4 31. Ra4 e3 32. Re4+ Be5 33. Bf4 Kd7 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Rxe5 Kd6 36. Re8 Kxd5 37. Kg2 Kd4 38. Kf3 b5 39. Rh8 e2+ 40. Kxe2 Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2 42. Rb8 Kc4 43. Kf4 b4 44. Kg5 b3 45. Kf6 Kc3 46. Rc8+ Kb2 47. g5 Rc2 48. Ra8 Rc7 0-1