[Event "4NCL Online"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.11.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Chapman, Matt"] [Black "Royal, Shreyas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2147"] [BlackElo "2267"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1993.09.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "20"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 {The Scotch variation of the Four Knights} exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 Nd7 {a known move but the first deviation from the mainline of this opening} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfe1 Qd6 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Bf1 Rb8 17. b3 Qg6 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. Qxa7 Rb7 20. Qa4 Nc5 (20... Qxc2 21. Rc1 Qb2 {looks a bit awkward but allows black to recover his pawn}) 21. Qa3 Ne6 22. Qa4 {offering a repitition but of course White does not have to offer it a second time} Ng5 { and in fact Black declines anyway. However, Black cannot safely recover his pawn now.} (22... Nc5 23. Qd4 $16 Ne6 24. Qd3 {maintains the pawn advantage in a simple fashion}) 23. Kh1 Qxc2 24. Qxc6 Ne4 25. Rc1 Qxf2 (25... Nxf2+ 26. Kg1 Qd2 {and now White has multiple way to win e.g. picking up the knight on f2.} 27. Qxd5 (27. Re8 {is also curtains}) 27... Qf4 28. Qe5 Qh4 29. Qe3) 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qxc8 {presuambly what Black overlooked in playing 24...Ne4 and possibly 23...Qxc2. Matt is a clean piece up and the conversion is straightforward.} Ra7 28. a4 Ra5 29. Qc4 e3 30. Qe2 Qh4 31. Qxe3 f5 32. Qe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 f4 34. Rcc7 Rg5 35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. Rf7 Re8 37. Rxf4 h5 38. Rcf7 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. Bd3+ 1-0