[Event "Reserves"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2005.02.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Bunch, John"] [Black "Hajibeigy, Mohammed"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C25"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1453"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {C25: Vienna Game: Alternatives to 2...Nf6} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 {last book move } 3. Nd5 {White threatens to win material: Nd5xb4} Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nf3 Nd4 ( 5... Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 $11) 6. Nxd4 $14 Bxd4 (6... exd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 $14) 7. Bc4 $4 {weakening the position} (7. c3 $142 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 $18) 7... c6 $11 { Controls b5} 8. Nc3 b5 {Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. d3 d6 11. h3 {Covers g4} (11. Ne2 Bb6 12. O-O O-O $11) 11... O-O $15 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. O-O h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 14. Kh1 Be6 (14... Nd7 15. Be3 $15) 15. f4 Nh5 (15... exf4 16. Nxf4 Bxb3 17. axb3 $11) 16. fxe5 $14 d5 (16... dxe5 $142 $5 {is noteworthy} 17. Qe1 Qe7 $14) 17. exd5 $16 cxd5 18. d4 Qh4 19. Qd3 $4 {White threatens to win material: Qd3xb5. gives the opponent new chances} ( 19. Kh2 a5 20. c3 Bc7 $18) 19... Rac8 $4 (19... Bg4 $142 {is the best chance} 20. Rf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxd4 $14) 20. Bd2 $18 a6 (20... a5 21. c3 a4 22. Bc2 $18 (22. Qxb5 $6 {is the weaker alternative} axb3 23. Qxb6 Bxh3 $11)) 21. c3 (21. Be1 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 $18) 21... f6 (21... b4 22. Be1 Qg5 23. g4 bxc3 24. bxc3 $18 (24. gxh5 $6 {is much worse} cxb2 25. Rb1 Qxh5 $18)) 22. Bc2 (22. Qg6 $142 {and White can already relax} Kh8 23. Bc2 $18) 22... f5 (22... Qe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 $18) 23. g4 $1 {finishing the game} Nf6 ( 23... fxg4 24. Qh7# {A beautiful mate combination}) 24. exf6 (24. Be1 $142 $5 { seems even better} Qg5 25. Nf4 Rce8 $18) 24... Rxf6 (24... Qxf6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 25. Ng3 Kh8 26. Nh5 $18) 25. Qg3 (25. Nf4 $142 {and White has triumphed} Bc7 26. Be1 Qg5 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Rce8 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 $18) 25... Qxg3 26. Nxg3 fxg4 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Bf5 ( 28. Re1 {might be the shorter path} Rc6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 gxh3 $18) 28... Bxf5 (28... Kf7 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Nh5 $18) 29. Nxf5 h5 (29... Re8 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 30. Rg1 h5 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rxg4+ Kh8 33. Rh4+ Kg8 $18) 30. Ne7+ (30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nxc8 $18) 1-0