[Event "Jack Smith Memorial 4"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beasy, Robert"]
[Black "O'Bar, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 e6 8. f3 Bb4 9. e4 Nxe4 10.
fxe4 Qh4+ {last book move} 11. Kd2 Qxe4 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black
crumbles} (11... Bxe4 $142 12. Qe1 Qxe1+ 13. Kxe1 Nf6 $18) 12. Nd6+ $3 {
Decoy: d6} Bxd6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qxe6
Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Rhe8 19. Qc4 (19. Qb3 $5 {seems even better} a5 20. Bd2 Nc5 $18)
19... c5 (19... a5 {is no salvation} 20. Be3 Ne5 $18) 20. Be3 (20. Bf4 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rc1 $18) 20... Nb6 $4 {
the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (20... Ne5 21. Qc1 f4 $16) 21.
Qb3 (21. Qf7 $142 $18 {nails it down}) 21... Bd5 $14 {Black threatens to win
material: Bd5xb3} 22. Qd3 Re4 $4 {further deteriorates the position} (22... Nc4
23. Qxf5+ Be6 $14) 23. a5 (23. Bf2 $142 {and White has prevailed} Rxd4 24. Bxd4
$18) 23... Nc4 $14 24. Qxe4 fxe4 (24... Bxe4 $4 25. Bxc4 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bf3+ 27.
Kc2 cxd4 28. Bf4 $18) 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rc1 {White threatens to win material:
Rc1xc4} Bd3 {The black bishop is well posted.} (26... Bb5 27. Kc2 Bxa5 28. dxc5
$14) 27. Rg1 (27. Bd2 $5 Rxd4 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Rxc5+ Kd7 30. Kc1 $16) 27... c4
$14 {White has a new passed pawn: d4} 28. b3 {White threatens to win material:
b3xc4} Ba3 (28... c3 $5 $11 {is an interesting alternative}) 29. Rxc4+ $14 Bxc4
30. bxc4 Bc5 {The pawn on d4 gets attacked. Black threatens to win material:
Bc5xd4} 31. Ke2 Bxd4 32. Rd1 {White threatens to win material: Rd1xd4} Be5 33.
Rxd8+ ({Inferior is} 33. Bxa7 Rxd1 (33... Bxh2 $143 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Bb6+ Kd7
36. Ke3 $16) 34. Kxd1 Bxh2 $11) 33... Kxd8 34. h3 a6 {Black has a new backward
pawn: b7} 35. Bb6+ {'the bishop is the bishop!'} Ke7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kxe4 Bc3
38. g4 Bd2 (38... Be1 39. Ke3 $16) 39. h4 $18 Bc1 40. g5 Bd2 41. Bc7 (41. Kd3
Bf4 $18) 41... Bc3 $2 (41... Kd7 $142 {would allow Black to play on} 42. Kd3
Bxg5 43. hxg5 Kxc7 $14) 42. h5 $18 Kd7 $2 (42... Bd2 $142 43. Bd8 Kd7 $18) 43.
Be5 (43. Be5 Bd2 44. Kf5 $18) 1-0