[Event "Memphis Reserve"] [Site "IBEW"] [Date "2017.03.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Saurage, Craig"] [Black "Dong, Dannie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1723"] [BlackElo "944"] [Annotator "Rybka 4 x64 (60s)"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {D30: QGD: Systems without Nc3} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 {last book move} b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 a6 (8... Bb4+ $5 {is worth looking at} 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bb7 $14) 9. Ne5 $16 axb5 $2 (9... Bb4+ $142 10. Nc3 c5 $16) 10. Nc6 $18 Be7 11. Nxd8 Bxd8 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 $2 (13... c5 $18) 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rxd8 16. Qb4 (16. Rfc1 {and White can already relax} c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 $18) 16... c6 (16... c5 17. Qc3 Bb7 $18) 17. Rfc1 Ra4 ( 17... Bb7 {hardly improves anything} 18. a4 c5 19. Qxb5 $18) 18. Qe7 (18. Qd6 { might be the shorter path} Ra8 19. Rxc6 Ba6 $18) 18... Rf8 19. Rxc6 Bb7 (19... Nf6 $18 {is still a small chance}) 20. Rc7 Bc8 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Qxd7 Rb4 ( 22... Rfa8 $18 {hoping against hope}) 23. b3 f5 24. Qxd5+ Kh7 25. Qd6 Rxd4 26. exd4 Rf6 27. Qe5 (27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Re1 f4 29. d5 Kh8 30. d6 Kg7 31. d7 Kg6 32. d8=Q f5 33. Re6+ Kh5 34. Qf6 f3 35. Qg7 fxg2 36. Rxh6#) 27... b4 28. Rc1 (28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. d5 Kg7 30. d6 Kg6 31. d7 f4 32. d8=Q Kf7 33. Re1 h5 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Qd3+ Kh6 36. Qf5 h4 37. Rh7#) 28... f4 (28... Rf7 {is not much help} 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 h5 31. d5 Kg6 32. d6 b5 33. d7 Kg5 34. d8=Q+ Kg6 35. Qde7 h4 36. Qxg7+ Kh5 37. Qcf7#) 29. Rc7 Kg6 (29... Rg6 {does not help much} 30. Qf5 h5 31. Rc6 Kg8 32. Rxg6 Kh7 33. Qf7 Kh8 34. Qxg7#) 30. h4 h5 (30... f3 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 31. h5+ Kh7 32. Qxf6 fxg2 33. Qxg7#) 31. Qg5+ ( 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Qxg7#) 1-0