[Event "Mitchell Memorial 2008"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.12.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Beatty, Mark"] [Black "Baudendistel, Jeff"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "1448"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 {last book move} Nbd7 7. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 (8... Re8 9. Re1 $14) 9. c3 {Controls b4} c5 10. Re1 Re8 (10... Bd6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 $16) 11. Qc2 (11. Bb5 $5 $16) 11... Nf8 12. Ne5 Qc7 (12... c4 13. Be2 $16) 13. Bb5 Bd7 (13... N8d7 $5 $16) 14. Nxd7 $18 N8xd7 15. Nf3 (15. Qf5 $142 Rad8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. Nf3 $18) 15... Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Re3 (17. c4 $142 $5 a6 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. cxd5 $14) 17... Ndf6 $11 18. Rae1 c4 {This push gains space} (18... cxd4 $142 $5 {should be investigated more closely} 19. Nxd4 Ng4 $11) 19. Ne5 $16 Rxe5 $2 (19... Re6 $142 20. f3 Nd6 $14) 20. dxe5 $18 Ng4 $4 {an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.} (20... a6 21. exf6 axb5 22. fxg7 Qf4 $18) 21. Rxe4 dxe4 (21... Nxf2 { does not save the day} 22. Qxf2 dxe4 23. Rxe4 $18) 22. Qxe4 Qc8 23. Bxc4 (23. e6 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} fxe6 24. Qxg4 Kh8 $18) 23... Kf8 (23... a5 $18 {the last chance for counterplay}) 24. e6 Nf6 25. e7+ Kg8 26. Qf3 (26. Qxa8 $1 {seems even better} Qxa8 27. Rd1 Qe8 $18) 26... Rb8 (26... h6 {does not improve anything} 27. e8=Q+ $1 {doomsday} Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qb7 Re1+ 30. Bf1 $18) 27. e8=Q+ $1 {the end of the story. .} (27. e8=Q+ Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Kf1 $18) 1-0