[Event "Jim Mitchell Memorial 9"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2006.12.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Beatty, Mark"] [Black "Craycroft, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "1475"] [BlackElo "1515"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {C30: King's Gambit Declined} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 {last book move} Bg4 4. Bc4 (4. Nc3 $14) 4... Bxf3 (4... exf4 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 5. Nc3 Nc6 $11) 5. Qxf3 $16 Nf6 $2 (5... Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 $16) 6. O-O (6. fxe5 $142 {White would have gained the upper hand} dxe5 7. Qb3 $18) 6... Nc6 $16 7. Qb3 d5 8. Qxb7 (8. Bxd5 $142 Nxd5 9. exd5 $16 (9. Qxd5 $143 Qxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 $15)) 8... Na5 $4 (8... Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Nd4 10. fxe5 Rb8 $15) 9. Bb5+ $18 Nd7 (9... c6 {is one last hope} 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Qxc6+ Nd7 12. Qxd5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. fxe5 Qe6 $18) 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Qxd5+ Kc8 (11... Ke8 {is the last straw} 12. Qxa5 Qd6 $18) 12. Qxa8+ Kd7 13. Qd5+ Kc8 14. Qxd8+ (14. Qxa5 $142 {and White wins} Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxe4 16. fxe5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 $18) 14... Kxd8 15. d3 (15. fxe5 $142 $5 {seems even better} Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Nc6 $18) 15... Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bd6 (18... Ng6 {cannot change destiny} 19. Bg3 f6 20. Nd2 $18) 19. Nc3 (19. d4 $142 {might be the shorter path} Nc4 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 $18 ) 19... f6 20. Nb5 a6 (20... Kd7 {is not much help} 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. d4 $18) 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Bxe5 (22. d4 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nf7 $18) 22... dxe5 23. c3 Kd7 24. d4 Kd6 25. d5 Rc8 (25... Rb8 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 26. b3 $18) 26. Rac1 Rc4 (26... a5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 27. b4 f5 28. Rxf5 axb4 29. c4 $18) 27. Rfe1 (27. Rfd1 $5 {makes it even easier for White} a5 28. b3 Rc8 $18) 27... a5 28. b3 Rc5 (28... Rc7 {does not win a prize} 29. b4 $18) 29. c4 g6 30. Re3 (30. Rf1 {and White can already relax} f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 e4 33. Rf6+ Kd7 $18) 30... h6 31. Rf1 Ke7 32. d6+ $1 {Theme: Clearance for e3-d3} Ke6 (32... Kxd6 {A deflection} 33. Rxf6+) 33. Rd3 a4 34. d7 (34. d7 Rd5 35. Rxd5 f5 36. d8=Q axb3 37. Rd7 bxa2 38. Qe7#) 1-0