[Event "Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2002.09.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Maneclang, Tony"] [Black "Harbert, Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "1433"] [BlackElo "1528"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O { last book move} Bd6 10. a3 {Covers b4} O-O 11. b3 Qc7 (11... Rc8 12. Bb2 $15) 12. Nb5 $11 {White threatens to win material: Nb5xc7} Qb6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. f3 {Prevents intrusion on e4+g4} Rac8 18. Rfc1 Qb6 {Black threatens to win material: Qb6xb3} 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd7 22. Rc1 e5 $2 (22... Nb8 $142 $11 {and Black is still in the game} ) 23. Qc7 $18 Qxb3 24. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 exd4 26. h3 d3 $4 {terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (26... h5 $18) 27. Rc8 Kf8 28. Rxe8+ (28. a4 h6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Ba3+ Kg8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Qxf7 d2 33. Qxd5 b6 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qxd2 Kg6 37. Qd3+ Kf6 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kg8 40. Bb2 Kf8 41. Bxg7+ Kg8 42. Bxh6 b5 43. Qg7#) 28... Qxe8 29. Bxg7+ $1 { Demolition of pawn structure. . . .} (29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qxe8 $18) 1-0