[Event "Friday Night Fun Returns!"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horobetz, Graham"]
[Black "Hilliard, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{C23: Bishop's Opening: 2...Bc5} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 {last book move} b6
(3... Nf6 4. Nf3 $11) 4. f4 (4. Nf3 Be7 $14) 4... Bb7 5. Nf3 Bc5 $2 {Black
traps the enemy king in the center} (5... exf4 $142 $5 {and Black is still in
the game} 6. Bxf4 Na5 $14) 6. fxe5 $16 Nd4 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black
crumbles} (6... Qe7 $142 $5 7. Bf4 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 $16) 7. Rf1 (7. b4 $142 {
secures the win} Bxb4+ 8. c3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 (9. gxf3 $6 Ba5 $14) 9... Qh4+ 10.
g3 $18) 7... d5 8. Nxd4 (8. exd6 $142 $5 Nf6 9. e5 O-O 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. exf6
Bxf6 $18) 8... Bxd4 $16 9. Qf3 (9. Qh5 $142 g6 10. Qf3 $16) 9... Nh6 $4 {
causes further problems for ?} (9... Qd7 $142 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Bxe5 $16)
10. Bxh6 $18 Qh4+ 11. Kd1 (11. g3 $142 {might be the shorter path} Qe7 12. Bb5+
c6 13. Bxg7 Bxb2 14. Bxh8 cxb5 15. Qxf7+ Qxf7 16. Rxf7 Kxf7 17. e6+ Kxe6 18.
exd5+ Kxd5 19. Bxb2 Re8+ 20. Kf2 Kc5 $18) 11... O-O-O 12. Bxg7 $18 dxc4 $6 {
puts up no fight} (12... Bxb2 13. Bxd5 Bxa1 $18) 13. Bxh8 cxd3 (13... Rxh8 {
desperation} 14. c3 Bc5 $18) 14. c3 Bxe4 15. Qh3+ (15. Qf4 $142 {secures the
point} Qh5+ 16. g4 $18) 15... Qxh3 16. gxh3 Be3 17. e6 {White threatens to win
material: e6xf7} (17. Nd2 $142 Bg6 18. Bg7 $18) 17... fxe6 $4 {causes even
greater problems.} (17... Rxh8 $142 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. exf7 Rf8 $14) 18. Bd4 $1 {
takes home the point} Bh6 (18... Bxd4 19. cxd4 {Combination}) 19. Nd2 Bg2 (
19... Bg6 20. h4 $18) 20. Rg1 Bxh3 21. Nf1 (21. Rg3 {and White can already
relax} Bf5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 h5 $18) 21... Bf4 (21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rg8 23.
Rf6 $18) 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Kd2 Bf5 (23... Rd7 {is no salvation} 24. Re1 $18 (24.
Kxd3 $6 {is clearly inferior} Bxh2+ 25. Ke2 Bxg1 26. Bxg1 Bg4+ 27. Ke3 Rd5 $16)
) 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. h4 h5 (25... Be7 {does not help much} 26. h5 Be8 27. Raf1 $18
) 26. Raf1 Bxg3 (26... Rh8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 27. Rf6 Be8 28.
Bg5 $18) 27. Rxg3 Bf5 28. Rg5 Bg4 (28... Rh8 {doesn't do any good} 29. Rg7 Rd8
30. Bf4 $18) 29. Rg1 (29. Rf7 $142 {ends the debate} Kb7 $18) 29... Kb7 30.
R1xg4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 a6 (31... Rh8 {doesn't improve anything} 32. Kxd3 a5 33.
Ke4 $18) 32. Rd4 (32. h5 {makes it even easier for White} e5 $18) 32... Rg8 (
32... Rh8 {does not save the day} 33. Kxd3 Rh7 34. Bg5 $18) 33. h5 c5 34. Rxd3
Rg2+ 35. Ke1 e5 (35... Rxb2 36. Bf2 c4 37. Rh3 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 $18)
36. h6 Rh2 (36... Kc6 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 37. Rd2 Rg8 38. Rh2
$18) 37. Kf1 (37. Rd2 $142 {seems even better} Rh5 38. Kf1 e4 $18) 37... Kc7 (
37... e4 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 38. Rd2 Rh4 39. Kg1
$18) 38. Kg1 Rh4 39. Rd2 Kc6 (39... b5 {cannot undo what has already been done}
40. Rh2 Rg4+ 41. Kf2 $18) 40. Rh2 Rg4+ 41. Kh1 Re4 42. Bg1 (42. Bg1 Rf4 43. h7
$18) 1-0