[Event "Spring Swiss 3"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamelrath, Ed"]
[Black "McCarver, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "948"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and
Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
dxc4 4. e3 {last book move} Bb4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Na5 (6... Nf6 7. a3 Bd6 8.
e4 $14) 7. Qa4+ $16 Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Bb5 (9. Qc2 Nge7 $16) 9... Bxc3 (9...
Nge7 $5 $16) 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Ba3 (11. Qc2 O-O $16) 11... Nd5 (11... a6 12. Be2
$16) 12. Rac1 a6 13. Bxc6 (13. Be2 Qf6 $18) 13... Bxc6 $16 14. Qc2 Bb5 $4 {
another step towards the grave} (14... Nb6 $142 15. Ne5 Qd5 $16) 15. c4 $18
Nxe3 (15... Nf6 {is one last hope} 16. cxb5 axb5 $18) 16. fxe3 Bd7 17. Ne5 (17.
Qe4 $142 {seems even better} f5 18. Qe5 Kf7 $18) 17... f6 (17... f5 {is no
salvation} 18. Qb3 Bc8 19. Rcd1 $18) 18. Ng6 $1 {the end, the rest is history}
Rg8 (18... hxg6 19. Qxg6# {A beautiful mate combination}) 19. d5 (19. Qe4 $142
$18 {keeps an even firmer grip}) 19... Kf7 (19... c5 {there is nothing else
anyway} 20. Nf4 Qa5 21. dxe6 Ba4 $18) 20. Ne5+ Ke8 21. Qxh7 Rf8 (21... c5 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 22. Qxg8+ Ke7 23. Bxc5#) 22. Qg6+ Rf7
23. Qxf7# 1-0