[Event "Mid-Summer Open 2"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Childers, Scott"]
[Black "Newcomb, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1071"]
[BlackElo "1100"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
{C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O {last book move} b6 6. c3 Na5 (6... O-O 7. d4
Bd6 8. Bd5 $16) 7. b4 Nxc4 8. bxc5 (8. dxc4 $6 Bd6 $11) 8... Na5 9. Ba3 (9.
Nxe5 O-O $16) 9... Ba6 (9... bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nb7 11. Be3 $14) 10. Re1 (10. Nxe5
Qe7 11. Nf3 bxc5 $18) 10... d6 (10... O-O $142 11. cxb6 c5 12. Bxc5 d6 $16) 11.
Qa4+ $4 {forfeits the advantage} (11. cxd6 $142 cxd6 12. d4 $18) 11... Qd7 $11
12. c6 (12. Qxd7+ $5 Nxd7 13. cxd6 Bxd3 14. dxc7 Bxb1 15. Raxb1 $11) 12... Qxc6
$17 13. Qxc6+ (13. Qc2 O-O $15) 13... Nxc6 14. c4 (14. d4 Nh5 $17) 14... O-O (
14... b5 15. Nc3 bxc4 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. Rac1 $19) 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Rab1 h6 17.
Bb2 Nb4 {Black threatens to win material: Nb4xd3} 18. Red1 b5 (18... c5 $142
19. Bc1 Nc6 $17) 19. c5 $2 (19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Ba3 c5 (20... Bxd3 $143 21. Rxb4
Rxb4 22. Bxb4 Bxe4 23. Nxe5 $16) 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Bd7 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 $15)
19... dxc5 (19... Nxd3 $142 {and Black is on the road to success} 20. cxd6 cxd6
$19) 20. Nxe5 $17 {White has a new backward pawn: d3. Black has new doubled
pawns: c5+c7} Rb6 (20... Rfe8 21. a3 Nc2 22. Ne2 $17) 21. Rd2 (21. f4 Re8 $15)
21... Re8 {Black threatens to win material: Re8xe5} (21... Rd8 $142 22. a3 Nc6
23. Nxc6 Rxc6 $15) 22. Nf3 $2 (22. f4 Rd8 $17) 22... Rd8 (22... Nxd3 $142 {
with excellent chances for Black} 23. Rxd3 b4 $19) 23. d4 cxd4 24. Nxd4 (24. e5
Nh5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 c5 $19) 24... Rbd6 (24... c5 25. Nf3 Rxd2 26. Nxd2
$19) 25. Rbd1 $2 (25. f3 $142 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Nxb5 $19) 25... c5 26. Nf3
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Nd3 29. Ba1 b4 30. Nd1 c4 (30... Nd7 $142 {keeps
an even firmer grip} 31. Ne3 $19) 31. f3 $2 (31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Ne3 c3 $19)
31... c3 (31... Nc1 $142 {and Black can already relax} 32. Ne3 c3 33. Nb3 Nxa2
34. Nc2 $19) 32. Nb3 $2 (32. Nxc3 bxc3 33. Bxc3 $19) 32... c2 33. Ne3 c1=Q+ 34.
Nxc1 Nxc1 35. Bd4 (35. Nf5 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game}
Bc4 $19) 35... Nxa2 (35... Ne2+ $142 {and Black wins} 36. Kf2 Nxd4 $19) 36.
Bxa7 b3 37. Bd4 Nc1 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Kg3 (39. Ke2 {hardly improves anything} b2
40. Bxb2 Nxb2+ 41. Kd2 Nd3 $19) 39... Nh5+ 40. Kg4 (40. Kh4 {does not save the
day} Nhf4 41. Ba1 Bc8 $19) 40... Nhf4 41. e5 (41. Nf5 {what else?} Bc8 42. h3
$19) 41... Bc8+ 42. Nf5 g6 43. g3 Bxf5+ 44. Kh4 g5# 0-1