[Event "Mid-Summer Open 3"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gutting, Edward"]
[Black "Cathey, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1166"]
[BlackElo "1216"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. a4 {last book move} Nxe4 7. d4 {White
threatens to win material: d4xe5} d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xc4}
8. Be2 (8. Bb5 a5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $17) 8... a5 (8... exd4 $5 9. a5 d3
10. axb6 dxe2 11. Qxe2 cxb6 $19) 9. b5 $17 {White wins space} Ne7 10. Nxe5 Ng6
11. Bg4 $4 (11. Nd3 $142 $15 {was possible}) 11... Nxe5 $19 12. dxe5 (12. Bxc8
{otherwise it's curtains at once} Rxc8 13. O-O $19) 12... Nxf2 13. Qf3 (13. Qc2
{doesn't get the cat off the tree} Nxg4 14. Qe2 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh3 $19) 13... Bxg4
14. Qf4 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxf4 16. Kc2 Bf5+ (16... d4 17. Ra3 Qd5 18. Re1 Bf5+ 19.
Kb2 Nd3+ 20. Ka1 Nxe1 21. Bd2 Nc2+ 22. Kb2 Nxa3 23. Nxa3 dxc3+ 24. Bxc3 Qxg2+
25. Kb3 O-O-O 26. Bb2 Be6+ 27. Nc4 Bxc4+ 28. Kc3 Qd2+ 29. Kxc4 Qd3#) 17. Kb3
Nd3 18. Nd2 Nxc1+ (18... d4 19. c4 Qg5 20. Bb2 Qxd2 21. Rab1 Qb4+ 22. Ka2 Qxc4+
23. Ka1 Qxa4+ 24. Ba3 Qxa3#) 19. Raxc1 Be3 (19... d4 $142 {keeps an even
firmer grip} 20. Rhe1 $19) 20. Rcd1 Bxd2 (20... d4 $142 {secures the point} 21.
Rhf1 Qd5+ 22. c4 $19) 21. Rxd2 Qg5 22. Rf2 d4 $1 {Theme: Clearance for f5-e6}
23. Rhf1 (23. cxd4 Qe3+ {A double attack}) 23... Be6+ 24. Kb2 dxc3+ 25. Kxc3
Qxe5+ 26. Kc2 (26. Kd3 {does not help much} O-O-O+ 27. Kc2 Qe4+ 28. Kb2 Qb4+
29. Ka1 Qc3+ 30. Kb1 Bf5+ 31. Rc2 Qxc2+ 32. Ka1 Qc3+ 33. Ka2 Rd2#) 26... O-O-O
27. Kc1 (27. b6 {cannot change destiny} Qc5+ 28. Kb1 Bf5+ 29. Rxf5 Qb4+ 30. Kc1
Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Rd2 32. Rb5 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 Qa2#) 27... Rd3 (27... Bf5 28. Rxf5 Qc3+
29. Kb1 Rd2 30. Rxf7 Qb2#) 28. Rc2 (28. Kb1 {does not win a prize} Rb3+ 29. Kc2
Qc3+ 30. Kd1 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Bc4#) 28... Bb3 (28... Qa1#) 29. Rb2 (29. Kb1 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qe2+ 31. Kb1
Qxf1+ 32. Kc2 Qe2+ 33. Kb1 Rd1#) 29... Rhd8 30. Rd2 (30. Rxb3 {does not solve
anything} Qa1+ 31. Rb1 Qc3#) 30... Qa1# 0-1