[Event "1st Winter Quad"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Craycroft, John"]
[Black "Parvathareddy, Rohith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 e6 {last book move} 7. Ne5 Be7 (7...
Qb6 8. Qe2 $15) 8. Rc1 (8. Nxd7 $5 {must definitely be considered} Qxd7 9. Bd3
$11) 8... Nxe5 $17 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13.
Qb3 O-O 14. f3 Bg6 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Qh5 $19) 15...
Qxe5 16. Qxb7 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (16. O-O $19) 16... Qxe3 17.
Rc3 Qe5 18. Qxc6 (18. f4 {does not help much} Qe4 19. Qxc6 Rae8 $19) 18... Rfe8
(18... Rae8 $142 {might be the shorter path} 19. O-O Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxe2 $19) 19.
Qa6 (19. O-O {the last chance for counterplay} d4 20. Ba6 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3
22. bxc3 $19) 19... d4 20. Rc7 (20. Kf2 {cannot change destiny} dxc3 21. bxc3
Re6 $19) 20... Qxc7 (20... Qe3 21. Rf1 d3 22. Rf2 d2+ 23. Kd1 Qxf2 24. Kxd2
Rxe2+ 25. Kc3 Qe3+ 26. Kc4 Qd3+ 27. Kc5 Rc2+ 28. Kb4 Rxb2+ 29. Kc5 Rc2+ 30. Kb4
Rb8+ 31. Qb7 Rxb7+ 32. Rxb7 Qc4+ 33. Ka5 Rxa2#) 21. O-O $19 Qb6 (21... Rab8 $5
{makes it even easier for Black} 22. Bb5 Re6 23. Qa4 $19) 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bc4
d3 (23... Bc2 $142 {and Black can already relax} 24. h4 $19) 24. f4 (24. Rd1 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rac8 25. b3 Re2 $19) 24... d2
25. Bb3 Re1 26. Kf2 Rxf1+ (26... Rae8 27. Bd1 Bd3 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Bb3 Rf1+ 30.
Kg3 Re3+ 31. Kg4 Be2+ 32. Kf5 Rxb3 33. Ke4 d1=Q 34. axb3 f6 35. Kf5 Qd5#) 27.
Kxf1 Rd8 (27... Rxa2 $1 {seems even better} 28. h3 Bd3+ 29. Kf2 Rxb2 30. Bd1
$19) 28. Bd1 Re8 29. Be2 (29. Kf2 $19 {praying for a miracle}) 29... Bc2 (29...
Bc2 30. Bh5 g6 $19) (29... Bd3 $1 30. Kf2 Rxe2+ 31. Kf3 d1=Q 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33.
Kh3 Bf5+ 34. g4 Re3+ 35. Kg2 Be4#) 0-1