[Event "Jack Smith Memorial 3"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Craycroft, John"]
[Black "Campbell, Miles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 {last book move} c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 (8.
O-O dxc4 9. Nxc4 c5 $16) 8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 b5 (9... c5 $5 $14 {is worth
looking at}) 10. Nce5 $16 Qd6 (10... c5 $5 11. dxc5 Qc7 $16) 11. Rc1 $18 Qb4+
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 (13... Bb7 14. Ng5 $18) 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rxc6 Nd5 (
15... Bb7 16. Rc2 $18) 16. a3 (16. Rc5 {and White can already relax} a6 $18)
16... f5 (16... b4 17. Rhc1 $18) 17. Bxb5 (17. Rhc1 $142 {keeps an even firmer
grip} a6 $18) 17... Bb7 $2 (17... Rb8 18. Bd3 Bd7 $18) 18. Rxe6 Rac8 (18... Nc7
{does not help much} 19. Re7 Nxb5 20. Rxb7 $18) 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Kxc1 Rc8+ (
20... Nc7 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 21. Re7 Bxf3 22. Rxc7 (22. gxf3 $6
Nxb5 23. a4 Rc8+ 24. Kd1 Nc7 $14) 22... Bxg2 23. h4 $18) 21. Kd2 Kf7 (21... Nc7
{does not solve anything} 22. Re5 Nxb5 23. Rxb5 $18) 22. Ng5+ Kf8 23. Nxh7+ Kf7
(23... Kg8 {hardly improves anything} 24. Ng5 Nb6 25. g3 $18) 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25.
Re8+ (25. Bc4 $142 $1 {might be the shorter path} Kf8 26. b3 Nf6 $18) 25...
Rxe8 26. Bxe8 Kf8 27. Bh5 Nf6 28. Bf3 Bxf3 (28... Bc8 {a fruitless try to
alter the course of the game} 29. Kc3 $18) 29. Nxf3 Ne4+ 30. Ke2 a5 (30... Ke7
{doesn't do any good} 31. Ne5 $18) 31. Nh4 (31. Ne5 $142 {seems even better}
Nd6 $18) 31... a4 (31... Nd6 {is not much help} 32. Ng6+ Ke8 33. Kd3 $18) 32.
Nxf5 g6 (32... Kf7 {cannot change destiny} 33. Ng3 Nf6 34. Kd3 $18) 33. Ng3 Nd6
34. Kd3 Nf5 35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. g4 1-0