[Event "Mid-Summer Open 3"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2006.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Smith, Clay"] [Black "Maneclang, Elliot"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "870"] [BlackElo "301"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 1. e4 b6 (1... e5 2. Nf3 $14) 2. f4 (2. d4 Bb7 $14) 2... g6 (2... Bb7 3. d3 $11) 3. Nc3 $14 Bb7 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 $2 (5... c5 $142 $14 {is a viable option}) 6. fxe5 $18 d6 7. e6 ( 7. exd6 $142 $5 Qxd6 8. d4 $18) 7... fxe6 $16 8. Bg5 {White threatens to win material: Bg5xd8} (8. g3 Qe7 $16) 8... Qc8 (8... Nf6 9. d4 $14) 9. Qe2 (9. Be2 $142 $16) 9... d5 $2 (9... Nh6 $142 $14 {would keep Black alive}) 10. exd5 $18 e5 $2 (10... Nf6 11. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 12. dxe6 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $18) 11. O-O-O (11. Nxe5 {and White can already relax} Qf5 12. Nxg6+ Kd7 13. Nxh8 Bxh8 $18) 11... h6 (11... Nh6 {does not save the day} 12. d4 O-O 13. dxe5 $18) 12. Bh4 (12. Nxe5 {seems even better} Qf5 13. Nxg6+ Kd7 14. Qe6+ Qxe6 15. dxe6+ Kxe6 $18) 12... g5 (12... Qf5 {cannot undo what has already been done} 13. d4 e4 14. Nxe4 $18) 13. Bg3 (13. Nxe5 $142 {and White can already relax} Nf6 14. Ng6+ Kf7 15. Nxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bg3 $18) 13... c6 (13... Nf6 {no good, but what else?} 14. Qxe5+ Kf7 $18) 14. Ne4 (14. Bxe5 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kf7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe5+ Nf6 17. Qe7+ Kg8 $18) 14... cxd5 (14... Kf8 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. Nxe5 Qd8 $18) 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Nxc8 Bxc8 17. Bxe5 (17. Nxe5+ $5 {might be the shorter path} Ke7 18. Nc6+ Kf6 $18) 17... Nc6 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Ne5+ Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxg7 21. Qxg7+ Ne7 22. Qxh6 (22. Re1 Kc6 23. Rxe7 Bd7 24. Rxd7 Re8 25. Rc7+ Kd6 26. Qd7+ Ke5 27. Qxe8+ Kf4 28. Rf7+ Kg4 29. Qe2+ Kh4 30. g3#) 22... g4 23. Be2 (23. Qg7 Kd6 24. Qf6+ Kc7 25. Qxe7+ Bd7 26. Qe5+ Kd8 27. Qh8+ Kc7 28. Qxa8 a6 29. Qxa6 Kc6 30. d4 Kc7 31. Qa7+ Kc8 32. Ba6+ Kd8 33. Rde1 Be6 34. Rxe6 g3 35. Qe7#) 23... Nf5 24. Bxg4 Ba6 25. Bxf5+ Ke7 (25... Kc7 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 26. Qg7+ Kb8 27. Qe5+ Kb7 28. Qxd5+ Kc7 29. Qd7+ Kb8 30. Qd8+ Kb7 31. Be4#) 26. Rde1+ Kf7 27. Re6 (27. Bg6+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rhf1#) 27... Re8 (27... Bxd3 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rf6+ Ke8 30. Qd7#) 28. Rxe8 (28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rf6#) 28... Kxe8 29. Qh7 (29. Re1+ Kf7 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Re8#) 29... Kd8 (29... Bxd3 {hardly improves anything} 30. Qd7+ Kf8 31. Be6 Bg6 32. Rf1+ Bf7 33. Qxf7# ) 30. Re1 (30. Qd7#) 30... Bc8 (30... Bxd3 {does not win a prize} 31. Qe7#) 31. Bxc8 (31. Qe7#) 31... Kxc8 32. Re8# 1-0