[Event "Pawn Power Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beatty, Jonathan"]
[Black "Larson, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{A02: Bird's Opening} 1. f4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 {last book move} e6 4. e3 {
Covers d4} Nf6 5. Bb5 Be7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. O-O d6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 8.
Qe1 Bd7 9. Qg3 {White threatens to win material: Qg3xg7} Rg8 10. Ng5 (10. Nc3
O-O-O $14) 10... O-O-O 11. Nxf7 Rdf8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 g5 14. fxg5 Ne4 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne4xg3} 15. Qg4 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 (
17. Bxf1 Rxg5 18. Qf3 Qd8 $11) 17... Rxg5 18. Qe2 $2 (18. Qh3 $142 $5 $11 {
and White can hope to live}) 18... a6 $17 19. Bxa6 (19. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 20. g3 $17
) 19... bxa6 $19 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 21. Na3 (21. Qb5+ Ka8 22. Qe2 d5 $19) 21... Nb4
22. Qc4 $4 {but even a better move would not have saved the game} (22. Qe2 $19)
22... d5 23. Qc3 (23. Nb5 {otherwise it's curtains at once} Qxh2 24. Qf4+ Qxf4+
25. exf4 Bxb5+ 26. Kf2 $19) 23... Qxh2 24. Qh8+ Kb7 (24... Kb7 25. Qb8+ Kxb8
26. Be5+ Rxe5 27. e4 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Bh4+ 29. Kf3 dxe4+ 30. Kf4 Qxg2 31. Kxe5 Qg5+
32. Kxe4 Bc6#) 0-1