[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis,TN"] [Date "2009.01.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Beatty, Jonathan"] [Black "Horobetz, Graham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1715"] [BlackElo "1941"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] {B06: Modern Defence} 1. f4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bc4 c5 6. c3 { last book move. Black's piece can't move: c8} Qa5 (6... Nh6 7. O-O $11) 7. Qb3 e6 8. Bxe6 $4 {White loses the upper hand} (8. d5 $142 {was possible} exd5 9. Bxd5 $14) 8... fxe6 $19 9. Qxe6+ Ne7 10. Qxd6 Qb6 (10... cxd4 $142 $5 11. Nxd4 Qc5 $19) 11. Qxb6 $15 axb6 {Black wins a piece} 12. d5 {White has a new protected passed pawn: d5} Ra4 {Black threatens to win material: Ra4xe4} 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. g3 Nf6 (14... c4 15. O-O $17) 15. d6 {Pushes the passed pawn} Nc6 16. e5 {This push gains space} Ng4 17. b3 Ra8 18. Nc4 {White threatens to win material: Nc4xb6} Ra6 19. h3 $2 (19. O-O b5 20. Ne3 b4 $17) 19... Nh6 $4 { Black is ruining his position} (19... b5 $142 $5 20. Ncd2 Ncxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 $19) 20. g4 (20. Bb2 Nf7 $15) 20... Be6 21. O-O {He knows no fear} Nf7 22. Re1 $2 (22. Ncd2 $142 $17) 22... Bxc4 $19 23. bxc4 Nxd6 $1 {an unexpected blow.} 24. Ng5 $2 (24. exd6 Bxc3 {Combination}) 24... Re8 25. Be3 (25. Rd1 Nxc4 26. Rd7 Ra4 $19) 25... Nxc4 26. Bf2 (26. Kg2 {doesn't change anything anymore} Ne7 27. Bc1 Rd8 $19) 26... Ra3 27. Rad1 (27. Ne4 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rf8 28. Bg3 h6 $19) 27... h6 28. Ne4 N4xe5 $1 {keeping the advantage} 29. fxe5 Nxe5 ({Worse is} 29... Bxe5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Re3 $18) (29... Rxa2 $6 {is clearly worse} 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 $17) 30. Re3 (30. Re2 $142 $5 $17) 30... Rxa2 $19 31. Bg3 Rf8 32. Rb1 (32. Nd6 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Rc2 $19) 32... Rc2 (32... Nc4 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 33. Ree1 Rf3 $19) 33. Rxb6 $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (33. Rf1 $19) 33... Nc4 34. Rxg6 (34. Rd3 {no good, but what else?} Nxb6 35. Nxc5 $19) 34... Nxe3 35. Bf2 Rf4 (35... Rf3 $142 {and Black has it in the bag} 36. Re6 Kf7 37. Nxc5 $19) 36. Re6 Nd5 37. Bxc5 (37. Re8+ {there is nothing else anyway} Kh7 38. c4 $19) 37... Kf7 (37... Kf7 38. Rb6 Nxb6 39. Nd6+ Ke6 $19) 0-1