[Event "Amateur/Reserve 2007"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2007.02.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Bunch, John"] [Black "McCarver, Dan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "948"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Nf6 {last book move} 5. Nc6+ Qe7 6. Nxe7 (6. Qxe7+ $6 Bxe7 7. Nxe7 Kxe7 $11) 6... Bxe7 7. d4 (7. Nc3 {keeps an even firmer grip} c6 $18) 7... O-O (7... Nc6 {does not solve anything} 8. c3 $18) 8. Be3 (8. Qxe7 $142 $5 {seems even better} Re8 9. Qxe8+ Nxe8 $18) 8... Re8 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. c3 d6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. c4 (12. Re1 {keeps an even firmer grip} a5 13. a3 Na7 $18) 12... Nb4 (12... d5 {doesn't do any good} 13. h3 $18) 13. a3 Nc6 (13... Na6 {hardly improves anything} 14. Qf3 d5 15. Re1 $18) 14. d5 Nxd5 (14... Bd7 {is not much help} 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Re1 $18) 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Kb1 (16. Qb5 {makes it even easier for White} Be6 17. Qxb7 Ne5 18. Bxa7 Bg5 $18) 16... Bf6 17. Qh5 (17. Qd3 $142 {might be the shorter path} Be6 18. Qc2 $18) 17... g6 (17... Re5 {the last chance for counterplay} 18. Qh3 Be6 $18) 18. Qxd5 Re5 19. Qf3 Rf5 20. Qg3 Be5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Bc4 Na5 24. Ba2 Rd8 25. Ng5 (25. h4 {and White can already relax} Rh5 26. f5 Rxf5 $18) 25... Bxg5 26. fxg5 Re5 27. Bd4 (27. Qxe5 Nb3 28. Qf6 d5 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rxd5 Nd2+ 32. Rxd2 h5 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Rd8#) 27... Rf5 28. Rhf1 (28. Rdf1 Re8 29. Rxf5 Nc4 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxc4+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qe3+ Kd8 35. Bf6+ Kd7 36. Qe6+ Kc6 37. Qe8+ Kb6 38. Qb5#) 28... Rxf1 29. Rxf1 b6 (29... Nb3 {does not improve anything} 30. Qxb3 d5 31. Qf3 f5 32. Bxd5+ Kf8 33. Bg7+ Ke7 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Bxb7 Kc5 36. Qc6#) 30. Rxf7 (30. Bxf7+ Kf8 31. Bd5+ Ke8 32. Qe3+ Kd7 33. Qe6#) 30... Nc6 (30... Re8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Qf2#) 31. Rxc7+ (31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Qf2+ Ke8 33. Qf7#) 31... Kf8 (31... d5 {is not the saving move} 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Qf2+ Ke8 34. Qf7#) 32. Qf4+ Ke8 33. Qf7# 1-0