[Event "Memphis Chess Classic"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2006.10.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Nelson, James"] [Black "Sansom, Mike"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "585"] [BlackElo "1513"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 {last book move} 3. Bb5+ Bd7 {Black threatens to win material: Bd7xb5} 4. Nc3 (4. Bxd7+ $142 { and White hangs on} Qxd7 5. Nc3 $11) 4... Bxb5 $17 5. Nxb5 dxe4 6. Ne5 Nf6 ( 6... a6 7. Nc3 Qg5 8. Ng4 $19) 7. d3 exd3 8. cxd3 a6 9. Nc3 Bc5 (9... Nbd7 10. Nf3 $17) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nxe5 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bd6 ( 14... Nxd3 {might be the shorter path} 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 $19) 15. h3 (15. Rd1 {hardly improves anything} Rb8 $19) 15... Nxd3 $1 {Theme: Clearance for d6-h2} 16. Qxd3 {Decoy to d3} (16. Be3 {otherwise it's curtains at once} Nxb2 17. Bd4 $19) 16... Bh2+ $1 {Clearance to allow d8-d3. Discovered attack} 17. Kxh2 Qxd3 18. Bf4 c5 19. Rad1 (19. Be3 {does not improve anything} Qd6+ 20. f4 c4 $19) 19... Qb5 20. Bd6 (20. b3 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Rfc8 $19) 20... Rfd8 21. Kg1 Qxb2 22. Bxc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc2 24. Re1 Qxc5 25. g3 Rd8 26. a4 Rd4 (26... Qc3 27. Rb1 Qf3 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qxb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. g4 Qf3 34. a5 Qxf2#) 27. Rb1 g6 28. Ra1 (28. Rb8+ { doesn't get the cat off the tree} Kg7 29. Rb1 Qf5 30. Rf1 Qxh3 31. Rb1 Rd5 32. Rc1 Rh5 33. f3 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qxf3+ 35. Ke1 Rh2 36. Rc2 Qh1#) 28... Qa5 (28... Qa5 29. Rc1 Qf5 30. Kg2 Rd2 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rg8+ Kxg8 33. h4 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Qf3 35. a5 Qg2#) (28... Rd2 29. Rf1 Qd5 30. g4 Qf3 31. a5 g5 32. Kh2 Rxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 e5 35. h4 gxh4 36. g5 h3 37. g6 Qg2#) 0-1