[Event "48th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baudendistel, Jeff"]
[Black "Nguyen, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1441"]
[BlackElo "765"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} 1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5.
e3 {last book move} d5 $2 (5... e6 $5 $11 {is an interesting alternative}) 6.
Be2 (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Ne5 g6 $16) 6... Ne4 (6... e6 $142 $5 $16) 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 e6 9. Qc2 (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 $18) 9... dxc4 (9...
Bd6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Bxe4 12. Qb3 $14) 10. a4 (10. Bxc4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qg5+
12. Kh1 Qh5 $16) 10... a5 (10... Bd6 11. Qa2 Bd5 12. Rd1 $11) 11. Nd2 {White
threatens to win material: Nd2xc4} (11. Bxc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 Qh5 $18
) 11... Qg5 (11... Be7 $5 $14) 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qf6 (13... Qh5 14. Qa2 Bd6
15. Qxc4 $16) 14. e4 $18 g6 (14... Nd7 $5 $18) 15. Bg5 Qg7 (15... Qf7 16. Ne5
Qg7 17. Qe2 $18) 16. exf5 gxf5 (16... exf5 {cannot change destiny} 17. Qe2+ Kd7
18. Qxc4 $18) 17. g3 (17. Rae1 Kd7 18. Rxe6 $18) 17... Bd6 18. Rfe1 (18. Rae1
Qg6 19. d5 O-O 20. dxe6 Nc6 $18) 18... Kd7 19. Qd2 (19. Rxe6 $142 {keeps an
even firmer grip} Kxe6 20. Re1+ Kd5 21. Qxf5+ Kc6 22. Qe4+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 $18)
19... Nc6 $4 {sad, but how else could Black save the game?} (19... Re8 $142 $18
) 20. d5 Ne5 (20... Rae8 {is the last straw} 21. dxc6+ Kxc6 22. Nd4+ Kb7 23.
Nxe6 Qf7 24. Qd5+ Ka7 $18) 21. dxe6+ Kxe6 (21... Kc8 {does not save the day}
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qd5 $18) 22. Bf4 (22. Rad1 $142 {seems even better} Kd7 23.
Nxe5+ Kc8 24. Qd5 $18) 22... Rad8 (22... Rhd8 {a last effort to resist the
inevitable} 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 $18) 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qa2 (24. Rxe5+ $142 {and the
result of the game is clear: White will win} Qxe5 25. Qh6+ Qf6 26. Ng5+ Kd7 27.
Qxf6 $18) 24... Kd5 (24... Kf6 {there is nothing better in the position} 25.
Nxe5 Qg8 $18) 25. Rxe5+ Kd6 (25... Kc6 {hoping against hope} 26. Qxc4+ Kb7 27.
Rxa5 Ra8 28. Rxf5 Rhf8 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. Qe4+ c6 31. Qxh7+ Kc8 $18) 26. Qxc4
Kd7 27. Qe6# 1-0