[Event "Friday Night Fun Returns!"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.06.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Jaeger, Terry"] [Black "Merrill, Sanford"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1489"] [BlackElo "1216"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 {last book move} Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 (9... e5 10. Be3 $14) 10. O-O (10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Qxc6 O-O $18) 10... Bg7 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 $16) 11. e5 $18 Ng8 $2 (11... Nd7 $142 12. Qxc6 O-O $18) 12. Qxc6+ Kf8 13. Bf4 {White prepares c5} Nh6 14. Rad1 Nf5 15. c5 (15. Nd5 {seems even better} Bh6 $18) 15... h5 16. Ne2 (16. Nd5 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Ra7 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nh4 19. cxd6 exd6 $18) 16... Kg8 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Kh7 19. exd6 exd6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qxd6 (21. Bxd6 f5 22. Be5 Ra7 $18) 21... Qa5 22. a3 (22. Qc7 Qd5 23. Be5 Rhf8 $18) 22... Rhd8 23. Qe7 Qd5 24. Be5 Rf8 ( 24... Rd7 $5 25. Qg5 Re8 $16) 25. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 26. Qe5+ (26. Kh2 $5 Rac8 $18) 26... Qxe5 $16 27. dxe5 Rfe8 $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore } (27... Rab8 $142 $16) 28. Rd7 $18 Rxe5 29. Rfxf7+ (29. Rdxf7+ $6 Kh6 $18) 29... Kh6 30. Rh7+ Kg5 31. Rd6 Rf8 (31... Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re2 33. Rb6 $18) 32. Rxa6 Ref5 (32... Kf5 {does not save the day} 33. Rg7 $18) 33. Rg7 (33. h4+ Kg4 34. Rxg6+ Rg5 35. Rxg5#) 33... R8f6 (33... Rf1+ {does not win a prize} 34. Kh2 $18) 34. Rxf6 (34. h4+ Kh6 35. Raa7 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Rf7 37. Rgxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 g5 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. hxg5 Kg8 41. a4 Kg7 42. a5 Kg8 43. a6 h4 44. gxh4 Kh8 45. a7 Kg7 46. a8=Q Kh7 47. g6+ Kg7 48. Qf8#) 34... Rxf6 (34... Kxf6 {does not improve anything} 35. Rb7 $18) 35. Rb7 Rd6 36. Kh2 Kf5 37. Rf7+ (37. a4 $5 { might be the shorter path} Ra6 38. Rb4 Kf6 $18) 37... Kg5 (37... Ke6 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 38. Rf4 $18) 38. Rf2 1-0