[Event "MCC Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wright, James"] [Black "Hurt, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Nf5 {Black intends d4. last book move} 15. Bd2 Rc8 (15... Ncd4 $5 $14 {should be examined more closely }) 16. Ne2 (16. g4 Rxg4 17. Bh3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rd4 $16) 16... b5 (16... Nce7 17. c3 $16) 17. h4 $18 Nce7 18. Kd1 (18. h5 $142 Rg7 19. h6 $18) 18... d4 $11 19. Rh3 (19. Rb2 Bc6 20. Rg1 Bd5 $11) 19... Nd5 (19... Bc6 20. Nxd4 Bxg2 21. Bxg2 Rxg2 22. Ne2 $17) 20. Rc1 $11 Qc5 (20... Nde3+ 21. Ke1 Nxf1 (21... Nxc2+ $2 { doesn't solve anything} 22. Kd1 b4 23. Qb3 $16 (23. Rxc2 {is the weaker alternative} Ba4 24. Ke1 Qxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 (25... Bxc2 $6 26. axb4 Be4 27. g3 $15) 26. axb4 Bc6 $17)) 22. Kxf1 b4 23. axb4 Qb7 $17) 21. Ke1 $16 {White king safety improved} Nfe3 {Exerts pressure on the backward pawn} (21... Bc6 $5 22. h5 Nde3 23. Bxe3 Nxe3 $16) 22. Nxd4 Nxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Rxg2 24. Rh1 (24. h5 b4 25. h6 Bb5 26. axb4 Nxb4 $18) 24... Ke7 (24... Rg4 25. Ne2 $14) 25. Be3 (25. h5 $5 Rcg8 26. c4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 $16) 25... Nxe3 $11 26. Qxe3 Qd5 (26... b4 27. axb4 Qxb4+ 28. c3 $17) 27. Rf1 (27. Rd1 $142 $5 Kf8 28. Rh3 $16) 27... Rc4 $11 { Black threatens to win material: Rc4xd4. A beautiful square!} 28. Rd1 Qc5 ( 28... Rc3 29. Rd3 Qa2 30. Rf2 Rg1+ 31. Ke2 $11) 29. Rf2 (29. Rg1 $5 {is worthy of consideration} Rxg1+ 30. Qxg1 Qxa3 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Ke2 $14) 29... Rg1+ $11 30. Rf1 {White threatens to win material: Rf1xg1} Rg4 {Black threatens to win material: Rg4xh4} (30... Rg2 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Qxg1 Qxa3 33. f5 exf5 34. Nxf5+ Kd8 35. Qb6+ Rc7 36. Ke2 $14) 31. Qd2 (31. Rd2 Rxh4 32. Qd3 Qc7 $16) 31... Kf8 {Black king safety improved} (31... Ke8 $142 $11) 32. Rh1 (32. h5 $142 $14 { would hold out}) 32... Bc6 $19 33. Nxc6 $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (33. h5 Qxd4 $1 {leaving no more doubts} 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Bxh1 36. c4 $19) 33... Re4+ 34. Kf1 Rexf4+ 35. Ke1 Rg1+ (35... Qxc6 $6 { is a bad alternative} 36. Qd6+ Qxd6 37. Rxd6 (37. exd6 $143 Rxh4 38. Rxh4 Rxh4 $19) 37... Rxh4 38. Rxh4 Rxh4 39. Rxa6 Re4+ 40. Kd2 Rxe5 41. Ra5 Rd5+ 42. Ke3 $17) 36. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 37. Ke2 Rf2+ (37... Qg4+ $142 {might be the shorter path} 38. Kd3 Qf3+ 39. Qe3 Qxd1+ 40. Qd2 Rf3+ 41. Ke4 Qxd2 42. Kxf3 Qc3+ 43. Kf4 Qxc6 $19) 38. Kd3 (38. Ke3 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 Qf3+ 41. Kd4 Rxd1 42. Qxd1 Qd5+ (42... Qxc6 $6 {is a useless try} 43. Qe2 $15) 43. Kc3 Qxd1 $19 (43... Qxc6+ $6 {is a weaker possibility} 44. Kb4 Qe4+ 45. Ka5 $11)) 38... Rxd2+ (38... Rf3+ 39. Ke4 Qg4+ 40. Qf4 Qxf4#) 39. Rxd2 $19 Qc5 (39... Qg3+ $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 40. Ke4 Qxh4+ 41. Ke3 Qg3+ 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. exf6 Qh4+ 44. Ke3 Qg5+ 45. Kd3 Qf5+ 46. Ke3 Qc5+ 47. Nd4 $19) 40. Nb4 (40. Nd4 {otherwise it's curtains at once} Qxe5 41. Kc3 $19) 40... Qxe5 (40... Qxe5 41. Re2 Qd6+ 42. Kc3 e5 $19) (40... a5 $142 {and Black can celebrate victory} 41. Re2 axb4 42. axb4 Qd5+ 43. Kc3 Qc4+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Kc1 Qxb4 46. Kd1 $19) 0-1