[Event "James Wright Memorial 4"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2007.08.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Turner, Greg"] [Black "Wiley, Edgar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1883"] [BlackElo "1809"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 {last book move} Be6 8. c3 {Consolidates b4} (8. Re1 Nbd7 $14) 8... Nbd7 $11 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 (11... c6 $5 $11 { should be considered}) 12. Bg3 $16 Bxg3 13. fxg3 c5 14. Rae1 c4 {Black threatens to win material: c4xd3} 15. Bf5 Qb6 16. Bxe6 (16. Ne5 $5 $16) 16... Rxe6 $14 17. Rxe6 Qxe6 18. Re1 {White threatens to win material: Re1xe6} Qd6 19. Ne5 (19. Nf1 $5 $14 {is worthy of consideration}) 19... Re8 $15 20. Ndf3 g4 21. Nxd7 Rxe1+ ({Less advisable is} 21... Qxd7 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Rf1 $14) 22. Nxe1 Qxd7 23. Qd2 (23. Qf2 Kg7 24. Nc2 $15) 23... Qf5 (23... Kg7 $142 $5 $17) 24. Qxh6 $11 Ne4 {Praise the knight!} (24... b5 25. h3 $11) 25. Qf4 $14 Qxf4 ( 25... Qd7 26. a3 $14) 26. gxf4 $16 {A knight endgame occured} Kg7 (26... f5 $5 $16) 27. Nc2 f5 $2 (27... Kf8 $142 $5 $16) 28. Ne3 $18 Kf6 29. Nxd5+ Ke6 30. Ne3 b5 31. h4 a5 (31... Nd6 32. h5 $18) 32. d5+ Kf6 33. h5 (33. a4 {seems even better} bxa4 34. Nxc4 Ke7 $18) 33... Nd6 (33... a4 34. Kh2 $18) 34. Kh2 b4 ( 34... a4 {is no salvation} 35. Kg3 $18) 35. Kg3 Ne4+ (35... Kg7 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 36. Kh4 Kf6 37. a3 bxa3 38. bxa3 $18) 36. Kh4 b3 (36... Nd6 {is the last straw} 37. a3 bxa3 38. bxa3 a4 $18) 37. a3 (37. a4 $142 {and White can already relax} Nd6 38. g3 $18) 37... a4 (37... Nd6 $18 { there is nothing else anyway}) 38. Nxc4 g3 39. h6 (39. d6 $142 {secures victory } Nc5 40. Ne5 Ne6 $18) 39... Kg6 40. d6 Kxh6 41. d7 (41. d7 Nf2 42. d8=Q Nd3 43. Qxd3 Kg7 44. Qxg3+ Kf7 45. Ne5+ Ke7 46. Qg7+ Kd6 47. Qd7+ Kc5 48. Qc6#) 1-0