[Event "Jack Smith Memorial 4"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jaeger, Terry"]
[Black "McKee, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1320"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 Nc6 {last book move} 6. Bg5 dxc4 (6... Bb4 7. Nf3 $11) 7. d5 {White
threatens to win material: d5xc6} (7. Bxc4 $5 Qxd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O-O $11)
7... Ne5 8. Ne4 $4 (8. Nf3 $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} Bd6 9. Nxe5
Bxe5 10. Bxc4 $15) 8... Bb4+ $19 (8... Nxe4 $6 {is clearly worse} 9. Bxd8 Bb4+
10. Ke2 Kxd8 11. f3 Ng3+ 12. hxg3 $15) 9. Nc3 Qxd5 (9... O-O {makes it even
easier for Black} 10. Qd4 c5 11. Qf4 Qxd5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 cxd3 16. O-O-O $19) 10. Qa4+ (10. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 gxf6 $19)
10... Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxc3+ $4 {gives away a clear win} (11... gxf6 $142 {and
Black has prevailed} 12. Nge2 Ba5 $19) 12. Bxc3 $16 b5 (12... O-O 13. Rd1 (13.
Bxc4 $2 {is inferior since it leads to} Qxg2 14. O-O-O Qxh1 $19) 13... Re8+ 14.
Ne2 $16) 13. Qd1 (13. Qa3 Bf5 14. Rd1 Qe6+ 15. Be2 a5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 $18) 13...
Qg5 (13... Qe6+ $5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Qxe6 Bxe6 $18) 14. Nf3 $18 Qg6 15. Nd4 (15.
Qe2+ Be6 16. O-O-O b4 $18) 15... Nxd4 (15... O-O $5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 $16) 16. Qxd4
$18 (16. Bxd4 $6 O-O 17. Be3 Bb7 $16) 16... Bb7 (16... O-O 17. f3 $18) 17. Qxg7
(17. Qe5+ {and White can already relax} Qe6 18. Qxe6+ fxe6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 $18)
17... Rg8 $6 {offers little resistance} (17... O-O-O 18. Qxg6 Rhe8+ 19. Be2
fxg6 20. f3 $18) 18. Qxg6 Rxg6 19. Rg1 (19. f3 $5 {seems even better} O-O-O $18
) 19... O-O-O 20. Bd2 Re6+ 21. Be3 Be4 22. Be2 f5 (22... Bd3 23. g4 $18) 23.
Rd1 (23. g4 {keeps an even firmer grip} a6 $18) 23... Rg8 (23... Bd3 24. g3 $18
) 24. f3 (24. g3 {makes it even easier for White} a5 $18) 24... Bxf3 (24...
Rge8 25. fxe4 Rxe4 26. Bf3 Rxe3+ 27. Kf2 $18) 25. Bxf3 Rxe3+ 26. Kf2 Rd3 (26...
Re5 27. Rd2 $18) 27. Rde1 (27. Rxd3 $142 {might be the shorter path} cxd3 28.
Rd1 Rd8 $18) 27... Rd2+ 28. Re2 Rgd8 29. Rge1 Rxe2+ 30. Rxe2 (30. Bxe2 $6 Rd2
31. Rb1 Rc2 $18) (30. Kxe2 $6 Re8+ 31. Kd2 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Kd7 $18) 30... a5 (
30... a6 31. Bc6 $18) 31. a3 (31. Re5 $142 $5 {seems even better} Rd2+ 32. Ke3
Rxb2 $18) 31... c5 {Black intends b4} 32. Bc6 b4 33. axb4 (33. Bb5 {and White
can already relax} c3 34. bxc3 Kc7 $18) 33... cxb4 34. Bb5 Rd4 (34... Kc7 35.
Bxc4 a4 36. Kf3 $18) 35. Rc2 b3 (35... Kb7 36. Bxc4 a4 $18) 36. Rxc4+ Rxc4 37.
Bxc4 a4 38. Bd3 1-0