[Event "Spring Swiss"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2005.04.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Bogle, Allan"] [Black "Merrill, Sanford"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteElo "1716"] [BlackElo "1181"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {A02: Bird's Opening} 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 {last book move} Nc6 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. a3 {Controls b4} Bxf3 (8... a6 $5 {is noteworthy} 9. Bd3 Bc5 $14) 9. Qxf3 $16 ({Weaker is} 9. gxf3 c6 10. Bd3 d5 $11) 9... c6 10. Be2 d5 11. d3 Rc8 (11... a5 12. c4 $16) 12. Nd2 Bc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Rad1 (14. Qh3 Qd7 $16) 14... Rc7 (14... O-O 15. Qg3 $14) 15. g3 (15. f5 $142 exf5 16. Qxf5 $16) 15... Ng8 $4 {the position is going down the drain} (15... a5 $142 16. e4 axb4 $16) 16. Bxg7 $18 f5 17. Bxh8 Nxh8 18. e4 dxe4 (18... Kf8 $18 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 19. dxe4 c5 (19... Be7 {there is nothing else anyway} 20. Nb3 Qc8 $18) 20. Nc4 (20. Nc4 Nf7 21. e5 cxb4 22. Nxd6+ Nxd6 23. Rxd6 $18) 1-0