[Event "Friday Night Fun #29"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.03.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Craycroft, John"] [Black "Jaeger, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "1426"] [BlackElo "675"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 {last book move} 5. Be2 e5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. a3 {Covers b4} O-O 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. O-O Qb6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qd1 Qa5 14. b4 Qa4 15. Qxa4 Bxa4 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Rb1 (17. f4 f6 18. Bb2 Rfe8 $11) 17... Bd7 ( 17... b5 18. cxb5 Rb8 19. f4 $15) 18. f4 $11 {White threatens to win material: f4xe5} Bf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Bb2 $11) 20. c5 $14 {White gets more space} Rfd8 21. Bb2 Be8 22. Be4 Bb5 (22... g6 23. d6 Bc6 24. Bd3 $14) 23. a4 $16 Bc4 24. d6 Bg5 $4 {solves nothing} (24... Rb8 $142 $16) 25. Bxb7 $18 Rb8 26. Rxe5 (26. c6 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Bf6 27. c7 Rxb7 28. cxd8=Q+ Bxd8 29. Rxe5 Be6 30. Bxd4 h6 $18) 26... Bf6 27. c6 $4 {a transit from better to worse} (27. Ree1 $142 {a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance} Rxb7 28. c6 $18) 27... Bxe5 $11 28. c7 Bxd6 29. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 30. Bxd4 Rb8 {Black threatens to win material: Rb8xb7} (30... Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rxd4 32. b5 Rxd2 33. Rc1 $11) 31. Bc5 (31. Be4 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 Bxb4 33. Bxa7 Bxd2 $16) 31... Rxb7 (31... Bxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rxb7 33. d3 Bxd3 34. Rd1 $11) 32. Bxd6 $14 Bd3 ( 32... f6 33. b5 $14) 33. Rc1 $16 h6 34. Rc3 {White threatens to win material: Rc3xd3} Be2 35. Kf2 Bd1 36. a5 Ba4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7 (38. Bc5 $5 $16) 38... Rxc7 $11 39. Bxc7 {A bishop endgame occured} a6 {White has a new backward pawn: b4} 40. Ke3 g5 41. d4 Kg6 42. Ke4 f5+ (42... Kf6 $5 $11 {must be considered}) 43. Ke5 $16 f4 44. d5 (44. Ke6 $142 Be8 45. d5 Bf7+ 46. Ke5 $16) 44... Kh5 $4 ( 44... Kf7 $142 $11 {is just about the only chance}) 45. d6 (45. Ke6 $142 { seems even better} Kg4 46. d6 h5 $18) 45... Bb5 46. Ke6 1-0