[Event "Fall Classics 5"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robinson, Malcolm"]
[Black "McCarver, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "928"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{C30: King's Gambit Declined} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {last book move} Qe7 3. Nc3 exf4
4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 (5. d4 d5 6. e5 c6 7. Bxf4 Bg4 $16) 5... Ng4 {Black threatens
to win material: Ng4xe5} (5... d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nh5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 $14) 6. d4
$14 {Black's pieces can't move: c8+f8} Qb4 (6... d6 7. Bxf4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5
9. Bxe5 $16) 7. Bd2 {Black's piece can't move: c8} (7. Bxf4 Na6 8. a3 $18) 7...
Qxb2 $4 (7... Ne3 8. Bxe3 fxe3 $16) 8. Rb1 $18 Qa3 9. Nb5 Ne3 10. Nxa3 Nxd1 11.
Nc4 (11. Nb5 $142 {secures the point} Na6 12. Rxd1 $18) 11... Ne3 $11 12. Nxe3
fxe3 13. Bxe3 Nc6 14. Bc4 Na5 {Black threatens to win material: Na5xc4} 15. Bd3
d6 {Black has a cramped position} 16. O-O dxe5 17. Nxe5 f6 {Secures g5.} 18.
Rb5 (18. Nf3 Bg4 $14) 18... fxe5 (18... b6 $142 {and Black has air to breath}
19. Rxa5 bxa5 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Nc6+ Kd7 22. Nxa5+ Ke6 23. Bc4+ Kd7 24. Bb5+ Ke7
25. Nc6+ Ke6 26. Nd8+ Ke7 27. Nc6+ Kf7 28. Nd8+ Ke7 29. Nc6+ $11) 19. Rxe5+ $16
Be7 20. Bg5 (20. Rxa5 $142 $5 Bf6 21. Re1 $16) 20... Nc6 $11 {Black threatens
to win material: Nc6xe5} 21. Bb5 (21. Rxe7+ $142 Nxe7 22. Re1 $11) 21... Bd7 $4
{an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win} (21... Kd8 $142 $1 {is just
about the only chance} 22. Rxe7 h6 23. Rxg7+ hxg5 24. Rxg5 a6 $15) 22. Bxc6 $18
bxc6 (22... O-O-O {hardly improves anything} 23. Bxd7+ (23. Bxe7 $6 Bxc6 24.
Bxd8 Rxd8 $18) (23. Rxe7 $6 {is clearly weaker} Bxc6 24. Ref7 Bd5 25. Bxd8 Bxf7
26. Bxc7 Bc4 $14) 23... Rxd7 24. Rxe7 Rxd4 25. Rff7 $18) 23. Bxe7 (23. Rxe7+ {
seems even better} Kd8 24. Rff7 Kc8 25. Rxd7 Kb7 26. Rxc7+ Kb6 $18) 23... a6 (
23... Bg4 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 24. h3 Kd7 25. hxg4 Rab8 $18
) 24. Bh4+ Be6 25. Rxe6+ Kd7 26. Re7+ Kd6 (26... Kc8 {doesn't get the bull off
the ice} 27. Rff7 Ra7 28. Bg3 $18) 27. Rxg7 Rae8 (27... c5 28. Rf6+ Kd5 29.
Rf5+ Kc6 30. Rxc5+ Kd6 31. c4 Rad8 32. Rgxc7 Ke6 33. Re7+ Kd6 34. Rcc7 Rhg8 35.
Bf6 Rd7 36. Rcxd7+ Kc6 37. Be5 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kb6 39. Bc7+ Kb7 40. Ba5+ Kc6 41.
Rc7+ Kd6 42. Bb4#) 28. c4 Re6 29. Rff7 (29. Bg3+ Re5 30. Rf6#) 29... Rd8 (29...
Rg6 {is not much help} 30. Rd7+ Ke6 31. Rge7+ Kf5 32. Re5+ Kg4 33. Bf2 Rf8 34.
h3+ Kf4 35. Rxh7 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Rg1+ 38. Kxg1 c5 39. Rf7#) 30.
Bg3+ Re5 31. Rf6# 1-0