[Event "Friday Night Fun #26"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hilliard, Chistopher"]
[Black "Craycroft, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1326"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 Be6 {last book move} 7. Bxe6 fxe6 {Black has new
doubled pawns: e5+e6} 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. g4 (10. Be3 $5 $11 {looks
like a viable alternative}) 10... Qe7 11. Be3 d5 {Black threatens to win
material: d5xe4} 12. Bg5 $2 (12. g5 $142 $5 Nd7 13. O-O $17) 12... Qb4+ $19 13.
Bd2 Qxb2 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. O-O Rxa2 (15... dxe4 $142 $5 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. Nxf3 exf3
$19) 16. Rxa2 $17 Qxa2 17. c3 h6 18. cxd4 hxg5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Kg2 O-O 21.
Bxg5 (21. d4 $142 $19) 21... Nxe5 22. d4 $6 {hardly fazing for the opponent} (
22. Bh4 $19) 22... Nc6 (22... Nf3 $142 {ends the debate} 23. Be7 Rf7 $19) 23.
e5 $17 Qc4 24. Be3 Ra8 (24... Nb4 $5 $17) 25. g5 $15 {White has a new backward
pawn: f2} Ra4 (25... Ne7 26. Kg1 $15) 26. Qg4 {White threatens to win material:
Qg4xe6} (26. g6 Ne7 27. Qg4 $18) 26... Nxd4 $11 27. Rc1 Nc2 $4 {ruins a very
nice position} (27... Qe2 $142 {this is the best way to fight back} 28. Rxc7
Qxg4+ 29. hxg4 Kh7 $11) 28. Qxe6+ $18 Kf8 29. Qf5+ (29. Rxc2 $142 {and the
result of the game is clear: White will win} Qe4+ 30. Kg3 $18) 29... Ke7 (29...
Kg8 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 30. Rxc2 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxc7 g6
33. Rxb7 d4 $18) 30. Rxc2 (30. Rxc2 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxc7+ Kf8 33. g6
Rxe5 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rxb7 $18) (30. Qxc2 $6 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 c5 $18) 1-0