1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. b3 Rc8 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bc1 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. h5 Nh8 15. Na3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bb2 Nf7 18. Nc2 a5 19. Ne3 Ng5 20. Ne5?

Appears to lose by force. Better was 20. Nxg5.

[RR 20. Nxg5=.]

20... Bxe5

[RR ?!; the right move order was 20... Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Nxf2.]

21. dxe5 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Nxf2! 23. Nxd5!? exd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxd7

25. e6.

[RR 25. Qxd7? is the losing move. Instead 25. e6!, as suggested by Hurley, leaves White very much in the game, as after 25... Be8 26. Bf3, White recovers the piece (26... Rd8 27. e7! Nxe7 28. Qe5=). In the complicated position after 26. Bf3, Black appears to have at most a small edge.]

25... Rcd8 26. Qe6 Qe3 27. Qc4 Ne4

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Annotator(s): John Hurley, Sunday Tribune, July 27, 1997 p. M-39 (excerpted here).

Event information: Tournament report.