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20) Knight S. - Price M. C. [D04]

Major (2) 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 c4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.b3 b5 6.c3 Bf5 7.a4 Qa5 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Nd2 b4 11.Rc1 cxb3 12.Qxb3 e6 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.0-0

+-----------------+
|r+.+kg.4|
|0.+n+p0p|
|.+.+p+.+|
|1B+.+.+.|
|P0.)p+.+|
|+Q).).+.|
|.G.+.)P)|
|+.$.+RI.|
+-----------------+

Black is busted here, mostly because of his exposed King. 15...Rb8

[2.09 Fritz 5.00: 15...a6 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.f3 exf3 18.Rxf3 Ke8 19.e4 Rb8 20.cxb4]

16.d5 Rxb5 17.axb5 Nc5 18.Qc4

+-----------------+
|.+.+kg.4|
|0.+.+p0p|
|.+.+p+.+|
|1PhP+.+.|
|.0Q+p+.+|
|+.).).+.|
|.G.+.)P)|
|+.$.+RI.|
+-----------------+

18...Nd3 Making a bad situation worse!

[8.38 Fritz 5.00: 18...b3 is not pretty but may be survived. 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Ra1 Qc7 21.Ba3 b2 22.Ra2 Qe5 23.Bxb2]

19.Qc6+ Kd8 20.Qa8+ Ke7 21.Ra1

+-----------------+
|Q+.+.g.4|
|0.+.ip0p|
|.+.+p+.+|
|1P+P+.+.|
|.0.+p+.+|
|+.)n).+.|
|.G.+.)P)|
|$.+.+RI.|
+-----------------+

21...Qxb5 oops - puts the Queen in the line of fire.

[7.31 Fritz 5.00: 21...Qb6 22.dxe6 Nxb2 23.Rxa7+ Kf6 24.Rxf7+ Kxe6 25.Qe8+ Kd5 26.Rd7+]

22.Rxa7+ Kf6 23.c4+ Nxb2 24.cxb5 Nd3 25.d6 1-0

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