[Event "Bill Smith Memorial"]
[Site "Arcadia, CA"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michael Cooper"]
[Black "Theodore Wu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Opening "Pirc: Austrian attack"]
[ECO "B09"]
[NIC "PU.05"]
[Time "05:04:13"]
[TimeControl "6300+5"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 b5 7. O-O Qb6 8. e5 {Most natural would be 8. Kh1, removing the king from the dangerous diagonal immediately.} dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 {Exploiting the pin on the a7-g1 diagonal and threatening to take on e5.} 10. Kh1 {Only now wising up to the dangers here, e.g. 10. Qe2? Nxe5 11. Nxe5 12. Qxd4+.} Na6 11. Be4 {I had intended 11. h3, but at this point saw the rejoinder 11...h5 and didn't like the looks of that; however, Fritz prefers 11... Nh6, and says White is doing well in the event of 11. h3 h5 12. Ng5 Qxd4 13. Nxf7 O-O 14. hxg4. The aim of this awkward move, 11. Be4, was to force Black to clarify the position by castling, otherwise White intends Ng5, now that d4 is covered by the white Queen, freeing the f3-Knight for other duties.} O-O 12. h3 Nh6 13. Be3 Nf5 {I was happy to provoke this move. The bishop pair will not help Black any, as the position is fairly closed, and White gains a dangerous initiative, giving Black no time to attempt to pry open the center.} 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. g4 Bd7 {Stubbornly clinging to the bishop pair, but 17... Be6 was more resilient.} 18. Qh4 {Hitting the e-pawn and threatening Ng5 with twin attacks on h7 and f7.} Be8 {Probably best was 18... f6, covering g5, letting the Queen potentially defend along the second rank, and hoping to ease the pressure with a trade of pawns. I saw nothing better than 19. Rae1, although White's build-up does look ominous. On 18... f5 I intended 19. e6!?, although Fritz points out 19. Bh6! is even stronger. Obviously, if Black shuffles back with the Rook, 18... Rf8, that is a good outcome for White.} 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nge4 Kh7 {20... g5 21. Bxg5! Rxd4 (21... hxg5 22. Nxg5 is hopeless) 22. Bxh6 Qxe5 (22... Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qxe5 24. Rf5) 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 (23... Kxg7 24. Ng5 Rf4 25. Rxf4 Qxf4 26. Qh7+ Kf6 and Black will not survive) and I intended here 24. Rf5!? continuing the attack, which is okay, but 24. Qxe7 is quite strong, gaining a material advantage yet still retaining threats.}
21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. g5 Rxd4 23. Nf6+ exf6 24. Qxh6+ {Black resigns, as it is mate after 24...Kg8 25 gxf6.} 1-0
