[Event "Primary State Finals 2017"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017-10-25"] [White "Jack Timms"] [Black "James Tupper"] [WhiteElo "577"] [BlackElo "440"] [Result "1-0"] {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 {last book move} e5 (2... d4 3. Nce2 Nc6 $15) 3. b4 $4 {a transit from better to worse} (3. exd5 $142 $5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. Nxe5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 $16) 3... Be6 (3... d4 $142 $5 4. Na4 Bxb4 $17) 4. exd5 $11 Bd7 $2 (4... Bxd5 $142 $5 {deserves consideration} 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 ) 5. Be2 (5. Nf3 Bxb4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nxe5 O-O $16) 5... a5 (5... Nf6 $5 6. Nf3 Bd6 $16) 6. b5 c6 $2 (6... Nf6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bd3 $16) 7. a4 (7. dxc6 $142 {and White can already relax} bxc6 8. Nf3 $18) 7... cxd5 $16 8. Nxd5 Be6 9. c4 (9. Ne3 e4 $16) 9... Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xd5} 10. Nf3 (10. Ne3 $142 e4 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. gxh3 $16) 10... Qb6 $4 (10... e4 $142 {would hold out} 11. Nd4 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) 11. Nxb6 $18 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Ra7 13. d3 (13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe5 Rxf7 17. Qxc6 Rc7 18. Nf7+ Ke7 19. Qxc7+ Ke8 20. Ne5 Be7 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Nc6#) 13... Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15. Bxb4 (15. Bxf7+ $142 {and White can celebrate victory} Kd8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxb4 axb4 $18) 15... axb4 16. Qd2 (16. Bxf7+ $142 {finishes off the opponent} Kf8 17. Qb3 Nc5 $18) 16... Nxb6 17. Qxb4 (17. Qe3 {makes it even easier for White} O-O 18. Qxb6 Raa8 19. Qxb7 Rfb8 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Nxe5 Re8 $18) 17... e4 18. dxe4 (18. Ne5 $142 {and White can already relax} Nxc4 19. Nxc4 b6 20. Nxb6 Re7 $18) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxf7+ $1 {Discovered attack: c4, b4-e4. .} Kxf7 (19... Kd7 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 20. Qxe4 Nc4 21. Qxc4 Re8+ 22. Bxe8+ Kxe8 23. Qe6+ Kd8 24. b6 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 g6 26. Rd4#) 20. Qxe4 Nd7 (20... Re8 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 21. Ng5+ Kf8 22. Nxh7+ Kf7 23. Ng5+ Kf6 24. Qxe8 Kxg5 25. Qe6 Kh5 26. g4+ Kh4 27. Qg6 Kh3 28. O-O Rxa4 29. Qh5#) 21. Qd5+ (21. Ng5+ Kf8 22. O-O-O Rxa4 23. Qf5+ Nf6 24. Qc5+ Ke8 25. Qe5+ Kf8 26. Rd8+ Ne8 27. Rxe8#) 21... Kf6 (21... Ke7 {is not the saving move} 22. O-O-O Rc8+ 23. Kb1 b6 24. Rhe1+ Kd8 25. Qf7 Rc1+ 26. Rxc1 Ne5 27. Red1+ Nd3 28. Rxd3+ Rd7 29. Rxd7#) 22. Qd4+ (22. Qd6+ Kf7 23. Ng5+ Ke8 24. O-O-O b6 25. Rhe1+ Kd8 26. Qb8#) 22... Ke6 (22... Ke7 {does not win a prize} 23. Qxg7+ Ke6 24. O-O-O Rc8+ 25. Kb2 Rc2+ 26. Kxc2 b6 27. Rhe1+ Kf5 28. Qg5#) 23. Qxa7 (23. Rd1 b6 24. Qe4+ Kf6 25. Rd6+ Kf7 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Ne5 Nf6 28. Rd8+ Ne8 29. Rxe8#) 23... Ne5 24. Nd4+ (24. Qe3 Kf7 25. Qf4+ Ke6 26. Qxe5+ Kf7 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. O-O-O Rc8+ 29. Kb2 Rc5 30. Rhe1+ Re5 31. Rxe5#) 24... Kd5 ( 24... Kf6 {is not much help} 25. Qb6+ Nc6 26. bxc6 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Kg5 28. cxb7 Kg4 29. Qb5 Re2+ 30. Qxe2+ Kg5 31. h4+ Kh6 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Qe6+ Kh5 34. Nxg7#) 25. Rd1 Re8 (25... Rf8 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 26. Qxb7+ Kd6 27. Nc6+ Ke6 28. Qe7+ Kf5 29. Qxf8+ Kg6 30. Nxe5+ Kg5 31. h4+ Kh5 32. Qxg7 h6 33. g4#) 26. Qxb7+ Kd6 (26... Kc5 {does not improve anything} 27. Qc7+ Kd5 28. Ne2+ Ke6 29. Rd6+ Kf5 30. Qc2+ Nd3+ 31. Qxd3+ Re4 32. f4 g5 33. Qh3+ g4 34. Qxh7#) 27. Qe4 (27. Nf5+ Ke6 28. Nxg7+ Kf6 29. Rd6+ Re6 30. Rxe6+ Kg5 31. Qe7+ Kf4 32. Rxe5 h6 33. Re4#) 27... Rc8 28. Nc6+ Kc7 (28... Ke6 {cannot change destiny} 29. Qxe5+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Rxg7+ Kh6 32. Qg5#) 29. Qxe5+ Kb7 30. Rd7+ Ka8 (30... Rc7 {doesn't do any good} 31. Qxc7+ Ka8 32. Qb7#) 31. b6 (31. Ra7#) 31... g5 (31... Rc7 {hardly improves anything} 32. Rxc7 h6 33. Ra7#) 32. b7# (32. Ra7#)