(1) Cooper,Phil - Cook,Chris [C55]
Southgate U125 v Potters Bar Potters Bar, 12.11.2007
[Hiarcs 9 (30s)]

896MB, Hiarcs9.ctg, MAINPC C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.c3N
Consolidates b4 [6.Nxd4 0-0 (6...Nxd4 7.Qxd4 0-0 8.e5 d5 9.exf6 dxc4 10.Qxd8 Bxd8 11.fxg7 Kxg7 12.Bf4 Bf5 13.c3 a5 14.Nd2 a4 15.Rfe1 Be6 16.Be5+ Bf6 17.Bxf6+ Kxf6 18.Re4 a3 19.b3 cxb3 20.Nxb3 Bxb3 21.axb3 Prokes,L-Loewy,L/Vienna 1907/HCL/0-1 (45)) 7.Nc3 Ne5 8.Be2 d5 9.f4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Bd2 Nf8 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh6 Ne6 17.f5 Bf8 18.Qh3 Nc5 19.e6 fxe6 20.f6 e5 Morphy,P-De Riviere,J/Paris 1863/EXT 98/1-0 (26); 6.Re1 d5 (6...0-0 7.e5 Ne8 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bh6 Ng7 13.Rad1 Bc8 14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Bxe6 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bxf2+ 18.Nxf2 Qf6 19.Bxd7 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Bb7 21.h3 Bedros,J-Benis,A/La Habana 1966/EXT 99/1-0 (55)) 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd4 Ndb4 9.Bg5 0-0 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Qxd8 Bxd8 12.Bf4 Nb4 13.Na3 Bf5 14.Rad1 Nxc2 15.Nxc2 Bxc2 16.Rc1 Bf5 17.b4 a6 18.h3 h6 19.Be2 c6 20.Bd6 Re8 Roos,L-Djuric,S/FRA-chT 1992/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (41); 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne5+/= ]

6...0-0
[>=6...Nxe4 7.Nxd4 0-0-/+ ]

7.e5+/= Ne8 8.cxd4 d5 9.Bd3
[9.Bb3 f6+/= ]

9...Bg4 10.Be2 f6 11.exf6
[11.Nc3 Kh8+/= ]

11...Bxf6
[11...Nxf6 12.Be3=/+ ]

12.Be3 Nd6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Qd2 a6
Controls b5

15.Bg5 Ne4 16.Nxe4
[16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qe3 Rae8=/+ ]

16...dxe4-/+ 17.Bxf6 Qxf6
[Less advisable is 17...gxf6 18.Qe3 Bd5 19.Nd2=/+ ; Inferior is 17...Rxf6 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.Qe3= ]

18.Ng5 Bd5
[18...Qxd4?! 19.Qc2 Nd8 20.Rae1+/= ]

19.f3?
[>=19.Qe3 Nxd4 20.Nxe4 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2-/+ ]

19...Qxd4+-+ 20.Qxd4 Nxd4 21.Bd1 e3 22.Ne4
[22.Re1 Rae8 23.Rc1 h6-+ ]

22...Bxe4
[>=22...e2!? keeps an even firmer grip 23.Re1 Bxe4 24.fxe4 exd1Q 25.Raxd1-+ ]

23.fxe4 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Rf8+ 25.Bf3
[25.Kg1 doesn't do any good 25...Rf4-+ ]

25...e2+ 26.Kf2 Nc2
[>=26...g5 seems even better 27.h3 h5 28.Ke3 Nc2+ 29.Kxe2 Nxa1 30.Bxh5-+ ]

27.Rc1 e1Q+ 28.Rxe1 Nxe1 29.Kxe1 Re8 30.Ke2 Kf7 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.Kf4 g5+ 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.Bg4 c5 35.Bf5 h6 36.Bg4 b6 37.Be2 a5
[37...b5 makes it even easier for Black 38.Bd3-+ ]

38.Bb5 Rd8 39.Be2 Rd4 40.Bf3
[40.Bd3-+ praying for a miracle]

40...Rb4 41.b3 a4
[41...a4 42.Bd1 Rxe4+ 43.Kd2 Rh4-+ ] 0-1