[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Massey, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Massey / Stoyko"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 ({
Steve showed us the game that made him give up the Nimzo.  It began} 3. e5 Bf5
4. c3 Qd7 5. Bb5 a6 6. Qa4 Bc2 $6 7. b3 e6 8. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 9. Qxc6+ bxc6 10.
Ba3 $14 {and Black must suffer.}) 3... dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Qxe4 a6 7.
Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Qc8 $1 {preserving the possibility of O-O-O, and therefore better
than Meyers's recommendation} (8... Rb8 $6 9.
Be3) 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. a4 e5 $11 11. Bc4 Bd6 {Once things are locked up in the
center, Black needs only to defend his e-pawn in order to have a solid foothold
from which to build an attack by pushing the f-pawn.} 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. O-O h6
14. Bd2 f5 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Rfe1 Rb8 {Over-protecting the b-pawn to free the
Queen, and with the idea of playing on both sides of the board with ...b5!.}
17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Bc3 b5 $1 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bf1 Re8 21. h4 $6 {This has to
help Black by weakening the kingside and creating a weak square at g4.} Ng4 $1
22. Bb4 Qb7 23. c3 Qb6 24. Qc2 Bxb4 25. cxb4 e4 26. Nh2 Nxh2 27. Kxh2 Qf6 28.
Kg1 (28. h5 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Ne5 30. Qxc7 Ng4 $40) 28... Qxh4 29. Ra3 $6 Ne5 30.
Qxc7 Rbc8 31. Qd6 Qf4 $1 32. Ra6 Rc2 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Re3 Qg5 $1 ({
The tournament bulletin incorrectly prints} 34... Qg4) 35. Ne2 Nf3+ $1 36. Rxf3
exf3 37. Nxc1 Re1 $1 38. Qg3 Rxf1+ 39. Kh2 (39. Kxf1 $2 Qxc1#) 39... Qh5+ 40.
Qh3 fxg2 $3 {and White resigned.} 0-1