[Event "2005 Kenilworth Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ USA"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mann, Ted"]
[Black "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[TimeControl "G90"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3
Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Bf4 $5 cxd4 8. Bxb8 $6 (8. Qxd4 $11) 8... Rxb8 ({
Mark says he spent a lot of time calculating the interesting alternative idea,
} 8... d3 $5 9. Bxa7 $1 dxe2 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 $11) 9. Qa4+
Nd7 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4 $142 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qb5 $5 $15) 10... Qc6 $1 11. Bb5 $5 (
11. Qxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Bb4+ $15) 11... Qc1+ $8 12. Ke2 ({
White goes "all in" as they say in poker.  But there really is no hope in} 12.
Qd1 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qxb2 14. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1 $17) 12... Qxh1 13. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1 (13...
Kd8 14. Be8 $1 {gives White a strong attack and at least a draw:} e5 $8 15.
Qa5+ $1 b6 16. Qd5+ Kxe8 17. Qxe5+ Kd7 18. Qxb8 $13) 14. d5 $1 {
The best way to make Black nervous.} Bxf3+ (14... Qxg2 $142) 15. Kxf3 Qc1 $5 (
15... Rd8 $142) 16. Nc3 $5 {
Why not push the limits!  An alternate try, though, was} (16. d6+ $5 Kxd6 17.
Be8) 16... Qxa1 17. dxe6 (17. d6+ $5 Kxd6 18. Qd4+ Ke7 19. Ne4 Qc1 $1 20. Qd6+
Kd8 21. Qxb8+ Kxd7 22. Qxb7+ Qc7 $19) 17... fxe6 $6 {
This could have made Black's life much harder.} (17... Qxb2 $142 $3) 18. b3 $4
{and resigns without playing on, since the Knight is hanging.  After the game,
though, Mark pointed out that White probably had a fascinating shot that might
have drawn!  In fact, Mark thought it even had a chance to win since he would
have had to find some very tough moves in extreme time pressure while Ted
would have had a considerable amount of time remaining.  I looked at some
lines with Fritz and it is quite hairy after} (18. Bxe6 $3 {Mark's idea} Rd8 $3
{this is the only way, according to Fritz, to try for the win still} (18...
Kxe6 $2 19. Qg4+ $1 {forces a perpetual}) 19. Qe4 $5 (19. Qh4+ Kxe6 20. Qxd8
Qxb2 21. Qd5+ Kf6 {and Fritz thinks Black can escape the checks, though it
sure is tough to know for sure}) 19... Rd6 $3 20. Nd5+ Ke8 $3 (20... Kd8 $4 21.
Qh4+ Ke8 22. Nc7#) 21. Bg4+ (21. Qa4+ Rc6 $8) 21... Kd8 22. Qc2 $1 (22. Qc4 Rc6
) 22... Rc6 $8 23. Qf5 Rc7 $8 {and only thus does Black escape the checks says
Fritz!  But who would willingly enter into this scary line!} 24. Nxc7 Qd1+ $3
25. Kg3 Qd6+ $3 26. f4 Kxc7 $19) 0-1