(1) HOLCOMB,Eric (1580) - RABY,Bob (1317) [C62]
Fire Cracker Swiss Tacoma, Washington (1), 08.07.2005
[MacGregor,Mike]



1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.d5 Nce7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.c4 Ng6 8.Nc3 Nf4 9.Bxf4@
In the opening, whenever you can capture a piece that has moved four times with a piece that hasn't moved yet, it gains time, which is usually decisive.

9...exf4 10.Qd2 h6 11.Qxf4 Nf6 12.0-0 Qg4 13.Qxg4 Nxg4 14.h3 Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.a3 Be7 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 0-0 19.Raf1
[>=19.e5 Advancing the candidate for promotion and restricting Black's bishop is better]

19...Bd6 20.R4f3 a6 21.b4 b6 22.Re1 Rfe8 23.Kf1 Re5 24.Rf5 Rae8 25.Rxe5 Bxe5 26.Nd1 g6 27.Re2 g5 28.g4 Kg7 29.Nf2 Bg3 30.Nd3 f6 31.Kg2 Bd6 32.Kf3 Kf7 33.c5 bxc5 34.bxc5 Bf8 35.Rb2+-
Diagram

35...Rc8 36.Rb7 Kg6 37.a4 h5 38.Ra7 Rb8 39.Rxc7 Rb3 40.Ke2 hxg4 41.hxg4 Ra3 42.a5 Ra4 43.Ke3 Rxa5 44.d6
Diagram 1-0