1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.c3 dxc3?! 6.Qd5 [6.Qb3 cxb2 7.Bxb2 Nf6 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.Bd5 Na5 10.Qc3 c6 11.Bb3 Nxb3 12.axb3 d5=/+ ]

6...Nh6 7.Bxh6 [7.Nxc3 ]

7...0-0 It seems logical that White has won a piece and that the bishop must return to c1 to prevent cxb2, winning the rook; however, I now see this is a "losing" move.

8.Bc1? Diagram [8.Nxc3 gxh6 9.Qh5 (9.0-0-0 d6 10.Qh5 Bf6 ) Fritz 8: 9...Bf6 10.Qxh6 d6 11.Nd5 (11.h4 Bg7 12.Qh5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Qxf7+ ) 11...Bg7 12.Qh5 Na5 13.Bd3 h6 14.0-0-0+/= c6 0.31/13 Fritz 8: 15.Ne3 Qf6 16.Rd2 b5 17.Qh4 Qxh4 18.Nxh4 Bf6 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Bb1 0.28/12 ; 8.Bxg7 Kxg7 9.Nxc3 Fritz 8: 9...d6 10.0-0-0 Be6 11.Qd3 Bh4 12.Rhf1 Bf6 13.Nd5 Re8 14.Nxf6 Qxf6 15.Kb1 Bxc4 0.47/12 16.Qxc4 ]

8...cxb2?? Dropping a piece. Black actually has a advantageous move, which illustrates how tactics may abound even in the simplest of positions. [8...Nb4! 9.Qd1 c2 10.Qd2 cxb1Q 11.Rxb1 d5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5 Fritz 8: 13.Qxd5 Qxd5 14.exd5 Bf5 15.Ra1 Rad8 16.Be3 Rxd5 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Rd8+ 19.Kc1 c5-/+ -1.31/13 ]

9.Bxb2 Bf6 10.e5 Qe8 11.0-0 Be7 12.Re1 Nb4 13.Qe4 Nc6 14.Nc3 Na5 15.Bd3 Diagram Threatening Nd5 obviously, as Bill pointed out in the postmortem.

15...c6 16.Qxh7# 1-0