2014-11-22

Narrow Escape. Disaster averted.

[Event "Utah State Championship"]
[Site "U of U"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scott, Jeff"]
[Black "Coffey, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[TimeControl "G/90 inc 30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5
Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. f4 a6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4
b4 13. Na4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. g5 h5 17. g6 Bb7 18. Bd3 Bc6 19.
Nb6 Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Bb5 21. Qd4 f5?! 22. Qf2 Rfc8 23. Qe2 Bxd3 24. Qxh5?! Qc5 (Forces a draw.  At this point I saw
that white couldn't defend his king.) 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kd7 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31.
Qf7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+?? (White has to take the perpetual because any attempt to defend his king loses.)
 Kc7 33. Qxc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxd3 Kd7 35. c3 bxc3 (with the idea of 36. Rxc3 Qe3+) 36. bxc3 Qa3+ 37.
Kd2 Qxa2+ 38. Ke3 Qg2 39. Rb1 Rc4 40. g7 Re4# 0-1

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