Babcock, Thomas(2102)
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Kuspa, Joe(2124)
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4e65.Nc3a66.Be2Qc77.O-ONf68.Be3Bb49.Na4O-O10.c4Bd6?!10...Be7is better than the text.11.g3!±..."A pawn sacrifice (that is recovered later) to take the initiative on Black's tardy devlopment."11....Nxe412.c5Be713.Bf3Nf614.Rc1Ne8?+−14...Re8to clear the f8-square for the bishop looks better.15.Nb6Rb816.Bf4Ne5!?16...e517.Nd5Qd818.Nxc6dxc619.Bxe5cxd5(19...Ra820.Nb6Ra721.Bb8+−(21.Qxd8Bxd822.Nxc8Ra823.Nd6Nxd624.cxd6+−White is clearly winning.))20.Bxb8Bh321.Be5Bxf122.Kxf1Nf6+−is in White's favor but it's still a fight.17.Re1f618.Nc4Ra819.Nxe5fxe520.Bxe5..."The pawn has been recovered with Black being increasingly cramped for space."20....Qd820...Qa521.a3Bxc5?22.b4+−21.Be4g621...Nf622.Bb1+−(22.Bg2!looks even better.)21...Bg5?!22.Qh5"Threatens mate if any mistakes"21...Bxc5?22.Rxc5d623.Rxc8Rxc824.Nxe6"White is winning"22.Qd3Ng7"White's mating threats begin to show up in the following analysis"22...Nf623.Bxg6hxg624.Qxg6+Kh825.Re4Rf726.Rh4+Rh727.Qxh7#22...Kf723.Nf3(23.Re3Bf624.Rf3+−)Bf624.Rc4Ng725.Bd6+−22...d6?23.cxd6Bxd624.Bxg6!+−23.Nf3Rf723...Nf5?!24.g4Nh425.Nxh4Bxh426.Bxg6!+−24.Bd6Bf624...Bxd625.cxd6Qf626.b4+−25.Ne5Bxe526.Bxe5Qf827.Qd2Ne8"I looked at the following for Black:"27...Nf528.b4Ne729.Bc3Nc6+−28.b4..."I liked this move a lot. It begins the series of moves for the mating threat on the a1-h8 diagonal."28....Ng728...Nf629.Bg2Ng430.Bf4g531.Bd6Qg732.h3Nf6(32...Rxf233.Re2Rxe234.Qxe2Qd4+35.Kh1Ne336.Qh5!+−)33.Be5"White looks to be winning."29.Bb2Rb829...Nf530.Qc3Ng731.h4d532.cxd6Qxd633.Rcd1+−30.Qd4"Black is so constricted that there's not much to work with." Indeed! And notice that Back's light-squared bishop never made it into the game.1-0