[Event "USCF/WS/22W23 (USA)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2022.10.04"] [White "Beauvais, Jose"] [Black "Chirillo, John"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1848"] [Annotator "Irons,Robert"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C34"] [Opening "King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/COTjwBdh/CZJUnu4M"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 g6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. Qe4?! { The queen can't maintain this position, and kicking her out doesn't weaken Black's position, so this can only help Black. Better is } (10. Qf2 Nd7 11. Be2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd6) 10... c6 11. g3 d5 12. Qd3 a5?! { Here I prefer } (12... Na6 13. Ne2 (13. gxf4 Nb4 14. Qe3 Bf5 15. Ne1 c5 $17) 13... Bf5 14. Qb3 Qb6 $17) 13. Bxf4 a4 14. h3 Be6 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Bh6 Nxg3! 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Rg1 Ne4 19. Qe3 Ba3!? { My continuation here would be } (19... a3 20. b3 Nxc3+ 21. Qxc3 c5 $15) 20. Bb5!? Bb4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Ng5 cxb5 23. Qxe4 Bf8 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. d5 Qe8 26. e6 Nd7 27. h4 fxe6 28. h5 Nf6! 29. Qe5?! (29. Qh4 Bg7 30. hxg6 h6 31. dxe6 Qxe6 $15 { leaves Black better off than the text. }) 29... Nxd5 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qe4 Kg7 32. Rh1 Nf6 33. Qxb7+ Be7 34. Rde1 Kf7 35. Ref1 Kg7 36. Re1 Rb8 37. Qa7?! (37. Qg2 { is a better placement for the queen. }) 37... Rd8 38. Rxe6 Kf7 39. Qe3 Qd7 40. Re5 b4 41. c3 bxc3 42. Qxc3 Qg4 43. Rc1 Rd4 44. a3?! { Other lines are no better: } (44. Rf1 Bd6 45. Ra5 a3! 46. Ra7+ (46. Qb3+ Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Qe3+ Rf4 49. Rxa3 Qf5+ 50. Rd3 g5 51. Rxf4 Bxf4 52. Qh3+ Kg6 53. Qxf5+ Kxf5 54. Kc2 $19 { Black's pawn will queen before either of White's pawns, and it will probably cost White the rook to prevent it. }) 46... Kg8 47. Qb3+ Nd5 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Ra7+ Kh6 { leaves White slightly worse off than the text. Chirillo shows fine technique in finishing things off. }) 44... Nd5 45. Qc2 Bf6 46. Ree1 Qf5 47. Re2 Qxc2+ 48. Kxc2 Nf4 49. Re3 Rc4+ 50. Kb1 Rxc1+ 51. Kxc1 Bd4! 52. Re4 Ne6 53. Kc2 Kf6 54. Re1 Nc5 55. Rf1+ Ke5 56. Re1+ Kf4 57. Re8 g5! 58. Rd8 Be3 59. Rf8+ Kg3 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1