[Event "USCF/WS/22VP12 (USA)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2022.12.06"] [White "Glover, Justin"] [Black "Hall, Gregory"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1466"] [Annotator "Irons,Robert"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C27"] [Opening "Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/COTjwBdh/MvCQeMFl"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { GM Sergei Tiviakov had a big hand in making the Bishop's Opening popular in recent history. Before him the most prominent names associated with this opening were Adolph Anderssen, Karl Schlechter, and Rudolph Spielmann! } 2... Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Nd5? (7. Be2 Nf5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Bd8 10. c3) 7... Nxc4 8. Nxc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 b6?! (9... b5 10. d3 Nd6 $17 { is better for Black. }) 10. d3 Nd6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Re8?! (14... Nc6) 15. Kd2 Nc6 16. c3 Nf5 17. Rhg1?! (17. b4 { is better than the text. }) 17... Bf6 18. Rae1 Rxe1? (18... Rh8 $17 { Exchanging leaves White with the only major piece on the board. }) 19. Rxe1 Nh4 20. Re4 Nxf3+ 21. Ke2 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Ra4 { I prefer } (23. Rg4 { but it is not necessarily better than the text. }) 23... Kc7 24. Ra8?! { Either 24. h4 or, once again, 24. Rg4. } 24... Nd8 25. d4?! (25. Ra7+) 25... h6?! (25... Kb7 $17) 26. Kd3?! (26. Ra7+ { once again is better. }) 26... Bc1?! (26... Kb7 27. Ra3 Ne6 $17) 27. Kc2?! { Need I say it? } (27. Ra7+) 27... Bf4?! (27... Bg5) 28. h3 Bg5 29. d5 Kb7 30. Ra3?! (30. Ra4) 30... d6? (30... Be7 31. Ra4 f5 $17) 31. c4?! (31. Ra4) 31... Be7? 32. b4 h5 33. Rb3 h4 34. a4 Bf8? (34... Ka7 { marks time while keeping an eye on the potentially passed a-pawn. The text misses a tactic that White takes a few moves to recognize as well. }) 35. a5 (35. Re3! { wins a piece for free. }) 35... f6 36. axb6 (36. Re3!) 36... Kxb6 37. Re3 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0