[Event "15th Foxwoods Open"] [Site "Ledyard USA"] [Date "2023.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Benjamin, Aidan"] [Black "Hegel, Jordan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "539"] [Annotator "gmjoel"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English Opening: Carls-Bremen System"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/XyszyEs5/SAxrcfrd"] [Orientation "white"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Be3!? { Nice creativity, though the follow-up leaves White with some weaknesses. } 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. d4?! exd4 11. exd4 Ng4 12. Qd2 Ne3 13. Rfe1 Nxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7 15. Nd5 b6 16. b3 Bb7 17. Qxh6? { Sometimes tactical patterns can be irresistible. Aidan was vaguely aware that his knight could get trapped after 17. ... gxh6 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Nxd7 Rad8; fortunately, his opponent wasn’t. } 17... Re6 18. Qd2 Rh6? 19. Qxh6! { The queen is back but now Black’s rook is gone. No disrespect to Mr. Hegel, who graciously sent the score when we couldn’t find Aidan’s sheet. We all start somewhere. } 19... gxh6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nxd7 Rd8 22. Nde5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rad1 Re8 25. e4 Ng4 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. e5 Bc6 28. Rd4 Re8? 29. Rxg4+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0