[Event "WS/22VP10"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/xd5iiklO/RG6QlZbV"] [Date "2022.09.01"] [White "McCaffery, Michael"] [Black "Renfroe, Charles"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Irons,Robert"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D09"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation"] [StudyName "Check is in the Mail: February 2024"] [ChapterName "McCaffery, Michael - Renfroe, Charles"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/xd5iiklO/RG6QlZbV"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 { The Albin Counter-Gambit has felled the likes of Loek Van Wely, Sam Shankland and Vasily Topalov. } 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 (8. exf3 { is even better. }) 8... Nxe5 9. Bxb7 Rb8 10. Bg2 N7c6? { This knight walks into the line of fire of the bishop with only the e5-knight for support. White smells blood in the water and quickly pounces. } 11. Qa4 (11. f4 { also works. }) 11... Rb6 12. f4 Qd7 13. fxe5 Bc5 14. Kh1 O-O { Black has no reason to feel safe here: White has all the play. } 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Nd2 Nxe5 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bf3 Rxb2 19. Nb3 Rc2 20. Rfc1 Rc3 21. Bd2 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Bb6 23. c5 { Black loses another piece. } 1-0