[Event "Quads"] [Site "Orlov Chess Academy Redmond"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [Round "2/3"] [White "Travis J Olson"] [Black "Samuel Melomed"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C66"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 { C66 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz Defense } 5. Re1 Bd7 6. c3 Ng4 7. h3 a6? { (1.12 → 3.00) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (7... Nf6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe4 13. Qb3) 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. hxg4 Be7 10. d4 h5 11. g5 g6?! { (3.73 → 4.67) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (11... h4 12. Kh1 f6 13. Nbd2 fxg5 14. Nh2 O-O 15. Ndf3 Bd7) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxe5 Bb5 15. c4 Ba4 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bb2 O-O 19. f4 Bc5+ 20. Kf1 Rd3 21. Nc3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Re2 Rd3 25. Rc2 h4 26. Ke1 Re3+ 27. Re2 Rd3 28. Rd2 Rg3?! { (4.94 → 6.41) Inaccuracy. Re3+ was best. } (28... Re3+ 29. Kd1 Kf8 30. Re2 h3 31. gxh3 Rxh3 32. Kd2 Ke8 33. e5 Rh4 34. Ne4) 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Kf2 Rg4 31. Ne2 h3 32. gxh3 Rh4 33. Kg3 Rh5 34. Ba3 f5? { (7.37 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c5 was best. } (34... c5 35. Bxc5 c6 36. Bxf8 Rh8 37. Bh6+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Kg8) 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. e5 a5 37. e6 Rh8 38. Rxh8 Kxh8 39. e7 Kg7 40. e8=Q Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Bb2# { White wins. } 1-0