Position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5
5. Be3 Qe7 6.Nf5!? Qxe4 7.Nxg7+ Kf8 -- What a mess!
The middlegame that arose from this position was rather crazy and tactical, as you'd expect, and both sides missed things in the muddle. But then Joe was able to resolve things into a pawn-up Knight versus Bishop ending that he won nicely. Here is the position he started from in the ending:
Position after 30.Kxd1 in the game.
This is the type of position you should use for training against your computer. Black should win, but the Bishop's mobility and White's outside passed pawn can make it difficult. My impression is that Joe played it rather well.
Here is the PGN file from the game. You be the judge:
[Event "Kenilworth Summer"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2005.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mann, Ted"]
[Black "Demetrick, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[PlyCount "88"]
{I got the better of Ted the last time that we played in the Club Championship where he had an ill-advised Bishop sacrifice in a c3 Sicilian opening. In this game, White gains some initiative in the opening, gives it back, and Black repeatedly passes on ways to end the game quickly} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qe7 $6 { loses the way in the opening, and Ted gains the initiative} (5... Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 {a much better response than what was played in the game...}) 6. Nf5 $5 {White may be trying too hard here to prove Black's last move an error. Better is simply} (6. Nc3 $1 {and Black's Queen will eventually feel misplaced. } Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Rae1 Re8 12. f4 $14 {Goeller}) 6... Qxe4 7. Nxg7+ Kf8 8. Nc3 (8. Nd2 Qe5 9. Nc4 {is recommended by Fritz (Demetrick)...but Black has} Bb4+ $1 10. c3 Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxg7 {and it is unlikely that White has compensation for his two pawns. Goeller}) 8... Qe5 9. Nh5 {interestingly, this position felt worse while playing the game at this point - Black's King is not in a good spot - Fritz analyzes as =+ Demetrick} Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qxe3+ 11. Be2 Nge7 ({Better} 11... Nd4 $1 12. Rf1 d6 {and it is hard for White to avoid exchanges that will make Black's extra pawn tell. Goeller}) 12. Rf1 $6 ({ White has to play more aggressively to get compensation:} 12. Nf6 $5) ({or} 12. Nb5 Qe5 (12... Rg8 $5 13. Qd3 $1 $14) 13. Qd2 $44) 12... Rg8 (12... Nd4 $1) 13. Rf3 $6 Qg1+ 14. Bf1 d6 {trying to get more pieces into the fray} (14... Rxg2 { and it gets a little crazy with..} 15. Rxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qf3+ Ke8 17. Nf6+ Kd8 18. Qxg2) (14... Qxh2 $5) (14... Ne5 $5) 15. Nf6 Rg7 $6 {a little too passive..} ( 15... Rxg2 $1) 16. Qd3 Ne5 (16... Qxh2) (16... Rg6) 17. Nxh7+ Rxh7 $2 $11 ( 17... Ke8 $19 {and everything seems to hang for White}) 18. Qxh7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qe3+ 20. Ne2 (20. Be2 {much better...} Ng6 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Re1) 20... Qxf3 ( 20... Ng6 $1) 21. O-O-O $1 Bg4 22. Re1 $2 (22. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 (22... Ke8 $2 23. Qh8+ $18) 23. h3 (23. Nf4 $4 Qxd1#) 23... Bh5 24. Nc3 {
makes Black's king very uncomfortable.}) 22... Ng8 $6 (22... Qe3+ $1 23. Kb1 ( 23. Kd1 Ng6 $19) 23... Ng6 $17 {and White cannot unravel his pieces. Goeller}) 23. Kb1 $2 Qf2 $1 $19 24. Rc1 Re8 $2 {fails again to win the game...} (24... Bxe2 $1 25. Bxe2 Qxe2 26. Rg1 { what I feared in this variation... but Black sidesteps the attack with} Ke7 $1 27. a3 Nf6 {Demetrick}) 25. Nc3 (25. Ng3 {supporting the Bishop} Re1 26. b3 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1) 25... Re1 26. Qd3 Rxc1+ $6 {here I think in retrospect that the idea is to maintain the tension, but I decided to go into the endgame a pawn up} (26... Bf5 $3) 27. Kxc1 Qe1+ 28. Nd1 Qxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Bxd1 30. Kxd1 c5 { setting the pawns on the dark squares} 31. c4 b6 32. a4 Ke7 33. Kd2 Ke6 34. Bg2 Ne7 35. Kd3 Ke5 36. h4 Kf5 (36... Ng6 $1 37. h5 $4 Nf4+ $19) 37. h5 Kg5 38. Bf3 f5 {keeping the King out..} 39. Ke3 Ng8 40. b3 Nf6 41. h6 Kxh6 42. Kf4 Kg6 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Bc6 Ne5 0-1
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