[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "2227"]
[BlackICU "2317"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "4604415"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[Annotator "Joe Ryan"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/games_irlch1996/g42.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Nov 23 17:11:24 2023"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Joe Ryan, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 8,
issue 4, August-September 1996 p. 18. }

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Ba7 b4 14.
Bxb8 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Ba7 c5 { The critical position. } 17. e5 $2 (17.
Bb3 $1 { The refutation to Black's enterprising sacrifice } 17... c4 {
(only move). Black's best shot, now 18. Bxc4 Qc7 is very promising for
Black, capturing the d-pawn is also bad since Black has a beautiful winning
line, however there is a third possibility ... . } (17... Qc7 18. Qxd6 Qxa7
19. e5 Bh6+ 20. Kb2 c4 21. Bxc4 $1 Rb8+ 22. Bb3 $18 { . }) (17... Qa5 18.
Qxd6 Qxc3 19. e5 $18 { . }) 18. Qxd6 ({ A) } 18. Qxd6 $2 cxb3 19. cxb3 Qa5
$1 20. Bd4 (20. Kb2 Nxe4 $1 $19) ({ &#91;RR } 20. Kb1 $1 $16 { , so this is
the strongest line for White after all.&#93; }) 20... Qxa2 $1 { (
fortunately for Black - this works! ) } 21. Bxf6 Bh6+ 22. f4 Be6 $1 23. Qd2
({ &#91;RR ?; } 23. c4 $1 Qxb3 24. Kd2 Bxc4 25. Rb1 $10 { , e.g., } 25...
Bxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Bb2 Qc5 29. Bc3 { .&#93; }) 23... Bxf4
$3 24. Qxf4 Bxb3 $19) ({ B) ( } 18. Bxc4 $2 Qc7 19. Bd4 ({ &#91;RR ?; } 19.
Qd4 $10 { e.g., } 19... Ne8 20. Bb6 Bxd4 21. Bxc7 Be3+ 22. Kb2 Nxc7 23.
Rxd6 { .&#93; }) 19... Qxc4 20. Kb2 Rb8+ 21. Ka1 Be6 $19) ({ C) } 18. Kb2
$1 { (positional chess!) } 18... cxb3 19. cxb3 Qc7 20. Bd4 { &&#91;RR +/=
&#93; } { material stands R+2Ps v B+N, however the initative is now with
White, a possible continuation is } 20... Re8 21. g4 Be6 22. g5 Nd7 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. h4 $16)) 17... Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxe5 19. Bxc5 ({
&#91;RR ?? The losing move. } 19. Rhe1 $15 { .&#93; }) 19... Qg5+ $1 { The
move I missed, White has no defence to Black's various threats. } 20. Kb2
Be6 21. f4 (21. h4 Qf6 $19) 21... Qxf4 22. Qd2 Rb8+ 23. Kc1 (23. Ka3 Qc4
$19) 23... dxc5 0-1