Game 1
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(1) Loveland,Warren - Searles,Richard [A88]
1977 North American, Class A, 1977
1.Nf3
f5
2.d4
Nf6
3.g3
g6
4.Bg2
Bg7
5.0-0
0-0
6.c4
d6
7.Nc3
c6
8.Re1
Nh5?
(Necessary was 8 ... Ne4)
9.e4
f4?
10.e5
fxg3
11.fxg3
Bg4
12.e6
Bxf3
13.Bxf3
Bxd4+
14.Qxd4
Rxf3
15.Bh6
Qb6
16.Qxb6
axb6
17.Kg2
Rd3
18.Rf1
Na6
[18...Nf6!
19.Bg5
Kg7
20.Rae1
Na6
21.Bxf6+
exf6
(In the following three lines, the fall of White's e-pawn is just a matter of time. White is already a pawn down and thus has a lost endgame.)
22.Ne4
(22.Rf2
Nc7
23.Rfe2
f5
24.a3
Re8
; 22.e7
Re8
23.Re6
f5
)
22...f5
23.Ng5
Nc7
24.a3
Rc8
]
19.Rf7
Re8??
(Black stumbles into a mating net!)
20.Raf1!!
Nf6
21.Ne4
[White missed 21.R1xf6
exf6
22.Ne4
with mate unavoidable.]
21...Nc7
22.Nxf6+
exf6
23.Rg7+
Kh8
24.Rxc7
1-0
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