[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Mephisto Nigel Short"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "81"]

{[%evp 21,80,39,46,-8,51,-12,0,2,0,-20,26,17,55,13,103,13,72,14,18,-15,-12,-31,0,-2,201,201,287,157,260,258,252,268,264,250,253,254,328,332,373,367,377,382,377,371,437,337,684,684,678,662,29986,29987,29992,29993,29995,29996,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 {Amsterdam out of book.} 10. axb4 {Nigel Short out of book.} dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Qxc3 13. Bd2 (13. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Ra1c1]} Ne5 14. Rc1 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 $14) 13... Qd3 14. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Qd5 15. Bb3 Qf5 16. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 1056] White has compensation.} Qe4 17. Bc2 Qh4 18. Nb5 a6 (18... Ng4 19. h3 Ngf6 20. f4 $16 (20. Nxa7 b6 $14) (20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Nxa7 b6 $14)) 19. Nc7 Rb8 (19... Ng4 $2 20. h3 $18) 20. b5 axb5 (20... Ng4 21. h3 Nge5 22. f4 $16 (22. bxa6 bxa6 23. f4 Ng6 $11)) 21. Nxb5 {[%cal Oe3e4]} Rd8 ({Don't take} 21... Ng4 22. h3 Ngf6 23. Ra4 $14) 22. Bc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Inhibits Ne5. Threatens to win with Be5. White is pushing.} b6 $2 {[#]} (22... Nd5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 23. Be5 $1 $18 Rb7 24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Be7 Re8 27. Nd6 {[%csl LRb7,LRe8]} Rxe7 28. Nxc8 Re8 {[#]} 29. Nd6 {[%csl LRb7,LRe8]} Rc7 30. Nxe8 Nxe8 31. Ra8 {[%cal Od1d7] Inhibits Qd8. White threatens Qxd7! and mate.} Qe7 32. Ba4 ({Less strong is} 32. Qd3 Nf8 33. Rb1 g6 34. Rxb6 Nd7 $18) 32... e5 33. Qb1 f6 $2 (33... g6 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. Rxe8 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Qxe8) 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qf7 {Inhibits Qc4.} 36. Qa3 {White mates.} Kh8 37. Bxd7 Qg8 38. Bxe8 {Amsterdam announces mate in 5. The Nigel Short agrees!} g6 39. Qe7 h5 {[#]} 40. Bxg6 $1 {[%cal Re7f6]} e4 41. Qxf6# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.66} 1-0