[Event "Open Secondary State Finals 2015"]
[Site "Brighton Grammar"]
[Date "2015-09-11"]
[White "Christopher Darveniza"]
[Black "Lachlan Seabrook"]
[WhiteElo "1251"]
[BlackElo "887"]
[Result "1-0"]

{C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 d5 5.d3 {last book move} f6? (5...Qe7!? 6.dxe4 Qxe5 7.exd5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Na6 $16) 6.Nf3 (6.Qh5+ $142 {and White can already relax} g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxg6+ Ke7 9.dxe4 Nc6 $18) 6...Bg4? (6...f5 7.dxe4 fxe4 $18) 7.dxe4 d4 (7...dxe4 {does not help much} 8.h3 Bf5 9.Nh4 $18) 8.Qd3 (8.Qb5+ {seems even better} Nc6 9.Qxb7 Nb4 10.Qb5+ Bd7 $18) 8...Bxf3 (8...Nc6 {does not improve anything} 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Qxd3 11.Bxd3 $18) 9.Qxf3 Nc6 10.Bb5 a6 (10...Qd7 {doesn't do any good} 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Rd1 $18) 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O c5 (12...Bd6 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 13.c3 c5 14.Rd1 $18) 13.Bf4 c4 (13...Be7 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 14.Na3 $18) 14.c3 (14.e5 {makes it even easier for White} Rb8 15.Re1 Bb4 $18) 14...d3 (14...Be7 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 15.cxd4 Qxd4 16.Nc3 $18) 15.Nd2 (15.e5 {keeps an even firmer grip} g5 16.Qc6+ Kf7 17.Qxc4+ Kg6 $18) 15...g5 (15...Be7 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 16.Nxc4 Qd7 17.Rad1 $18) 16.Be3 Rg8 (16...Bg7 {is not much help} 17.Nxc4 O-O 18.Rad1 $18) 17.Nxc4 (17.e5 {might be the shorter path} fxe5 18.Nxc4 Bd6 $18) 17...g4 18.Qf5 Rb8 (18...Qd7 {no good, but what else?} 19.Qxf6 Rg6 $18) 19.Qe6+ Qe7 20.Qxg8 Qxe4 21.Nd2 (21.Rae1 Kd7 22.Ba7 Qe2 23.Bxb8 Bd6 24.Nxd6 Kxd6 25.Qd8+ Ke6 26.Qxd3 Qe5 27.Bxc7 h5 28.Qc4+ Kf5 29.Bxe5 Kg6 30.Qg8+ Kf5 31.Qf7 g3 32.Qxf6+ Kg4 33.Re4#) 21...Qb7 22.Qe6+ Be7 23.Bc5 c6 24.Rfe1 Kd8 (24...Kf8 {cannot change destiny} 25.Qxf6+ Kg8 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Qxe7 Re8 28.Qxe8+ Kg7 29.Bd4+ Kh6 30.Qf7 Kg5 31.Be3+ Kh4 32.Qxh7#) 25.Qxe7+ (25.Qg8+ Bf8 26.Qxf8+ Kc7 27.Re7#) 25...Qxe7 26.Bxe7+ (26.Rxe7 Rb5 27.Rae1 Rxc5 28.Re8+ Kc7 29.R1e7+ Kb6 30.Rb8+ Ka5 31.Nb3+ Ka4 32.Rb4#) 26...Kd7 $18 27.b3 f5 28.Bg5 h5 29.Re7+ Kd6 (29...Kc8 {does not win a prize} 30.Nc4 Rb5 31.Rae1 Kb8 32.Re8+ Ka7 33.R1e7+ Rb7 34.Be3+ c5 35.Bxc5#) 30.Bf4+ (30.Nc4+ Kc5 31.Re5#) 30...Kxe7 $18 31.Bxb8 f4 32.Bxf4 h4 33.Re1+ Kf6 34.Re3 Kf5 35.g3 hxg3 36.fxg3 c5 37.Rxd3 a5 (37...Ke6 {is no salvation} 38.Rd6+ Kf7 39.Bg5 c4 40.Nxc4 a5 41.Ne5+ Kg7 42.Bf6+ Kh6 43.Rd8 Kh5 44.Rh8#) 38.Kf2 (38.Rd6 a4 39.Kf2 axb3 40.Nf1 bxa2 41.Ne3+ Ke4 42.Ke2 a1=Q 43.Re6#) 38...a4 (38...Ke6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 39.Rd6+ Ke7 40.Nc4 a4 41.Bg5+ Kf8 42.Ne5 Kg8 43.Bf6 axb3 44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.Rh8#) 39.bxa4 (39.Rd6 axb3 40.Ke3 bxa2 41.Ne4 a1=Q 42.Rf6#) 39...c4 40.Rd5+ Kg6 (40...Ke6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 41.Rd6+ Ke7 42.a5 Kf8 43.a6 Kg7 44.a7 Kf7 45.a8=Q Ke7 46.Qb7+ Ke8 47.Nxc4 Kf8 48.Rd8#) 41.Ke3 (41.Rd6+ Kf7 42.a5 Kg7 43.a6 Kg8 44.Rd7 Kf8 45.Ne4 Ke8 46.Nf6+ Kf8 47.Bd6#) 41...Kg7 (41...Kf7 {is not the saving move} 42.Rd7+ Ke6 43.Rd6+ Ke7 44.Ne4 Kf7 45.Rf6+ Ke7 46.Bd6+ Kd7 47.Nc5+ Kc6 48.Kd4 Kb6 49.Bb8+ Ka5 50.Bc7#) 42.Rf5 (42.Rd7+ Kf6 43.Ne4+ Ke6 44.Rc7 Kf5 45.Rf7+ Kg6 46.Rf6+ Kg7 47.Bh6+ Kh7 48.Ng5+ Kg8 49.Rf8#) 42...Kh7 (42...Kg6 {does not save the day} 43.Rg5+ Kf6 44.Ne4+ Ke6 45.Rg7 Kf5 46.Rf7+ Ke6 47.Ng5+ Kd5 48.Rf6 Kc5 49.Ne4+ Kd5 50.Rd6#) 43.Rg5 Kh8 44.Ke4 (44.Ne4 Kh7 45.Nf6+ Kh8 46.Rg8#) 44...Kh7 45.Kf5 Kh8 46.Kf6 (46.Rxg4 Kh7 47.Be5 Kh6 48.Rh4#) 46...Kh7 47.Rg6 Kh8 48.Kf7 Kh7 49.Rh6#