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21. Nexf6+ Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23.<br />
Bg5<br />
Enticing Black’s d5-d4 or d5xc4, thus<br />
allowing White’s knight passage to g5.<br />
19. ...d4<br />
19. ...b6 may be better, but leaves White<br />
with the initiative.<br />
19. ...Nxe5 looks like a good move, but<br />
there are many complications further down<br />
the line after 19. ...Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxf6<br />
(better than Nxf6 and if ...dxc4 or ...d4, Ne4)<br />
21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxc5, which leads to a<br />
very mixed position.<br />
It seemed like a chance I would take, and<br />
with so many pieces hanging, material was<br />
irrelevant and the main goal was the king.<br />
It was a very suspenseful position. I<br />
calculated for maybe 15 minutes, and finally<br />
deduced that the ending positions in most<br />
sequences were in my favor. At the time I<br />
thought that although ...Nxe5 was exciting<br />
and complicated, the best move was just<br />
...b6. Now I think he probably should have<br />
tried the ...Nxe5 variations.<br />
20. Ne4 Bxf6<br />
Desperation move, but there is nothing<br />
better.<br />
23. ...b5 24. Ba2 b4 25. Ne4 bxa3 26.<br />
bxa3<br />
{This recapture doesn’t seem necessary.<br />
26. Bf6+ and go for the king. – editor}<br />
26. ...Na7<br />
? 26. ...f5 would hold on longer.<br />
27. Bf6+ Kh7 28. Ng5+<br />
1-0<br />
Emanuel and Evangeline Chang with Mom. Photo credit: H. G. Pitre.<br />
August 2009 <strong>Northwest</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> Page 7
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