| 1. e2-e4, e7-e5. | |
| 2. Ng1-f3, Nb8-c6. | |
| 3. Bf1-b5, Nc6-d4. | |
| 4. Nf3xd4, e5xd4. | |
| 5. d2-d3, c7-c5. | Black's attempt to protect his advanced pawn block's his bishop. |
| 6. Bb5-c4, Bf8-d6. | |
| 7. Qd1-f3, Ng8-f6. | Black prevents checkmate as he develops. The opening seems fairly even. |
| 8. c2-c3, Bd6-b8. | Black tries something new here. |
| 9. O-O, Qd8-c7. | Castling was just what Black hoped for. Now checkmate is threatened. |
| 10. g2-g3, h7-h5. | Black plans to get his king rook into this game. He has no intention of castling. |
| 11. Bc1-g5, Qc7-e5. | Black attacks the bishop while protecting the knight. Another option would have been Nf6-g4. |
| 12. Bg5-f4, Qe5-e7. | Black's queen is removed from action. |
| 13. Bf4xb8, Ra8xb8. | |
| 14. Nb1-d2, d7-d5. | |
| 15. Bc4-b5+, Ke8-f8. | Black does not wish to castle and does not want to risk trading a bishop. |
| 16. Rf1-e1, Bc8-h3. | Black ignores the coming attack on his queen in order to position his bishop into the broken white castle, then wanting to put his knight on g4. |
| 17. e4xd5, Qe7-c7. | How dare a trifling pawn harass a queen? |
| 18. d5-d6, Qc7xd6. | Black's queen is driven back, helpless to protect the knight. In retrospect, 18. ... Nf6xe4 looks better, even though scary. |
| 19. Nd2-e4, Qd6-c7. | |
| 20. Ne4xf6, g7xf6. | |
| 21. Qf3xf6, Rh8-h7. | That happened as Black expected, but that was as far as he could see ahead. |
| 22. Re1-e4, Bh3-d7. | Black cuts off his queen from protecting the castle as he tries to be rid of the pesky bishop. |
| 23. Re4-e7!, Rb8-d8. | White keeps Black's queen out of the picture! |
| 24. Bb5-c4, resigns. | Black cannot prevent checkmate without losing his queen. If 24. ... Qc7-d6; then 25. Re7xf7+ leading to mate; or 24. ... Kf8-g8; then 25. Bc4xf7+, Kf8-e8; 26. Bf7-e6 mate. |
