Chess is 99 percent tactics.
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[Event "New York State Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burnett, Ron"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "unknown"]
[ECO "B01"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "unknown"]
1. e4 { B01: Scandinavian Defence } 1... d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. d4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 { Why not keep
the knight on its best square? Black may castle by hand. } 11. Nd1 ( { White
can try: } 11. Bd2 Bxc2 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qf5 { Black gets away with a
pawn. } ) 11... Bd6 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. Bb3 Qh5 { Threatening mate: Qxh2 } 14. Qxh5 Bxh5 { With the queens off the board, black's centralized king has its advantages. } 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Ne5+ { This Knight is very strong. Black must undermine
white's center. } 16... Ke7 17. Re1 Rhd8 18. c3 Rac8 { Planning c5 to crush white's
center. } 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 c5 21. f3 { Consolidates e4 and g4. } 21... Bxe5 { The
knight had to go. } 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Bf2 Nf4 24. g4 Nh3+ { 24... c4 is also
playable, but not 24. Bg6? Bh4+ is ugly for black. } 25. Kg2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bg6 27. Rad1 Bd3 { Black prepares to advance c4. } 28. Rd2 c4 29. Bd1 g5 30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Rexe2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc5 33. Re2 Rd5 ( { Black can try: } 33... Ra5 34. a3 Rd5 { The rook manuever has weaked the queen side pawn such that the
black king can eventually penetrate on that side of the board. } ) 34. Re4 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd1 36. Ke3 Kd7 37. Rd2+ Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Kc6 39. Ke3 Kd5 40. f4 b5 ( { White dare not try: } 40... gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 b5 42. h4 a5 43. h5 b4 44. g5 hxg5+ 45. Kxg5 Kxe5 46. h6 f6+ 47. Kg6 f5 48. h7 Ke4 49. h8=Q { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 41. Kf3 Kc6 42. Ke4 Kc5 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kf3 { And thus the kings triangulate their way to a draw. White may not move
his f-pawn because black would win e5. Black cannot capture on f4 as
explained on move 40. } 1/2-1/2