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[Event "New York Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Mengarini, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ This is Neil McKelvie's best game. Certainly, it has his best move (20. Ne6)
as reported by Chess Life March 2020.|His opponent is Ariel Mengarini, a
psychiatrist, who was consulted by Mrs. Regina Fischer. She asked him to talk
to her son Bobby. She was worried that the future world champion was taking
an unhealthy interest in chess.|Apparently, his talk was ineffective. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 ( 9... Nxd5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 Bb6 12. Qxc6+ Qd7 13. Qxa8 O-O ) 10. Bb3 Qh5 11. d5 Na7 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Re1 Ng6 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. Ne4 Nc8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Qe5 20. Ne6 { The shock
value alone of this move is worth a great deal. This move disrupts black's
coordination, and opens the diagonal between white's bishop and black's
king. } 20... fxe6 21. dxe6 Bc6 ( { Better, but still losing is: } 21... Bxe6 22. Nc5 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Kh8 26. Rxc7 b6 27. Rec6 h6 28. a4 { While the material is even, there white's position and piece activity is far
better than black's. Black's knight on the rim is dim, and rooks are
passively in defense of that knight. Black's options are very limited. Let's
see how the rest of the game might go. } 28... a5 29. Kf2 Kh7 30. Bc2+ Kg8 31. Bd3 Kh8 32. Bc4 Kh7 33. Be6 Ne7 34. Rxb6 Rf6 35. Rcb7 Nf5 36. Bxf5+ Rxf5 37. Ra6 Re4 38. Raa7 Rg4 39. h3 Rgg5 40. g4 Rf8 41. Kg3 Rg8 42. f4 Rd5 43. b3 Kg6 44. Kh4 h5 45. f5+ Kf6 46. Rf7+ Ke5 47. gxh5 Kf4 48. Rxg7 Rh8 49. Rg5 Rhd8 50. h6 Rd3 51. Rg4+ Kxf5 52. Rxa5+ Ke6 53. Rg6+ Kf7 54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. h7 Rh8 57. Rb6 Rd4+ 58. Kh5 Rd3 59. h4 Kf4 60. Kh6 Rh3 61. h5 Rc3 62. Rg8 Rc8 63. Rxh8 Rxh8 64. Kg7 Ra8 65. h8=Q Rxh8 66. Kxh8 Kg5 67. h6 Kf5 68. Kg7 Ke4 69. h7 Kd3 70. h8=Q Kd2 71. Rd6+ Kc3 72. Qh2 Kxb3 73. Qd2 Kxa4 74. Rb6 Ka3 75. Qa5# ) 22. e7+ Kh8 23. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Ng5 Qf5 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Qxf7 27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Nxf8 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Re8 { Black resigned here. } 30... Kg8 31. Rxc8 c5 32. Kf2 a5 33. Ke3 a4 34. Ke4 h5 35. Kf5 h4 36. Rxc7 Kh7 37. Rxc5 h3 38. gxh3 g6+ 39. Ke4 1-0