[Event "1987 Memorial Day Classic"]  [Site "Los Angeles"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Ira Pohl"]  [Black "Douglas Root"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A85"]  [WhiteElo "2196"]  [BlackElo "2528"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "1987.05.??"]  [EventType "swiss"]  [EventRounds "6"]  [EventCountry "USA"]  [SourceTitle "CL, Sept 1987"]  [SourceDate "2018.08.10"]  [SourceVersionDate "2018.08.10"]   1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 $5 (6... d6 $11) 7.  a3 (7. Bd3 $1) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Bb7 (8... Ne4 $1 $11) 9. b3 (9. b4 $5) 9... d6  10. Nd2 $6 $146 (10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O (11. b4 $5) 11... Ne4 $11 {  Petrovic-Brodie, Toronto 1985}) 10... Nbd7 11. f3 e5 12. Be2 $6 (12. Qc2 Qe8  $15) 12... Nh5 $1 13. Nf1 (13. h4 $5 f4 $17) 13... Qh4+ (13... exd4 $1 $17) 14.  g3 Qe7 (14... Qh3 $1 $17) 15. Kf2 $2 (15. d5) 15... f4 $6 (15... exd4 16. exd4  Rae8 $17) 16. d5 fxe3+ (16... a5 $1 $15) 17. Nxe3 e4 $6 (17... Nc5 $11) 18. f4  Nxf4 $1 (18... Nhf6 $2 19. Re1 Rae8 20. b4 $16) 19. gxf4 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Qxf4 21.  Ng4 h5 22. Rg1 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Nf6 (23... Nc5 $5 $11) 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Rf1 Qg5+  $2 (25... Qh6 $1 $11) 26. Kh1 Rae8 27. Rf5 Qg6 $2 (27... Qh6 28. Bxf6 Rxe6 29.  Bg5 Rxf5 30. Bxh6 Rxh6 31. Qg4 $16) 28. Qf1 $2 (28. Bxf6 $1 Rxe6 29. Qh5+ Qxh5  30. Rxh5+ Kg8 31. Bxg7 $1 $18) 28... Rxe6 $1 29. dxe6 $2 {Meekly accepting doom  } (29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Rg1 Qh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. dxe6 e3+ 33. Rg2 e2 $19 {  offers a lot more resistance}) 29... e3+ 30. Rd5 Nxd5 {The slow method} (30...  e2 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. e7 Qe4+ 33. Qg2 Qxe7 $19 {is the quick method}) 31. Qxf8+  Kh7 32. Qf3 $2 (32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Nf4+ 34. Kg1 Kxg7 35. e7 e2 $1 36. Kf2  (36. e8=Q $4 Nh3#) 36... Kf7 $19 {and White limps into a hopeless endgame})  32... Nxc3 33. Qxb7 Ne4 34. h3 Qxe6 (34... Qf5 {is quicker}) 35. Kg2 (35. Ra2  Nd2 36. Qg2 {would prolong the game but to what end?}) 35... Qg6+ (35... Qf5 {  would relieve White's misery faster}) 36. Kf3 Qg3+ (36... Qf5+ 37. Kxe3 Qxh3+ {  is more merciful}) 37. Ke2 $2 ({According to Stockfish,} 37. Kxe4 {is much,  much better but what human would be such a glutton for punishment to play it?})  37... Qf2+ 38. Kd3 Nc5+ 0-1