(1) Edwards,J (2230) - Grant,D (2155) [C18]
APCT, 1988



1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Rb1
I favor Nc3 today because the threat of Nc3-b5 usually motivates Black to play a6, when Rb1 leads to favorable in which black seems to have insufficient compensation for the pawn.

13...0-0-0 14.Nxc3 Na5 15.g3 Kb8 16.Ne2
An important move, to protect g3 and especially the key d4 square.

16...Nf5 17.Bh3 d4
Diagram

18.0-0! Bc6 19.Rb4 Bd5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Rxd4
Two pawns ahead. Black does not have adequate compensation.

21...Be4 22.Qc3 Nc6 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Be3 Qh4 25.Bc5
The bishop will be strongly placed on d6

25...Qh3 26.Rf2
Meeting black's only possible threat 1-0