[Event "WIO (Open)"] [Site "Boise, ID"] [Date "2011.12.11"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Merwin, Steven E"] [Black "Johnson, Paul M"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "1983"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian: Scandinavian Gambit"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qh5 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Qf4 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qh6 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. R1e3 Rac8 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Be2 Bc6 23. f4 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rc4 Bb7 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bf3 Ba6 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Ke3 Bc4 31. g3 Bd5 32. Be2 f5 33. c4 Bb7 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. h4 Bg2 36. Be2 Bb7 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc3 Kd6 39. Bh5 a5 40. Bf7 Ke7 41. Bg8 Kf6 42. c5 bxc5 43. dxc5 Bd5 44. Bxh7 Kg7 45. Bxf5 exf5 46. Kd4 Bf3 47. Ke5 {At this point, both players had stopped recording due to time pressure. Energetic play by both sides ensued, with both sides queening, and then suddenly, Black emerged with a Q+P vs. Q ending. With 1 second on his clock for a few more moves, White eventually lost on time. A very exciting game. - Jeff Roland, T.D.} {#R} 0-1