[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate (UTD-UMBC"] [Site "Wichita, USA"] [Date "2004.12.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Simutowe, Amon"] [Black "Blehm, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2520"] [Annotator "Simutowe,Amon"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {[%evp 0,59,39,17,26,4,41,41,44,18,47,35,79,65,65,57,49,44,63,25,5,21,48,-4,42, 63,56,33,47,58,51,40,47,47,54,14,75,74,160,160,88,84,65,65,81,114,102,105,392, 514,613,731,734,871,891,919,944,939,1017,609,1047,1131] Notes by Amon Simutowe. } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Bd3 d6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 a5 (8... Na6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Bc2 cxd5 11. cxd5 {was the continuation in Epishin (2633) - Carlsen (2484) in Reyjavik 2004 and the game ended 1-0 after 34 moves} ) 9. g4 {[#] This position has only occurred twice in the Mega Database.} Na6 10. a3 Nd7 11. Be3 Ndc5 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. b3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 $5 {My opponent looked surprised after I played this move. I am sure he expected pawn takes d5 which is quite traditional} (14. cxd5 b5 {is slightly better for Black}) 14... Bc6 15. Bg5 $5 f6 16. Be3 {The short term goal has been achieved - reducing the influence of the bishop on g7. Though this has been achieved at the cost of moving the bishop twice, its quite clear that the benefit is greater than the cost} Nc7 17. h4 N5e6 18. h5 b5 (18... g5 {Is not a favorable option due to } 19. h6 Bh8 {which worsens the status of the bishop on h8}) 19. Nh4 Be8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. Bb6 $1 {[#] This move creates the threat of Nc7 in future after the bishop matches to c4 via d3 and makes the rook on a8 think twice before getting out of the a- file due to the a5-pawn} Qd7 23. Bd3 Qf7 $4 24. Nxg6 Qb7 (24... Qxg6 25. Ne7+ $18) 25. Nge7+ $3 (25. Nxf8 Kxf8 {is not better than the text move. It would have also given my opponent an opportunity to continue fighting as soon as he got an opportunity to play ...Nbd4}) 25... Kf7 26. g5 $1 {[#]} Nxg5 (26... Rh8 27. Rxh8 Bxh8 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. g6#) 27. Qh5+ Ke6 $8 {Only move} 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Bc4 Ra6 30. Nf5 {[#] Pavel resigned. In order to prevent mate in this position he would have to lose a couple of pieces.} 1-0