[Event "Pawn Power 3"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2006.05.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Bartlett, Riley"] [Black "Rice, Keith"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "1475"] [BlackElo "1445"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (30s)"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 {last book move} Bd7 { Black has a cramped position} 8. Bh6 {White threatens to win material: Bh6xg7} (8. f3 Nc6 $14) 8... O-O $11 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Black king safety dropped} 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. O-O {White has a very active position} Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xc4} 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. h3 {White has an active position} Qb6 16. Nb3 Bc6 (16... Be6 17. Rad1 $11) 17. e5 (17. Qd3 Bb5 $11) 17... dxe5 $11 18. Rxe5 e6 {Consolidates d5.} 19. Rd1 (19. Qd3 Rf4 20. Qg3 Rb4 $11) 19... Rh4 (19... Nd5 20. Rh5 gxh5 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Nxd5 $15) 20. Qg5 Rh5 {Black threatens to win material: Rh5xg5} (20... Rc4 21. Qd2 $11) 21. Qg3 $14 {Black king safety improved} Kg8 22. Rxh5 Nxh5 23. Qg4 {Black has a cramped position} (23. Qe5 Rc8 $14) 23... Qc7 24. Rd4 (24. Nd4 Rd8 $11) 24... e5 $15 25. Rd2 (25. Rd1 Nf4 26. g3 Ne6 $15) 25... Nf4 $17 26. g3 (26. f3 $17) 26... f5 (26... h5 $142 $5 27. Qh4 Ng2 $17) 27. Qh4 $11 Nh5 (27... Ne6 28. Qc4 Qf7 29. h4 $15) 28. Nc5 (28. Qc4+ Qf7 29. Na5 Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Re8 $11) 28... Ng7 (28... Re8 $5 $11) 29. Qc4+ $14 Kh8 30. Ne6 $4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (30. b4 $5 {is an interesting alternative} f4 31. g4 $14) 30... Nxe6 (30... Qf7 $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} 31. Qc5 Nxe6 32. Qxe5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 31. Qxe6 $11 Re8 {Black threatens to win material: Re8xe6} 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rd6 Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 {A rook endgame occured} Ke6 37. c4 Re7 38. b3 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 {A pawn endgame occured} 40. Kf1 (40. f3 Kd6 41. b4 a6 $11) 40... Kd6 $15 41. b4 (41. Ke2 $142 $15 {would allow White to play on}) 41... a5 $19 42. a3 b6 (42... e4 43. Ke2 (43. bxa5 $4 {That pawn is poisoned} Kc5 $19) 43... axb4 44. axb4 $19) 43. Ke2 e4 {Black gets more space} 44. Ke3 (44. f4 h6 $11) 44... Ke5 $15 45. h4 $4 (45. c5 bxc5 46. bxa5 Kd5 $19) 45... h6 $4 {lets it slip away} (45... a4 {and Black can already relax} 46. f4+ exf3 47. Kxf3 $19) 46. bxa5 $4 (46. c5 bxc5 47. bxa5 Kd6 $15) 46... bxa5 $15 47. a4 $4 (47. c5 $142 $15 {was necessary}) 47... g5 $19 48. c5 f4+ 49. gxf4+ (49. Kd2 {there is nothing else anyway} Kd5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. gxf4 gxf4 52. f3 e3+ 53. Kd3 Kxc5 54. Kc3 $19) 49... gxf4+ 50. Ke2 Kd5 51. c6 Kxc6 52. f3 e3 53. h5 Kc5 54. Kd1 Kd4 (54... Kb4 55. Kc2 Kxa4 56. Kc1 Kb3 57. Kd1 a4 58. Ke1 a3 59. Kf1 a2 60. Kg2 a1=Q 61. Kh2 e2 62. Kh3 Qg7 63. Kh2 e1=Q 64. Kh3 Qgg3#) 55. Ke1 (55. Kc2 {doesn't do any good} Kc4 56. Kc1 Kc3 57. Kd1 Kd3 58. Ke1 e2 59. Kf2 Kd2 60. Kg2 e1=Q 61. Kh2 Ke3 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 Kxf3 64. Kh4 Qh2#) 55... Kc4 56. Ke2 Kb4 (56... Kb4 57. Kd3 Kxa4 58. Kc2 Kb4 59. Kd3 a4 60. Kd4 a3 61. Ke4 e2 62. Kf5 e1=Q 63. Kg4 a2 64. Kxf4 a1=Q 65. Kf5 Qee5+ 66. Kg6 Qa7 67. Kxh6 Qag7#) 0-1