[Event "The Tourn"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.08.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Hilliard, Christopher"] [Black "Hayman, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1568"] [BlackElo "1253"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 {last book move} 6. Be3 (6. h3 Bh5 $14) 6... Bb4+ (6... Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O $11) 7. c3 $14 {White threatens to win material: c3xb4} Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 9. Qc2 h6 {Controls g5} 10. h3 { White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Be6 11. g4 g5 $4 (11... Re8 $142 $14 { had to be tried to avoid defeat}) 12. O-O-O $18 Nbd7 (12... Re8 13. Rdg1 Bf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 $18) 13. Nf1 $4 {an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win} ( 13. h4 $142 {and White has it in the bag} Nxg4 14. hxg5 $18) 13... Re8 $16 14. Ng3 (14. Rg1 Ne4 $16) 14... Bxg3 $14 15. fxg3 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Rxe3 {Black has new backward pawns: f7+h6} 17. Qg2 (17. Rdf1 Kg7 $11 (17... Nxg4 18. Bf5 Ndf6 19. Nxg5 $18)) 17... Nxg4 18. Bf5 {White threatens to win material: Bf5xg4} Ndf6 19. Nxg5 hxg5 {Black wins a piece.} (19... Qe7 $142 $5 {and Black is still in the game} 20. Qh3 Re2 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxg5+ (22... hxg5 $4 23. Qh5 f6 24. Rdf1 $18) 23. Qxg5+ hxg5 $11) 20. Qh3 $16 Kf8 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 (21... Ke7 $142 $5 22. Rde1 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1+ Kd6 $16) 22. Qxg4 $18 Qf6 23. Rdf1 Qg7 24. Qd7 Re7 25. Qxd5 Rae8 26. Qxb7 (26. Rf5 b6 $18) 26... c5 27. Qd5 cxd4 28. Qxd4 (28. cxd4 $5 Qg6 29. Rh8+ Kg7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rf5 $16) 28... Qxd4 $14 29. cxd4 {A double rook endgame occured.} Rc7+ 30. Kd2 Rec8 $2 ( 30... Re4 $142 $5 $14 {and Black hangs on}) 31. Rh8+ $16 Ke7 (31... Kg7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rf5 $16) 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Kd3 (33. Rf5 Rc4 34. Kd3 Ra4 $18) 33... f6 34. Rh1 Rc7 $4 {solves nothing} (34... Ke6 $142 $16) 35. Rh7+ $18 Kd6 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. Kf5 Kd5 39. Kxf6 Kxd4 40. Kxg5 a5 41. Kf5 Kd3 42. a3 Kc2 (42... Kc4 {is not the saving move} 43. g4 Kd4 44. Kf6 Kd3 45. Ke5 Kc2 46. g5 Kd3 47. g6 Kc2 48. Ke4 Kb3 49. g7 Ka2 50. g8=Q+ Ka1 51. Kd3 a4 52. Kc3 Kb1 53. b3 axb3 54. Qg2 b2 55. Qxb2#) 43. b4 a4 (43... Kb2 {doesn't improve anything} 44. bxa5 Kb1 45. a6 Kb2 46. g4 Ka2 47. Ke4 Kb3 48. Ke5 Kxa3 49. Ke4 Kb4 50. a7 Kc5 51. a8=Q Kb5 52. Kd4 Kb6 53. Kd5 Kb5 54. Qb7+ Ka4 55. Kc4 Ka5 56. Qb5#) 44. b5 Kb3 (44... Kd2 {does not help much} 45. b6 Ke3 46. b7 Kd3 47. b8=Q Kd4 48. Qe5+ Kc4 49. Ke4 Kb3 50. Kd3 Kxa3 51. Kc3 Ka2 52. Qe2+ Ka3 53. Qb2#) 45. b6 Kxa3 (45... Kc3 {is not much help} 46. b7 Kc4 47. Ke5 Kd3 48. b8=Q Ke3 49. Qf8 Kd3 50. Qf1+ Kc2 51. Qc4+ Kb2 52. Kd4 Kxa3 53. Qc2 Kb4 54. Qb2+ Ka5 55. Kc5 a3 56. Qxa3#) 46. b7 Ka2 (46... Kb4 {does not solve anything} 47. b8=Q+ Kc5 48. Qc7+ Kd4 49. Qd6+ Kc4 50. Qc6+ Kd4 51. Qxa4+ Kc5 52. g4 Kd6 53. g5 Kd5 54. g6 Kd6 55. g7 Kc5 56. g8=Q Kb6 57. Qg7 Kc5 58. Qgd4#) 47. b8=Q (47. b8=Q a3 48. Ke4 Ka1 49. Kd3 a2 50. Qc8 Kb2 51. Qc3+ Kb1 52. Qc2+ Ka1 53. Qc1#) 1-0