[Event "City Championship 2007"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2007.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Pylant, Gary"] [Black "Dasari, Teja"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "1422"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "187"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nd7 7. b3 {last book move} g5 8. Bb2 (8. Be3 Bg7 $14) 8... Bg7 ( 8... g4 9. Ne1 $11) 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. c4 Ng6 11. Ne1 (11. Rc1 $142 $14) 11... f6 $4 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (11... Nf4 $142 $11 { would keep Black alive}) 12. Bh5 (12. g4 {and White can already relax} Be4 13. f3 Bb1 $18) 12... g4 (12... O-O 13. g4 Nf4 14. gxf5 fxe5 15. fxe6 Nxe6 16. Bg4 $18) 13. Bxg6+ (13. h3 $5 {seems even better} gxh3 14. g4 fxe5 15. gxf5 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Qxf5 $18) 13... Bxg6 14. Qxg4 Nf8 15. f4 Qa5 16. Rf2 (16. Nef3 h5 17. Qh4 fxe5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bf5 $18) 16... h5 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Nef3 Bf5 19. a3 (19. Nh4 Bh7 $16) 19... Qc7 $2 (19... Ng6 20. b4 Qc7 21. exf6 Nxf4 22. Qe5 $14) 20. b4 (20. Nh4 Bh7 $16) 20... Rd7 $2 (20... Ng6 21. exf6 Nxf4 22. Qe5 $14) 21. a4 (21. b5 Ng6 22. exf6 Nxf4 $16) 21... Rf7 (21... Ng6 22. exf6 Nxf4 23. Qe5 $14) 22. a5 (22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Ne5 Rg7 $18) 22... Bh6 (22... Ng6 $5 {is interesting} 23. Qe3 Bh6 $14) 23. g3 (23. b5 Ng6 24. b6 Qb8 25. bxa7 Qxa7 $16) 23... Rg8 24. Nh4 (24. b5 Bxf4 25. b6 axb6 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Ra8+ Kd7 $18) 24... Bg4 (24... fxe5 $142 $5 25. Qxe5 Ng6 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Nxf5 exf5 $14) 25. Qe3 $18 Nd7 (25... Kb8 26. b5 cxb5 27. cxb5 $18) 26. cxd5 exd5 27. e6 Re7 28. exd7+ Qxd7 29. Qc3 Rge8 (29... Kb8 30. Nb3 $18) 30. Ndf3 ( 30. a6 {keeps an even firmer grip} Re3 31. axb7+ Qxb7 $18) 30... Re3 (30... Kb8 31. a6 Re3 32. Qc2 $18) 31. Qd2 (31. Qc5 {might be the shorter path} Bxf3 32. Nxf3 Kb8 $18) 31... Qe6 $2 (31... Bxf4 $142 32. Qc2 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Bxf3 34. Nxf3 Qg4 $18) 32. Ne5 Re4 33. Nxg4 (33. a6 {makes it even easier for White} Kb8 34. axb7 fxe5 35. dxe5 Re7 $18) 33... Qxg4 $6 {puts up no fight} (33... hxg4 34. Rc1 $18) 34. Raf1 (34. a6 {seems even better} b5 $18) 34... Re2 $6 {not putting up any resistance} (34... a6 $18) 35. Qc1 Qh3 (35... Kb8 {doesn't improve anything} 36. a6 $18) 36. Qb1 (36. b5 $142 {and White has prevailed} Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Bf8 $18) 36... Bxf4 37. Qf5+ (37. gxf4 $6 Qxh4 38. Qg6 R8e4 $18) 37... Qxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxf2 (38... Be3 39. Nxe3 R8xe3 40. Bc1 Rxf2 41. Bxe3 $18 ( 41. Rxf2 $143 Rb3 $18)) 39. Kxf2 ({Worse is} 39. Rxf2 Be3 40. Nxe3 Rxe3 $18) 39... Bc7 40. Re1 Kd7 (40... Rxe1 {cannot change destiny} 41. Kxe1 Kd7 42. Ng7 $18) 41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. Ng7+ Kf7 43. Nxh5 Bd6 44. Bc3 (44. Ba3 $142 {and White can already relax} Kg6 45. Nf4+ Bxf4 46. gxf4 Kh5 $18) 44... b6 (44... Kg6 { doesn't change anything anymore} 45. Nf4+ Bxf4 46. gxf4 $18) 45. axb6 axb6 46. Nf4 Bxf4 (46... Ke8 $18 {no good, but what else?}) 47. gxf4 Ke6 (47... Kg6 { is not the saving move} 48. h4 $18) 48. Kf3 (48. h4 {makes it even easier for White} Kf7 49. Bd2 Kg6 $18) 48... Kf5 49. h4 Kg6 50. Kg4 f5+ 51. Kg3 Kh5 52. Kh3 Kg6 (52... Kh6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 53. Be1 $18) 53. Be1 (53. b5 cxb5 54. Kg2 Kh5 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Bb4 Kf6 57. h5 Kg7 58. Kh3 Kf7 59. Kg2 Kg8 60. Kf2 Kh7 61. Ke2 Kh6 62. Kd3 Kg7 63. Kc3 Kh7 64. Bd6 b4+ 65. Kxb4 Kg7 66. Be5+ Kh6 67. Kb5 Kxh5 68. Kxb6 Kg6 69. Kc5 Kh7 70. Kxd5 Kg6 71. Ke6 Kh5 72. d5 Kg4 73. d6 Kg3 74. d7 Kg4 75. d8=Q Kg3 76. Qd3+ Kg2 77. Kxf5 Kh2 78. Qe3 Kg2 79. Bd4 Kh2 80. Kg4 Kh1 81. Qh3#) 53... Kh5 (53... b5 {does not save the day} 54. Bf2 $18) 54. Kg3 (54. b5 cxb5 55. Bb4 Kh6 $18) 54... Kh6 (54... b5 { doesn't do any good} 55. Kh3 $18) 55. Kf3 (55. b5 cxb5 56. h5 b4 57. Bxb4 Kg7 $18) 55... Kh5 56. Bf2 Kh6 57. Kg3 Kh5 58. Kh3 Kh6 59. h5 Kxh5 60. Bh4 Kg6 61. Bd8 Kh5 (61... b5 {is one last hope} 62. Ba5 Kf6 $18) 62. Bxb6 Kh6 63. Kg3 Kh5 64. Bc7 Kh6 65. Kf3 Kh5 66. Ke3 Kg4 67. Kd3 Kf3 (67... Kh5 {does not improve anything} 68. b5 Kh6 69. b6 Kg6 70. b7 Kf7 71. b8=Q c5 72. dxc5 Ke7 73. Be5 Kf7 74. Qb7+ Ke8 75. Bf6 Kf8 76. Qe7+ Kg8 77. Qg7#) 68. Be5 (68. b5 c5 69. dxc5 Kg2 70. b6 Kg3 71. b7 Kg4 72. b8=Q Kf3 73. Qh8 Kg2 74. Ke2 Kg3 75. Qg7+ Kh2 76. Kf3 d4 77. Qg2#) 68... Kf2 69. Kc3 (69. b5 cxb5 70. Kc3 b4+ 71. Kxb4 Ke3 72. Kc5 Ke4 73. Kc6 Ke3 74. Kxd5 Kd2 75. Ke6 Kd3 76. d5 Ke2 77. d6 Kd3 78. Kxf5 Kc2 79. d7 Kb3 80. d8=Q Kc4 81. Qc7+ Kb5 82. Bd6 Ka6 83. Qc6+ Ka7 84. Qb5 Ka8 85. Qa6#) 69... Ke3 $18 70. Bd6 (70. b5 Kf3 71. bxc6 Kg2 72. c7 Kg3 73. c8=Q Kg2 74. Qxf5 Kf3 75. Qh3+ Kf2 76. f5 Ke2 77. Qg3 Kf1 78. f6 Ke2 79. f7 Kf1 80. f8=Q+ Ke2 81. Qff3#) 70... Ke2 71. Be5 {White has a decisive advantage} (71. b5 cxb5 72. Kb4 Ke3 73. Be5 Ke2 74. Kxb5 Kd3 75. Kc5 Kc3 76. Kxd5 Kd2 77. Ke6 Kd3 78. d5 Kc4 79. d6 Kb3 80. d7 Kc2 81. d8=Q Kb3 82. Qd3+ Kb4 83. Qd4+ Ka3 84. Qc3+ Ka4 85. Qc4+ Ka3 86. Qb5 Ka2 87. Qb2#) 71... Ke3 72. Kb3 Kd3 (72... Kf3 {does not help much} 73. Ka4 Kg4 74. Ka5 Kf3 75. Kb6 c5 76. bxc5 Ke2 77. c6 Kf2 78. Ka5 Kf3 79. c7 Kg2 80. c8=Q Kg1 81. Qxf5 Kg2 82. Qc2+ Kf3 83. f5 Ke3 84. f6 Kf3 85. f7 Ke3 86. Qg2 Kd3 87. f8=Q Kc3 88. Qa3+ Kc4 89. Qe2#) 73. Ka4 Kc4 (73... c5 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 74. bxc5 Ke3 75. c6 Kd3 76. c7 Ke3 77. c8=Q Kd2 78. Qxf5 Ke2 79. Qc2+ Kf3 80. Qd3+ Kg4 81. f5 Kh5 82. Qg3 Kh6 83. Qg6#) 74. Ka5 Kc3 (74... c5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 75. bxc5 Kd3 76. c6 Kc3 77. c7 Kc2 78. c8=Q+ Kd2 79. Qxf5 Kc3 80. Qh3+ Kc2 81. Qg2+ Kc3 82. Qe2 Kb3 83. f5 Kc3 84. f6 Kb3 85. f7 Kc3 86. f8=Q Kb3 87. Qb4#) 75. Kb6 Kxb4 (75... Kd3 {cannot change destiny} 76. Kxc6 Ke3 77. b5 Kd3 78. b6 Kc4 79. b7 Kc3 80. b8=Q Kd2 81. Qb2+ Kd3 82. Kxd5 Ke3 83. Qc2 Kf3 84. Qxf5 Kf2 85. Qc2+ Kf3 86. f5 Ke3 87. f6 Kf3 88. f7 Kg4 89. Qg6+ Kf3 90. Qe4+ Kf2 91. Bh2 Kf1 92. f8=Q#) 76. Kxc6 Kc4 (76... Ka5 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 77. Kxd5 Ka4 78. Bf6 Kb5 79. Ke5 Kb4 80. d5 Ka3 81. d6 Kb2 82. Kxf5+ Kc2 83. d7 Kb3 84. d8=Q Kc2 85. Qd4 Kb3 86. Qc3+ Ka4 87. Qc4+ Ka3 88. Qb5 Ka2 89. Qb2#) 77. Bf6 Kd3 (77... Kb3 {cannot undo what has already been done} 78. Kxd5 Ka4 79. Ke5 Ka5 80. d5 Ka4 81. d6 Ka3 82. d7 Kb3 83. d8=Q Kb2 84. Kxf5+ Kc2 85. Qd5 Kc1 86. Qd4 Kc2 87. Qc3+ Kd1 88. Qd3+ Kc1 89. Qe2 Kb1 90. Qb2#) 78. Kxd5 Ke3 (78... Kc3 {does not save the day} 79. Ke5 Kb4 80. d5 Kc5 81. Ke6 Kc4 82. d6 Kd3 83. Kxf5 Ke2 84. d7 Kd3 85. d8=Q+ Kc4 86. Qa5 Kd3 87. Qc3+ Ke2 88. Qc2+ Ke3 89. Bh4 Kd4 90. Bf2+ Kd5 91. Qc5#) 79. Ke5 Kd3 (79... Ke2 {doesn't change anything anymore} 80. d5 Kd3 81. d6 Kc4 82. d7 Kb4 83. d8=Q Kb5 84. Qd5+ Ka4 85. Qd4+ Kb3 86. Kxf5 Ka3 87. Be7+ Ka2 88. Qd3 Kb2 89. Bf6+ Kc1 90. Qe2 Kb1 91. Qb2#) 80. d5 Kc4 (80... Kc3 {hardly improves anything} 81. d6 Kd2 82. d7 Kc2 83. d8=Q Kc3 84. Qd4+ Kc2 85. Kxf5 Kb3 86. Qc3+ Ka4 87. Bd4 Kb5 88. Qb3+ Ka5 89. Bb6+ Ka6 90. Bc5 Ka5 91. Qb6+ Ka4 92. Qb4#) 81. d6 Kb4 82. d7 Kb5 83. d8=Q Kc5 ( 83... Kc4 {is not the saving move} 84. Kxf5 Kb3 85. Qd3+ Kb4 86. Be7+ Ka5 87. Qc4 Kb6 88. Bd8+ Ka7 89. Qc6 Kb8 90. Bc7+ Ka7 91. Qb6+ Ka8 92. Qa6#) 84. Kxf5 ( 84. Qd4+ Kc6 85. Qd5+ Kc7 86. Qc5+ Kb8 87. Qb6+ Ka8 88. Qa6+ Kb8 89. Ke6 Kc7 90. Be5+ Kd8 91. Qa8#) 84... Kc4 (84... Kb5 {does not solve anything} 85. Qd4 Ka6 86. Qc4+ Kb7 87. Bd4 Kb8 88. Ke6 Kb7 89. Kd7 Ka8 90. Qc8#) 85. Qd4+ Kb5 86. Qc3 Kb6 (86... Ka4 {is no salvation} 87. Bd4 Kb5 88. Qb3+ Ka5 89. Bc5 Ka6 90. Qb6#) 87. Bd4+ Kb5 (87... Kb7 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 88. Qc4 Kb8 89. Be5+ Kb7 90. Qb5+ Ka7 91. Ke6 Ka8 92. Qa6#) 88. Ke6 Ka6 (88... Ka4 { doesn't get the bull off the ice} 89. Bc5 Kb5 90. Qb4+ Kc6 91. Qb6#) 89. f5 ( 89. Qc6+ Ka5 90. Bc3#) 89... Kb5 90. f6 Ka6 (90... Ka4 {does not win a prize} 91. Bc5 Kb5 92. Qb4+ Kc6 93. Qb6#) 91. f7 (91. Qc6+ Ka5 92. Bc3#) 91... Kb7 ( 91... Kb5 {doesn't improve anything} 92. Qd3+ Kc6 93. Qa6+ Kc7 94. Qb6+ Kc8 95. f8=Q#) 92. Qb4+ Kc6 (92... Kc8 {is not much help} 93. f8=Q+ Kc7 94. Qb6#) 93. f8=Q (93. Qb6#) 93... Kc7 94. Qb6# 1-0