[Event "Friday Night Fun Returns!"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.06.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Sytnytsky, Alex"] [Black "Pylant, Gary"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1412"] [BlackElo "1811"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} 1. c4 f5 {last book move} 2. e3 (2. Nf3 Nf6 $14) 2... Nf6 3. b4 e6 4. Ba3 b6 5. Qf3 (5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Ne4 $15) 5... d5 $15 6. Nh3 Bb7 (6... Nc6 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. b5 Qxf3 9. gxf3 $17) 7. Ng5 {White threatens to win material: Ng5xe6} (7. Nf4 Qd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 7... Qc8 8. Qf4 (8. Bb2 $5 d4 9. Qh3 Bxb4 10. Bxd4 $11) 8... Bd6 {Black threatens to win material: Bd6xf4} 9. Qh4 O-O (9... h6 $5 $15) 10. c5 $11 bxc5 11. bxc5 Be7 12. Bd3 $2 (12. Nxh7 $142 {and White could well hope to play on} Nxh7 13. Qxe7 $11) 12... Nc6 $17 13. Bb2 $4 {terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (13. Bb5 $142 $17) 13... h6 $19 14. Nf3 (14. Nh3 Ng4 15. Qh5 $19) 14... Bxc5 (14... Ne4 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 15. Qh3 Nb4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 $19) 15. a3 (15. O-O Nb4 16. Be2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17 (18... gxf6 $6 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Qxh6 $11)) 15... Rb8 (15... Ba6 16. Qa4 Bxd3 17. Qxc6 $19) 16. Bxf6 (16. Qa4 Bd6 $19) 16... Rxf6 (16... gxf6 $6 17. Nc3 $17) 17. O-O Ba6 (17... d4 $5 18. Rc1 Be7 19. Bb5 $19) 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. a4 (19. Nc3 f4 $17) 19... Rb4 (19... g5 20. Qh5 g4 21. Nh4 $19) 20. Qg3 (20. d4 $5 $19) 20... Bd6 21. Qh3 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Qh5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. d4 Bd6 26. Nc3 Qd7 27. f4 (27. Qe2 c5 $19) 27... Bb4 28. Na2 a5 29. Rb1 Qa4 30. Nxb4 axb4 31. Qd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rf8 33. Rb1 (33. Rc1 Rc8 $19) 33... Rb8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. h3 $6 {not putting up any resistance} (37. Ra1 $19) 37... c5 38. dxc5+ Kxc5 39. Rc1+ (39. g3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} g5 40. Rg1 Ra8 41. Rc1+ Kb5 $19) 39... Kd6 40. g4 (40. Ra1 {is no salvation} b3 41. Rd1 e5 $19) 40... fxg4 41. hxg4 b3 42. Rb1 (42. Re1 $19 {praying for a miracle}) 42... e5 (42... b2 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 43. Kd3 e5 44. g5 $19) 43. Kc3 (43. Rb2 { doesn't change the outcome of the game} exf4 44. exf4 d4 $19) 43... b2 $1 { Double attack: e3/c3} 44. f5 (44. Rxb2 d4+ {Double attack}) 44... Kc5 45. Rxb2 d4+ 46. exd4+ exd4+ 47. Kc2 Rxb2+ 48. Kxb2 Kd5 49. Kc2 (49. Kb1 {is not the saving move} Ke5 50. Kc2 Kf4 51. Kd3 Kxg4 52. Ke4 h5 53. Kd3 Kxf5 54. Kc4 d3 55. Kxd3 h4 56. Ke2 h3 57. Kf3 g5 58. Ke3 Kf6 59. Kf3 g4+ 60. Kxg4 h2 61. Kf3 h1=Q+ 62. Ke2 Ke7 63. Ke3 Qh6+ 64. Ke2 Qh2+ 65. Kd1 Qg3 66. Kc1 Qc7+ 67. Kb1 Qc3 68. Ka2 Kd6 69. Kb1 Ke5 70. Ka2 Qb4 71. Ka1 Kd4 72. Ka2 Kc3 73. Ka1 Qb2#) 49... Ke4 50. Kd2 d3 51. Ke1 Kf4 52. Kd2 Kxg4 53. Kxd3 Kxf5 54. Ke3 (54. Kc4 { doesn't change anything anymore} h5 55. Kb5 h4 56. Kc5 h3 57. Kc6 h2 58. Kd6 g5 59. Kd5 h1=Q+ 60. Kd4 Kf4 61. Kc4 g4 62. Kd4 Qc6 63. Kd3 g3 64. Kd4 g2 65. Kd3 g1=Q 66. Kd2 Qe3+ 67. Kd1 Qa4#) 54... Kg4 55. Kf2 (55. Kd3 {cannot change destiny} h5 56. Ke4 h4 57. Kd5 h3 58. Kd6 g5 59. Kc5 h2 60. Kb5 Kf3 61. Kb6 g4 62. Kc7 h1=Q 63. Kb6 g3 64. Kc5 Qh5+ 65. Kd6 g2 66. Kc6 g1=Q 67. Kb7 Qd5+ 68. Kc7 Qb1 69. Kc8 Qbb7#) 55... h5 56. Kg2 (56. Ke3 {cannot change what is in store for ?} h4 57. Kd3 h3 58. Kc3 g5 59. Kc4 Kf3 60. Kb3 h2 61. Kc3 g4 62. Kd4 h1=Q 63. Kd3 Qd1+ 64. Kc4 g3 65. Kc5 g2 66. Kb5 g1=Q 67. Kc6 Qa7 68. Kb5 Qda4#) 56... g5 57. Kh2 h4 58. Kg2 (58. Kg1 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Kf3 59. Kf1 h3 60. Ke1 g4 61. Kd1 g3 62. Kc1 h2 63. Kb2 h1=Q 64. Kc3 Qc1+ 65. Kd3 Qc5 66. Kd2 Qc4 67. Kd1 Ke3 68. Ke1 Qe2#) 58... h3+ 59. Kh2 (59. Kf2 {does not save the day} Kf4 60. Ke2 g4 61. Kd2 h2 62. Ke1 h1=Q+ 63. Kd2 g3 64. Kc2 Qe4+ 65. Kc1 Qe2 66. Kb1 g2 67. Kc1 g1=Q#) 59... Kh4 60. Kg1 (60. Kh1 {doesn't do any good} Kg3 61. Kg1 Kf3 62. Kf1 h2 63. Ke1 h1=Q+ 64. Kd2 Qh2+ 65. Kc3 g4 66. Kc4 g3 67. Kc5 g2 68. Kb5 g1=Q 69. Kc6 Qc1+ 70. Kd5 Qcc7 71. Kd4 Qd2#) 60... Kg3 $19 61. Kh1 Kf2 62. Kh2 g4 63. Kh1 h2 $1 {a fitting end to a beautiful game.} (63... h2 64. Kxh2 g3+ 65. Kh3 Kf3 66. Kh4 g2 67. Kg5 Ke4 68. Kg6 g1=Q+ 69. Kf6 Qd4+ 70. Ke6 Qd8 71. Kf7 Kf5 72. Kg7 Qe7+ 73. Kg8 Kf6 74. Kh8 Qg7#) 0-1