[Event "Friday Night Fun #26"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Craycroft, John"]
[Black "Samant, Shiven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1326"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 e6 {last book move. Black has a
cramped position} 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd5 {'the knight
is the knight!'} Qd8 (11... Qxb2 $2 {would be great except for} 12. Qxb2 (12.
Nxf6+ {is clearly weaker} Qxf6 13. O-O Nc6 $17) 12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 $18) 12. O-O
(12. O-O-O $142 $14) 12... Bg4 $2 (12... Nc6 $142 $11 {and Black can hope to
live}) 13. Qf4 $18 Bxf3 14. Nxf6+ (14. gxf3 {is much worse} Bd4 $15) (14. Qxf3
$6 Bd4 $11) 14... Kg7 15. Nd5 (15. gxf3 $6 {is the weaker alternative} Qxf6 16.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 15... Bh5 16. f3 g5 17. Qg3 Nc6 18. Nf4 $4 {not a good
decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (18. f4 $142 {
a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance} g4 19. h3 $18) 18... Bg6
$14 19. Nxg6 (19. Ne2 $5 $14 {is worth looking at}) 19... fxg6 $11 20. Rad1 Qf6
21. b3 Nb4 {Black threatens to win material: Nb4xa2} (21... Nd4 22. Qf2 $15)
22. Bb1 {Attacks the backward pawn on d6} Rad8 23. Rf2 h5 24. f4 $2 (24. Rfd2
$142 {is the best option White has} h4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rd7+ Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ Rf7
28. Qg4 $11) 24... gxf4 $19 25. Qf3 Nc6 26. Rd5 Nd4 27. Qd1 f3 28. g3 $4 {
but even a better move would not have saved the game} (28. gxf3 $142 Nxf3+ 29.
Kh1 $19) 28... Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nc3 30. e5 (30. Qd3 {there is nothing else anyway}
Nxd5 31. Qxd5 $19) 30... dxe5 31. Rd7+ (31. Rxd8 {what else?} Rxd8 32. Qxf3
Qxf3 33. Rxf3 Nxb1 34. Rf2 $19) 31... Rxd7 32. Qxd7+ Rf7 33. Qd3 Nxb1 (33... e4
$142 {and Black has triumphed} 34. Qe3 Nxb1 35. Qxe4 $19) 34. Qxb1 Qf5 (34...
Rd7 {seems even better} 35. Kg1 Qd8 36. Rf1 $19) 35. Qd1 (35. Qxf5 {hoping
against hope} Rxf5 36. Rd2 $19) 35... e4 36. Qd2 (36. Qa1+ {hardly improves
anything} Kh7 37. Qc1 $19) 36... e3 $1 {Pinning: c1} 37. Qxe3 Qb1+ 38. Qe1
Qxe1+ 39. Kxe1 g5 40. Kd2 $2 (40. Kf1 $142 $5 $19) 40... g4 41. Ke3 Kg6 (41...
Re7+ $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 42. Kd3 Kg6 $19) 42. Ke4 $4 {
sad, but how else could White save the game?} (42. Rd2 $142 $19) 42... Re7+ 43.
Kd3 Kg5 44. Kd2 (44. a3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Re1
$19) 44... h4 45. Kd3 (45. a4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} a6 $19) 45...
hxg3 46. hxg3 Kf5 (46... Re1 $5 {and Black can already relax} 47. b4 cxb4 48.
Rb2 $19) 47. Rh2 0-1