[Event "City Championship 2007"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2007.01.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Hall, Kenneth"] [Black "Pylant, Gary"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D07"] [WhiteElo "1464"] [BlackElo "1856"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 {last book move} 5. a3 Nf6 6. h3 {White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bh5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 h6 {Secures g5} 11. Bb2 Bg6 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 (14. Nd2 f5 $14) 14... Nxe5 $11 15. dxe5 c5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Red1 Kf8 18. g3 {Controls h4} Ke8 {Black king safety dropped} 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 (20... a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Rd2 $11) 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {A double bishop endgame occured} 22. Bd1 h5 23. Bc2 Kd7 24. Kg1 Bf5 {Black threatens to win material: Bf5xh3} 25. Bd1 {White threatens to win material: Bd1xh5} Bxh3 26. Bxh5 g6 $2 (26... f6 $142 $11 {and Black could well hope to play on}) 27. Be2 $18 f5 28. exf6 Bd6 29. g4 b6 30. f4 exf3 31. Bxf3 Bg3 (31... Ke8 32. Kf2 g5 $18) 32. f7 Ke7 33. Bf6+ Kxf7 34. Bd8 e5 35. Bxb6 e4 36. Bxe4 ( 36. Be2 {keeps an even firmer grip} Bd6 $18) 36... Bxg4 37. Bxc5 Bd1 (37... Be6 38. Bd5 $18) 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Bb8 (39... Bg4 {cannot change destiny} 40. Bd5+ Ke8 41. b5 $18) 40. b5 g5 (40... Ke6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 41. Bd4 $18) 41. Bd4 Ke6 42. c5 Ba4 43. b6 Kd7 44. Bf3 (44. Bf6 {and White can already relax} g4 45. Bg5 Bc6 46. Bf5+ Ke8 $18) 44... Bb5 45. Kg2 (45. Bf6 $5 { makes it even easier for White} g4 46. Bxg4+ Kc6 $18) 1-0