[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