[Event "Amateur/Reserve"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sytnytskyy, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Baudendistel, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1287"]
[BlackElo "1519"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qe2+ {
last book move} Be6 5. Qb5+ {White forks: e8+b7} Nc6 6. Qxb7 (6. Nf3 Bd6 $11)
6... Nxd4 $15 7. Bb5+ Nxb5 8. Qxb5+ Qd7 9. Qb7 {White threatens to win
material: Qb7xa8. White inhibits 0-0-0} Qc8 {Black threatens to win material:
Qc8xb7} 10. Qc6+ Kd8 {Black loses the right to castle} (10... Bd7 11. Qxd5 Nf6
12. Qc4 $11) 11. Nf3 Bd6 (11... Ne7 12. Qa4 $14) 12. Nc3 {White threatens to
win material: Nc3xd5} (12. O-O $5 $16) 12... Ne7 $14 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qh4 (14.
Qd4 $142 $5 c6 15. Qxg7 $14) 14... f6 $15 {Covers e5+g5} 15. O-O (15. Qd4 Qa6
16. Nxd5 Nf5 $15) 15... Nf5 {Black threatens to win material: Nf5xh4} (15...
Bg4 $142 16. Nb5 Ng6 17. Nxd6 Nxh4 18. Nxc8 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kxc8 $17) 16. Qg4 $4
(16. Qh5 $142 {is the best chance} c6 17. Re1 $11) 16... h5 $19 17. Qg6 (17.
Qh3 {is still a small chance} Ne7 18. Qh4 $19) 17... Be8 18. Qxf5 (18. Qxe8+ {
is not the saving move} Rxe8 19. Nxd5 Qe6 $19) 18... Qxf5 19. Nh4 (19. Nd4 {
does not improve anything} Qd7 $19) 19... Qg4 20. Nf3 h4 (20... c6 {and Black
can already relax} 21. Nd1 h4 22. h3 $19) 21. h3 Qg6 22. Nxd5 Bc6 (22... Bd7 {
might be the shorter path} 23. Rd1 Kc8 24. Kh1 $19) 23. c4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qd3
25. Be3 g5 26. Rad1 (26. Rfd1 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Qg6 27.
Rac1 g4 28. hxg4 h3 $19) 26... Qg6 27. Rd4 Bc5 28. Rg4 (28. Rc4 {a fruitless
try to alter the course of the game} Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qd3 $19) 28... Bxe3 29. fxe3
Kd7 (29... Qd3 {and Black can already relax} 30. Re1 $19) 30. e4 (30. Rc4 {
does not solve anything} Rhe8 31. Nh2 f5 $19) 30... Rh5 (30... Rae8 $142 {
ends the debate} 31. Nd2 Re5 32. Kh2 $19) 31. e5 f5 (31... Kc8 {seems even
better} 32. Nd4 fxe5 33. Ne6 $19) 32. Rc4 (32. e6+ {doesn't change anything
anymore} Kd6 33. Rc4 c5 $19) 32... Qb6+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kh1 {does not win a prize}
Qxb2 34. Rfc1 g4 $19) 33... Rc8 (33... g4 {keeps an even firmer grip} 34. hxg4
fxg4 35. Rxg4 Qxb2 36. Rg7+ Kc8 37. Rd1 Rxe5 38. d6 $19) 34. e6+ (34. b3 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Qe3 $19) 34... Ke7 35. Nd4 Qd6+ (35... g4
$142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 36. Nxf5+ Rxf5 37. Rxf5 g3+ 38. Kh1
$19) 36. Kh1 Qxd5 (36... g4 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 37. Nxf5+ Rxf5
38. Rxf5 $19) 37. Nxf5+ Kxe6 38. Ng7+ Kd7 39. Rcc1 Rh7 (39... Rh6 $142 {
makes it even easier for Black} 40. Rcd1 Qxd1 41. Rxd1+ Rd6 $19) 40. Nf5 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (40. Rcd1 Qxd1 (40...
Rxg7 $6 {is no comparison} 41. Rxd5+ Ke6 42. Rd3 $11) 41. Rxd1+ Ke7 42. Nf5+
Kf6 $19) 40... Qf7 (40... Rf7 $142 {finishes off the opponent} 41. Rcd1 Rxf5
42. Rxd5+ Rxd5 $19) 41. Rcd1+ Ke8 42. Rde1+ Kd7 $4 {lets it slip away} (42...
Kf8 {and Black can already relax} 43. Nd4 Re8 44. Rc1 $19) 43. Rd1+ Kc6 44.
Nd4+ Kb6 45. Rxf7 Rxf7 46. Ne6 (46. Nf3 Rf5 $19) 46... Rf5 47. Rd2 (47. b4 a5
48. bxa5+ Rxa5 $19) 47... Re5 48. Ng7 Rf8 49. Kh2 Rf7 50. Nh5 Ref5 51. Kg1 (51.
a3 {is no salvation} c5 $19) 51... Rf1+ 52. Kh2 R1f2 (52... R7f2 {seems even
better} 53. Rd5 Rxb2 54. Rxg5 $19) 53. Rd5 (53. Rd8 {doesn't get the bull off
the ice} Rh7 54. Kg1 Rc2 $19 (54... Rxh5 {is easily refuted} 55. Kxf2 Rh6 56.
Kf3 $14)) 53... R7f5 ({Worse is} 53... Rxb2 54. Rxg5 c5 55. Rg4 $19) 54. Rxf5
Rxf5 55. Kg1 (55. Ng7 {cannot undo what has already been done} Re5 $19) 55...
Rf7 56. g3 (56. Kh2 {doesn't do any good} Rf2 57. Ng7 Rxb2 $19) 56... Kc5 57.
Kg2 Kd4 58. g4 (58. a4 $19 {no good, but what else?}) 58... Kd3 59. Ng3 (59.
Kg1 {doesn't improve anything} a5 60. Kg2 Kc2 $19) 59... hxg3 60. Kxg3 Kc2 61.
b4 Kb2 62. h4 (62. a4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} a5 63. b5 Rd7 $19)
62... gxh4+ 63. Kxh4 Kxa2 64. g5 (64. b5 {hardly improves anything} Rg7 65. Kh5
Rg8 $19) 64... Kb3 (64... Rf4+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 65. Kh5 Rxb4
$19) 65. g6 Rd7 (65... Rf4+ 66. Kh3 Rxb4 67. Kg3 Rb6 68. Kg4 Rxg6+ 69. Kf5 Rb6
70. Kg4 a5 71. Kg5 a4 72. Kf4 a3 73. Kg3 a2 74. Kf4 a1=Q 75. Ke4 Re6+ 76. Kf5
Rf6+ 77. Kg5 Qd4 78. Kh5 Qg1 79. Kh4 Rh6#) 66. Kh5 Kxb4 67. Kh6 (67. Kg4 {
does not save the day} a5 68. Kf3 a4 69. Kg2 a3 70. g7 Rxg7+ 71. Kf1 a2 72. Ke2
a1=Q 73. Kf2 Qe5 74. Kf1 Qh2 75. Ke1 Rg1#) 67... a5 (67... a5 68. Kg5 c6 69.
Kf4 a4 70. Kf5 a3 71. Ke6 Rc7 72. g7 Rxg7 73. Kf6 Rg3 74. Kf7 a2 75. Ke7 Rg7+
76. Kf6 a1=Q+ 77. Kf5 Qf1+ 78. Ke6 Kc5 79. Ke5 Re7#) 0-1