[Event "Pawn Power Open 4"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Leroy"]
[Black "Herbers, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 {last book move} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 {White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bh5
12. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} a5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 16. Nf5 {White threatens to win
material: Nf5xd6} Bf8 17. Bf4 Ne4 (17... Nb6 18. Ng3 $11) 18. f3 (18. Nxe4 $142
$5 {must definitely be considered} dxe4 19. Re1 $11) 18... Nxc3 $15 19. Rxc3
Qf6 {Black threatens to win material: Qf6xf5} 20. Qc2 Re6 (20... g6 21. Ng3 $15
(21. Nxh6+ $2 {doesn't solve anything} Bxh6 22. Bxh6 g5 $19)) 21. Ng3 g6 {
Consolidates f5+h5} 22. Nf1 Rae8 23. Bg3 Nb6 24. Be5 {White threatens to win
material: Be5xf6} Qe7 25. Nd2 Nd7 {Black threatens to win material: Nd7xe5} 26.
Bc7 $2 (26. f4 Bg7 $15) 26... Bg7 (26... c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. b4 Qxc7 29. Nb3
$19) 27. Qd3 $2 (27. Rd3 $142 $15 {and White has air to breath}) 27... c5 $19
28. Be5 $6 {not the greatest defence} (28. Nf1 cxd4 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. Rxc6 bxc6
31. Bxa5 c5 $19) 28... Nxe5 (28... c4 $5 {seems even better} 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30.
Qxc4 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Rd3 $19) 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Rc2 Bd4 (30... Rd8 $142
$5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 31. Nf1 c4 $19) 31. Nf1 b6 (31... a4 $142 $19)
32. Red2 $4 {cause more grief} (32. Kf2 $142 Be5 33. Qxd5 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 $17)
32... Rxe3 $1 $19 {Clearance to allow e7-e3.} 33. Nxe3 (33. Qxe3 {A pinning
theme} Bxe3+ {A double attack}) 33... Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 (34. Kf1 {doesn't change
anything anymore} Bxd2 35. Qxd2 d4 $19) 34... Bxd2 35. Rxd2 d4 36. Kh2 Qe3 37.
Qc2 (37. Qxe3 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rxe3 (37... dxe3 $6 38.
Re2 $19) 38. Kg3 Kg7 $19) 37... c4 (37... Qf4+ $142 {and Black can already
relax} 38. g3 Qxf3 $19) 38. Qa4 (38. Qd1 {a fruitless try to alter the course
of the game} d3 $19) 38... Re6 (38... Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Qxd2+ 41. Kg3
Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. g3 Qe7 44. Qe8+ Qxe8 45. g4 Qe2+ 46. Kg3 Rg1+ 47. Kh4
Qe1#) 39. Rc2 (39. Qd1 {hoping against hope} d3 40. Kg3 $19) 39... Qf4+ (39...
Qf4+ 40. g3 Qxf3 41. Qxc4 d3 42. Qxe6 fxe6 $19 (42... dxc2 $6 {is impossible}
43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qxc2 $19)) 0-1