[Event "46th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sims, Carlos"]
[Black "Schlichter, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "807"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d5 3. exd6 {last book move}
cxd6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qe7 (5... Nc6 $5 $16) 6. Bg5 $18 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Nd5 Qxb2 (9... Qd8 10. Qd2 $18) 10. Rb1 (10. Nf3 {keeps an even firmer
grip} Bg4 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Rxb7 Rb8 13. Rxb8+ Nxb8 14. Bb5+ Nd7 $18) 10... Qe5 (
10... Qa3 11. Ne2 Qa5+ 12. c3 Be7 $18) 11. Nc7+ (11. Qd3 $142 {and White can
celebrate victory} Bf5 12. Nf3 Qxe4+ 13. Qxe4+ Bxe4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 $18)
11... Kd7 $16 12. Nxa8 Qxe4+ $4 {solves nothing.} (12... Qc3+ $142 13. Qd2 Qxc4
$16) 13. Be2 $18 Qxg2 (13... Nd4 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 14.
Kf1 Nxe2 15. Nxe2 $18 (15. Qxe2 $6 Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2 b6 $18)) 14. Bf3 Qg5 15.
Bxc6+ (15. Ne2 $142 $5 {and White can already relax} Be7 16. Bd5 Bf6 $18) 15...
bxc6 16. Nf3 Qe7+ (16... Qf4 17. O-O d5 18. c4 $18) 17. Kd2 Bb7 (17... Qe4 {
the last chance for counterplay} 18. Re1 Qd5+ 19. Kc1 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 d5 21.
Ne5+ Ke6 $18) 18. Rxb7+ Kc8 (18... Kd8 {does not solve anything} 19. Qb1 d5 20.
Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Qb7+ Ke6 22. Re1+ Kf6 23. Qxc6+ Kf5 24. Nd4+ Kg4 25. Rg1+ Kh5 26.
Qxd5+ g5 27. Qxf7+ Kh4 28. Nf5+ Kh3 29. Qh5#) 19. Rxe7 Bxe7 20. Qb1 (20. Qe2
Bg5+ 21. Nxg5 Kd7 22. Qg4+ f5 23. Qxf5+ Kd8 24. Nf7+ Ke7 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Nxh6#
) 20... Bg5+ 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Re1 Kd7 (22... Rd8 {does not improve anything}
23. Qb3 c5 24. Rb1 Rf8 25. Qb7+ Kd8 26. Qc7+ Ke8 27. Re1#) 23. Qb7+ Kd8 24.
Qc7# 1-0