[Event "Candidates 2008"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.01.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Sims, Carlos"] [Black "Horobetz, Graham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1986"] [BlackElo "1541"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 {last book move} g6 { Consolidates f5} 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. f4 (5. Ngf3 O-O $15) 5... Bg4 (5... c5 6. c3 $15 ) 6. Ngf3 $11 e6 {Secures f5} 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe1 Bxf3 (8... c5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxg4 Nxg4 11. c3 $11) 9. Rxf3 ({Instead of} 9. gxf3 c5 $15) 9... c6 {Controls b5} 10. c3 h5 11. e4 (11. b3 O-O $14) 11... Nb6 (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 $11) 12. exd5 (12. e5 Ng4 $16) 12... cxd5 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Qe7 (14... Nbd7 15. Bd3 $16) 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. a4 (16. Nb3 Ne8 $16) 16... Rdg8 17. a5 Na8 $2 (17... Nbd7 $142 $5 $16) 18. a6 b6 19. b3 (19. Nf1 Nd7 $18) 19... Qd7 (19... Nc7 20. h3 $18) 20. Nf1 (20. Qf1 Qc7 21. Nb1 $18 (21. Rxf6 {is the weaker alternative} Bxf6 22. Ra2 Qd8 $11 (22... Qxc3 $2 {fails because of} 23. Rc2 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 $18))) 20... Ne8 $16 21. Bf4 Qe7 (21... Nac7 $5 $16) 22. Ne3 $18 Bf8 $4 {terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (22... Nac7 $18) 23. c4 (23. Nxd5 {makes it even easier for White} Qd7 24. Be4 h4 $18) 23... Nec7 (23... Nac7 {there is nothing else anyway} 24. cxd5 Qb4 $18) 24. cxd5 Nxd5 (24... Qb4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 25. Qxb4 Bxb4 26. Be5 $18) 25. Rc1+ (25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Re3 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Bc5 28. dxc5 Re8 29. Bf5+ Re6 30. Bxe6+ fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32. Rd1 Rh7 33. Rxd5+ Rd7 34. Qxd7#) 25... Kd8 (25... Ndc7 {hoping against hope} 26. Qc3 Kd8 $18) 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Qc3 Qd7 28. Bf5 $3 {Decoy: f5} (28. Bf5 Qe6 29. Bxe6 Bc5 30. dxc5 Rh6 31. Bxh6 fxe6 32. Qf6+ Kc8 33. Qxe6+ Kd8 34. Qxg8+ Kd7 35. Rf7+ Kc6 36. Qe8#) 1-0