[Event "Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2002.11.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Rudolf, Hauke"] [Black "Schoumacher, Robert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "1879"] [BlackElo "1469"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 {last book move} c5 9. Nxc5 Nc6 {Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Be2 ( 11. Bd3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Bxe4 Re8 $14) 11... Qb6 12. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} Rd8 {d4 becomes the focus of attention} 13. Qc2 {White prepares c5} Nxd4 14. Nfxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Rad1 e5 17. c5 Qf6 (17... Qc7 $5 $14) 18. Rxd4 $16 exd4 19. Qe4 Bd7 20. Qxb7 (20. Bd3 Re8 21. Qxb7 Bc6 $16) 20... Bc6 21. Qc7 Re8 (21... Qg6 $5 22. f3 Qe6 $16) 22. Bd3 (22. Bc4 Re5 $18) 22... Ba8 (22... Qe6 $5 23. b4 a6 $18) 23. b4 $18 Qg5 $2 (23... Qe6 24. Qf4 (24. Qxa7 $6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 $11) 24... Qd5 25. f3 $18) 24. Qg3 (24. c6 $142 $18 {finishes off the opponent}) 24... Qd2 25. Bb5 Rf8 26. a3 Be4 (26... a5 27. Qd3 Qg5 28. f3 $18) 27. Qe5 f5 (27... Bc2 28. Qc7 d3 29. Qxa7 $16) 28. c6 Qc3 (28... Qc2 29. c7 Bb7 30. Bd7 $18) 29. Rd1 (29. c7 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Bb7 $18) 29... a6 30. Bxa6 Qxc6 31. b5 (31. Bf1 d3 32. f3 Qc2 $18) 31... Qc3 32. Qxd4 Qxa3 33. Ra1 (33. f3 Ba8 $18) 33... Qd3 34. Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Rd1 Re8 36. h3 Be2 37. Rd5 g6 38. Bb7 Rb8 39. Bc6 Kf7 40. f3 Ke6 41. Rd2 Bc4 42. f4 (42. Rc2 Bb3 43. Rc3 Ba2 $18) 42... g5 $2 (42... Rb6 $142 $5 $14 {and Black is still in the game}) 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kf2 (44. Rc2 Bd3 45. Rc3 Bxb5 $18) 44... Ke5 45. Rd1 Bb3 (45... Rb6 46. Rb1 $16) 46. Re1+ (46. Rb1 Ba2 47. Rb2 $18) 46... Kf6 $2 (46... Kd6 47. Re8 Rxe8 48. Bxe8 $16) 47. Re8 (47. Rb1 $142 $5 Ba2 48. Rb2 Be6 $18) 47... Rb6 $16 48. Re3 {White threatens to win material: Re3xb3} (48. Rf8+ $142 Ke5 49. g3 $16) 48... Bc4 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Bc4xb5} 49. Be8 Bf7 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (49... Rb8 $142 $11 { would keep Black alive}) 50. Bxf7 $18 Kxf7 51. Re5 Kf6 52. Rc5 Ke6 $2 (52... Rb7 53. Kf3 $18) 53. Ke3 (53. g4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} fxg4 54. hxg4 $18) 53... g4 $4 {terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} ( 53... Rb8 $142 $18) 54. hxg4 (54. Rc6+ Rxc6 55. bxc6 gxh3 56. gxh3 Kd6 57. h4 f4+ 58. Kxf4 Kc5 59. c7 Kc4 60. c8=Q+ Kb4 61. h5 Ka3 62. h6 Kb4 63. h7 Kb3 64. h8=Q Ka4 65. Qc4+ Ka5 66. Qd8#) 54... fxg4 (54... f4+ {no good, but what else?} 55. Kxf4 Kf7 $18) 55. Rc6+ Rxc6 56. bxc6 Kd6 (56... Ke5 {does not solve anything} 57. c7 Kd5 58. c8=Q g3 59. Qc7 Ke6 60. Qd8 Ke5 61. Qd7 Kf6 62. Kf4 Kg6 63. Qe7 Kh6 64. Kf5 Kh5 65. Qg5#) 57. Kf4 Kxc6 (57... g3 {is no salvation} 58. Kxg3 Ke5 59. c7 Ke6 60. c8=Q+ Ke5 61. Qd7 Ke4 62. Qd6 Ke3 63. Qd5 Ke2 64. Qd4 Ke1 65. Kf3 Kf1 66. Qf2#) 58. Kxg4 Kd6 (58... Kb6 {does not improve anything} 59. Kf5 Kc6 60. g4 Kb7 61. Kf6 Kc6 62. g5 Kb6 63. g6 Ka5 64. g7 Kb4 65. g8=Q Kc3 66. Kg6 Kb4 67. Qc8 Kb5 68. Qc3 Ka4 69. Qb2 Ka5 70. Qb3 Ka6 71. Qb4 Ka7 72. Qb5 Ka8 73. Kf5 Ka7 74. Qc6 Kb8 75. Ke4 Ka7 76. Kd5 Kb8 77. Qb5+ Kc7 78. Ke6 Kc8 79. Kd6 Kd8 80. Qd7#) 59. Kf5 Ke7 60. Kg6 Kf8 61. g3 Kg8 (61... Ke8 {cannot change destiny} 62. g4 Ke7 63. g5 Ke6 64. Kh7 Ke5 65. g6 Kd5 66. g7 Kc4 67. g8=Q+ Kc3 68. Kg6 Kb4 69. Qc8 Ka4 70. Qc4+ Ka5 71. Kh7 Kb6 72. Qd5 Kc7 73. Qc5+ Kb7 74. Qd6 Kc8 75. Qc6+ Kb8 76. Kg6 Ka7 77. Kf5 Kb8 78. Ke5 Ka7 79. Qb5 Ka8 80. Kd5 Ka7 81. Kc6 Ka8 82. Qb7#) 62. g4 Kh8 (62... Kf8 {does not win a prize} 63. Kh7 Ke7 64. g5 Kd6 65. g6 Kc5 66. g7 Kc4 67. g8=Q+ Kb5 68. Qb3+ Kc6 69. Qc4+ Kb6 70. Qb4+ Ka7 71. Qb5 Ka8 72. Kg6 Ka7 73. Kf5 Ka8 74. Ke5 Ka7 75. Kd6 Ka8 76. Kc7 Ka7 77. Qb7#) 63. Kf7 (63. g5 Kg8 64. Kh6 Kf7 65. g6+ Ke6 66. g7 Ke5 67. Kg6 Ke6 68. g8=Q+ Kd6 69. Qc4 Kd7 70. Qc5 Ke6 71. Qd4 Ke7 72. Qd5 Ke8 73. Kf6 Kf8 74. Qf7#) 63... Kh7 64. g5 Kh8 65. Kg6 Kg8 66. Kf5 (66. Kh6 Kf7 67. g6+ Kf6 68. g7 Kf7 69. Kh7 Ke6 70. g8=Q+ Kd6 71. Qc4 Kd7 72. Qc5 Kd8 73. Qd6+ Kc8 74. Qc6+ Kb8 75. Kg6 Ka7 76. Kf5 Kb8 77. Qb6+ Ka8 78. Qb5 Ka7 79. Ke4 Ka8 80. Qc6+ Kb8 81. Kd4 Ka7 82. Kd5 Kb8 83. Qb5+ Kc7 84. Ke6 Kc8 85. Kd6 Kd8 86. Qd7#) 66... Kf7 $11 1/2-1/2