[Event "City Championship 2007"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hall, Kenneth"]
[Black "Dasari, Teja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[BlackElo "1335"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5.
Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 {last book move} h6 {Black is behind in developement} 7. O-O {
White castles and improves king safety} Be7 (7... Ne7 8. b3 $14) 8. Bd2 Nd7 9.
h3 {Black's piece can't move: g8} (9. b3 h5 $14) 9... Qb6 {Black threatens to
win material: Qb6xb2} 10. Qb3 Bd8 11. Bb4 {Black has a cramped position} Rb8
12. c3 c5 (12... Be7 $142 $5 $11 {is worth consideration}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Qa3 (14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qa4+ b5 $16) 14... Nd3 (14... Rc8 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qa4+
Rc6 17. Nd4 $14) 15. Bd6 {White threatens to win material: Bd6xb8. Here comes
the goal-getter} Rc8 16. Qa4+ Qc6 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Nbd2 (18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qa4+
Qc6 20. Qxa7 Bb6 $16) 18... Be7 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Be7xd6}
19. Nd4 {The knight is not easily driven from d4} Qb6 (19... Qa4 $5 20. b3 Qd7
21. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11) 20. Bxc5 $14 Bxc5 21. Qa4+ Kd8 (21... Kf8 22. N4f3 $14) 22.
N2b3 (22. N4b3 $5 $18) 22... Ne7 $14 23. Rac1 Nc6 (23... Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25.
Nxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 $14) 24. Nxc5 (24. Nxc6+ Rxc6 25. Qg4 g5 $16) 24... Qxc5 25.
Nxc6+ Rxc6 26. Qg4 Rg8 27. Qf3 {White threatens to win material: Qf3xf7} Rf8
28. Rfd1 (28. Qd3 $142 $16) 28... b5 $2 (28... Kc8 $5 $14 {is worth looking at}
) 29. Qg4 (29. a4 Ke8 $18) 29... Rg8 (29... f6 30. b4 Qe7 31. a4 $16) 30. Qf4 (
30. a4 Ke7 $18) 30... Qe7 31. Qb4 $4 {White lets it slip away} (31. a4 $142 Rc4
32. Qf3 Rxa4 33. b3 $18) 31... Qxb4 $15 32. cxb4 Rxc1 {Black pins: Rc1xd1} 33.
Rxc1 {A rook endgame occured} Kd7 34. Rc5 a6 35. Kf1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 {
A pawn endgame occured} 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Kd4 f6 40. b3 Kf7 (40...
fxe5+ 41. Kxe5 h5 $11) 41. a4 (41. exf6 gxf6 42. Kc5 $16) 41... fxe5+ $17 42.
Kxe5 Ke7 43. f4 (43. f3 g6 $17) 43... g6 44. g3 h5 45. h4 $4 (45. Kd4 Kd6 46.
g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 $19) 45... Kd7 $19 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. a5 (47. Kd3 e5 48. Ke3 $19)
47... Kc6 (47... e5+ $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 48. fxe5+ Ke6 49.
Kc5 Kxe5 50. Kb6 $19) 48. Ke5 (48. Kc3 $19 {is one last hope}) 48... Kd7 49.
Kd4 Kc6 (49... Kc6 50. Ke5 Kc7 $19) (49... Kd6 $142 {secures victory} 50. Kc3
e5 $19) 1/2-1/2