[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2003.01.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Harbert"] [Black "Pillai"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D03"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 {last book move} Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 (7... Nb4 8. Be2) 8. c3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. Qc2 b5 12. e4 (12. b3 b4) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 (13... Nxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 $16) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Rab8 16. a3 Qd6 17. Ne5 (17. Rad1 Bc8) 17... f5 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc5) 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qd3 Bb7 (19... Rf8 20. Re2 $16) 20. Qg3 Rbd8 21. Re3 (21. b4 Rf8) 21... Rf8 22. f4 c5 23. Rd1 c4 {Black wins space} (23... Qb6 24. Red3 Be4) 24. Qf2 Be4 25. Rg3 Rf6 26. Re1 a5 27. h4 (27. Qe2 Rb8) 27... Kh7 (27... Rc8 28. Ree3) 28. h5 b4 (28... Rc8) 29. axb4 Bd5 (29... axb4 30. Nxc4 Qd5 31. Ne5 $18) 30. Rg6 (30. bxa5 {seems even better} Ra8 31. Ra1 Qc7) 30... Qc7 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Qh4 Rff8 {simply worsens the situation} (32... Qa2 33. Rxg7+ {Demolition of pawn structure} Kxg7 34. Re3) 33. Re3 (33. Qe7 Rg8 34. Rxh6+ Kxh6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Nf7#) 33... Qc7 34. Qf2 Rg8 35. g4 fxg4 (35... Ra8 36. g5) 36. Rxg4 (36. Qc2 {might be the shorter path} Kh8 37. Rxe6) 36... Rdf8 37. Qc2+ (37. b3) 37... Rf5 38. Reg3 (38. Kf1 Qb7) 38... Qa7 (38... Qb7 39. Rg6) 39. Kh2 (39. Qb1 $16) 39... Qb7 40. Rh4 Be4 {Black threatens to win material: Be4xc2} (40... Ra8 41. Qb1) 41. Qc1 Qc8 42. Re3 {White threatens to win material: Re3xe4} Bd5 43. Qg1 {Black king safety dropped} Rf6 (43... Qb7 { is worth looking at}) 44. Qg6+ {registering a claim to victory} Kh8 (44... Rxg6 45. hxg6+) 45. Nf7+ (45. Qb1 Re8 46. b4) 45... Rxf7 46. Qxf7 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. White wins the exchange} Qb8 { Black has a mate threat} 47. Re2 Rf8 {Black threatens to win material: Rf8xf7} 48. Qg6 Rxf4 49. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 1/2-1/2