[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davison, Edgar"]
[Black "Beatty, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
{A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4
d6 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 {last book move} h6 11.
Bxf6 Nxf6 {Black has the pair of bishops} 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Qb3 (13. c4 O-O $14)
13... Qc7 14. Re3 (14. c4 O-O $14) 14... O-O-O 15. a4 $14 {White has an active
position} Kb8 (15... a5 $5 $14 {should be considered}) 16. a5 $16 Rc8 (16... g5
17. Ne1 $16) 17. Nc4 (17. Ree1 g5 18. axb6 Nxb6 $16) 17... Bd5 $16 18. Ra4 Qc6
(18... Rhe8 19. Rb4 $16) 19. Rb4 (19. Qb4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 d5 21. Bxd5 Bxb4 22.
Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxb4 Kc7 $16) 19... Kc7 (19... Rc7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Qc2 $16) 20.
Qc2 (20. axb6+ $142 axb6 21. Qd1 $18) 20... Bxf3 $2 (20... b5 $142 21. Na3 a6
22. Nxb5+ axb5 23. Bxb5 Qa8 $16) 21. axb6+ (21. Rxf3 {seems even better} Rhf8
22. Nxb6 axb6 $18) 21... axb6 22. Rxf3 ({Instead of} 22. gxf3 d5 23. Ra4 Ra8 (
23... dxc4 $143 24. Rxc4 Nc5 25. dxc5 $16) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $15) 22... f6 (22...
Bf6 23. Na3 d5 24. Bb5 $18) 23. Na3 d5 24. Bb5 Qb7 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. c4 Rhc8 27.
h3 (27. Rxa8 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qxa8 28. Re3 Bd6 $18) 27... Kd8 (27...
Rxa4 28. Qxa4 (28. Bxa4 $143 Kb8 $16) 28... Kd8 29. Rc3 $18) 28. Qe2 (28. Rxa8
$142 $5 {and White can already relax} Rxa8 29. Qg6 dxc4 30. Qxg7 $18) 28...
Rxa4 29. Bxa4 Bxa3 30. Rxa3 (30. bxa3 $6 Rxc4 31. Bb5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Nf8 $11)
30... Rxc4 (30... Nf8 31. Bb5 dxc4 32. Qh5 $18) 31. Qxe6 b5 32. Bb3 Rxd4 33.
Ra8+ Kc7 (33... Qxa8 34. Qg8+ {Theme: Double Attack}) 34. Qe8 Rb4 $4 {causes
even greater problems} (34... Re4 $142 35. Qd8+ Kd6 $16) 35. Rd8 $18 Nc5 (35...
Qc6 {does not save the day} 36. Rc8+ Kb7 37. Rxc6 Kxc6 38. Qa8+ Kd6 39. Qa3 $18
) 36. Bxd5 (36. Bxd5 Re4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. Rd7+ Nxd7 39. Qxe4 $18) 1-0