[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Beasy, Robert"] [Black "Smith, Aaron"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "1631"] [BlackElo "1678"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (30s)"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 {last book move. Black has the pair of bishops} 8. Qb3 {White threatens to win material: Qb3xd5} Nd7 9. Nxd5 Nb6 (9... O-O 10. Nf3 $16) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Rfe8 13. O-O c6 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nf8 18. b4 Rd5 19. Ne5 Ng6 ( 19... Qe7 20. Qc4 $16) 20. f4 Nxe5 21. fxe5 ({Less advisable is} 21. dxe5 Qe7 $14) 21... Qe7 22. Qc3 f6 23. e4 Rb5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. a3 Qxe4 26. Rae1 Qg6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Rxf6 Rg5 29. Qb3+ Kg7 30. Re6 Qf7 (30... Qd7 31. Qe3 Kf7 32. Re4 $18) 31. Qe3 Rf5 (31... Kf8 32. h3 $18 (32. Qxg5 $6 Qxe6 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qf4+ Qf5 $16)) 32. h3 Rf1+ (32... Kf8 33. g4 Rd5 34. Re4 $18) 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Re7+ Rf7 (35... Kg6 36. Rxb7 a5 37. bxa5 Rxd4 $18) 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Kf4 Kd5 39. Ke3 b6 (39... Kd6 {is not the saving move} 40. g4 $18) 40. g4 c5 (40... Ke6 $18 {there is nothing else anyway}) 41. dxc5 bxc5 42. bxc5 Kxc5 43. Ke4 (43. Kf4 $142 {seems even better} Kd5 44. Kf5 $18) 43... Kc4 (43... Kd6 {is the last straw} 44. a4 Ke6 $18) 44. g5 Kb3 45. h4 Kxa3 (45... a6 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 46. h5 Kb2 47. g6 h6 48. a4 Kc3 49. g7 Kc4 50. g8=Q+ Kc3 51. Ke3 Kc2 52. Qc4+ Kb2 53. Kd3 Kb1 54. Qc2+ Ka1 55. Kc3 a5 56. Qb2#) 46. h5 a5 (46... Kb4 {does not solve anything} 47. g6 h6 48. g7 Kc4 49. g8=Q+ Kc5 50. Qg1+ Kd6 51. Qg3+ Kd7 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Qg7+ Kd8 54. Kd6 a5 55. Qd7#) 47. g6 hxg6 48. hxg6 a4 (48... Kb4 {does not win a prize} 49. g7 Kc5 50. g8=Q Kd6 51. Qg6+ Kc5 52. Qg5+ Kc6 53. Qd5+ Kc7 54. Kd4 a4 55. Kc5 Kb8 56. Kc6 a3 57. Qf7 a2 58. Qb7#) 49. g7 Kb2 (49... Kb3 {doesn't do any good} 50. g8=Q+ Kc3 51. Qg7+ Kb3 52. Qc7 Kb4 53. Qc2 Kb5 54. Kd5 Kb6 55. Qc6+ Ka7 56. Qc7+ Ka6 57. Kc5 a3 58. Qb6#) 50. g8=Q a3 (50... Kc3 {does not help much} 51. Qg7+ Kc2 52. Qe5 Kb3 53. Qb5+ Kc2 54. Qxa4+ Kc3 55. Ke3 Kb2 56. Kd3 Kb1 57. Kc3 Kc1 58. Qc2#) 51. Qg2+ (51. Kd3 a2 52. Qh8+ Kb1 53. Qb8+ Kc1 54. Qc7+ Kb1 55. Qc2+ Ka1 56. Qc1#) 51... Kb1 (51... Kc3 {is not much help} 52. Qg7+ Kb3 53. Qb7+ Kc2 54. Qd5 Kb2 55. Kd3 a2 56. Qe5+ Kb1 57. Qb5+ Kc1 58. Qb3 a1=N 59. Qa2 Nc2 60. Qxc2#) 52. Qg1+ (52. Kd3 a2 53. Qc2+ Ka1 54. Qc1#) 52... Kb2 (52... Kc2 {doesn't change anything anymore} 53. Qc5+ Kd2 54. Qe3+ Kc2 55. Qxa3 Kb1 56. Qb4+ Ka2 57. Kd3 Ka1 58. Kc3 Ka2 59. Qb2#) 53. Qf2+ (53. Kd3 a2 54. Qb6+ Ka3 55. Kc4 a1=N 56. Kc3 Nb3 57. Qxb3#) 53... Kb1 (53... Kc3 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 54. Qc5+ Kb2 55. Kd3 Kb3 56. Qb6+ Ka2 57. Kc2 Ka1 58. Qb1#) 54. Qe1+ (54. Kd3 a2 55. Qc2+ Ka1 56. Qc1#) 54... Kb2 (54... Kc2 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 55. Qa5 a2 56. Qxa2+ Kc3 57. Qa4 Kd2 58. Qb4+ Ke2 59. Qb2+ Kf1 60. Kf3 Ke1 61. Qe2#) 55. Qb4+ (55. Kd3 a2 56. Qc3+ Kb1 57. Qc2+ Ka1 58. Qc1#) 55... Ka2 (55... Kc2 {does not save the day} 56. Qxa3 Kb1 57. Qb4+ Kc2 58. Ke3 Kc1 59. Kd3 Kd1 60. Qd2#) 56. Kd3 Ka1 57. Kc2 (57. Kc2 a2 58. Qd4#) 1-0