[Event "John Hurt Memorial 3"]
[Site "Memphis,TN"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maclin, Philip"]
[Black "Rice, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1414"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Chess Tiger 14.0 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Nc5 9. Nd2 a6 {last book move} 10. b4 Ncd7 11. Be2 (11. a3 Ne8 $11) 11... h6 {
Consolidates g5} (11... Ne8 12. Nf3 $11) 12. O-O (12. c5 Ne8 $14) 12... Nxe4 (
12... Ne8 13. c5 $14) 13. Ncxe4 f5 14. c5 {White wins space} Qe7 (14... fxe4
15. Nxe4 Nf6 $11) 15. cxd6 $16 cxd6 16. b5 (16. Qc1 $142 $5 fxe4 17. Qc7 $14)
16... fxe4 $11 17. bxa6 (17. Nxe4 axb5 18. Qc1 Ra4 $11) 17... bxa6 (17... Nf6
18. Nc4 bxa6 19. Nb6 $11) 18. Nxe4 $14 {A comfortable square for the white
knight} Nf6 19. f3 {Prevents intrusion on e4+g4} (19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rb1 Qf7
$14) 19... Nh5 (19... Kh7 20. Qd2 $14) 20. Rc1 (20. Rb1 Nf6 $14) 20... Nf4 (
20... Bd7 $14) 21. Bxf4 (21. Rc6 Bd7 22. Rxa6 Bf5 $14) 21... exf4 $11 ({
Less advisable is} 21... Rxf4 22. Rc6 $14) 22. Kh2 (22. Rc6 Be5 $11) 22... Bb7
(22... Bd7 23. Rc7 $11) 23. Bc4 (23. Rb1 Rfd8 $14) 23... Be5 24. Rg1 (24. Qd3
Rfb8 $11) 24... Rac8 (24... Rfc8 25. Qd3 $11) 25. Qe2 (25. Qd3 a5 $11) 25... a5
26. Ba6 (26. Qd2 Qd8 $11) 26... Rxc1 $15 27. Rxc1 Bxd5 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4+
Kg7 (29... Qf7 30. Qc6 d5 31. Nc5 $11) 30. Qc7 {Attacking the isolated pawn on
d6} (30. a4 $5 $11 {is an interesting alternative}) 30... Qxc7 $15 31. Rxc7+
Rf7 32. Rc6 d5 33. Nd6 (33. Nc5 $142 $5 $17) 33... Rd7 $19 34. Ne8+ $4 {
White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (34. Nc8 $142 $19) 34... Kf7 35.
Rc7 (35. Kg1 {is one last hope} d4 36. Kf2 Kxe8 37. Ke2 d3+ 38. Kd1 $19) 35...
Bxc7 36. Nxc7 Rxc7 37. a4 d4 38. Kg1 (38. g3 {does not improve anything} Rc2+
39. Kg1 fxg3 40. Kf1 d3 41. h4 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 Re2+ 43. Kf1 g2+ 44. Kg1 d2 45. f4
d1=Q+ 46. Kh2 g1=Q+ 47. Kh3 Rh2#) 38... d3 39. Kf2 d2 (39... d2 40. Ke2 Rd7 41.
Kd1 g5 42. h4 gxh4 43. g3 hxg3 44. Kc2 d1=Q+ 45. Kc3 Qb1 46. Kc4 Qb4#) (39...
Re7 40. g3 d2 41. gxf4 d1=Q 42. Kg3 Re2 43. f5 Qg1+ 44. Kf4 Qg5#) 0-1