[Event "Fall Classics 5"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pylant, Gary"]
[Black "Brazell, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1839"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{C41: Philidor Defence} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {last book move} h6 4. d4 Qe7
5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nc3 c6 {Covers b5} 7. h3 {Consolidates g4} Nf6 8. a3 {White
has a king attack} Qc7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qd2 {White has a very active position} (
10. Nh4 b5 11. Ba2 Na6 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 {Black has
the pair of bishops} 13. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xc5} Be7 14.
Rfe1 {White has a very active position} (14. Ne2 O-O $11) 14... O-O $15 {
Black castles and improves king safety} 15. Qe3 Be6 (15... b5 $142 {would keep
Black alive} 16. Ba2 a5 $15) 16. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 {White has an active position}
17. Ne2 (17. Na4 Nh5 $14) 17... Nh7 (17... c5 18. Rab1 $14) 18. Ng3 (18. Qb3 $5
Ng5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxe6+ Kh7 21. Ng3 $14) 18... Ng5 $11 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20.
Qe2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rde8 22. c4 Rf7 (22... c5 23. Rf1 $11) 23. c5 $14 {White
gets more space} Ref8 24. Rf1 b6 25. Qc4 {White threatens to win material:
Qc4xe6} Qe7 $2 (25... bxc5 $142 26. Qxc5 Bh4 $16) 26. cxb6 $18 axb6 27. Qxc6
Rxf2 $2 (27... Rb8 28. Rd6 Rf6 29. Rd7 $18) 28. Qxb6 (28. Rxf2 $142 {finishes
off the opponent} Be3 29. Rdd2 $18) 28... Rxf1+ $16 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 Qd7
31. Qb8+ (31. b5 Bd8 32. Qc5 Qd1 $18) 31... Bd8 (31... Kf7 $142 $5 32. Qxe5
Qa7+ 33. Kh2 Qxa3 34. Qc7+ Ke8 $16) 32. Qxe5 $18 Bc7 (32... Bf6 33. Qg3 $18)
33. Qc3 (33. Qc5 {and White can already relax} Kf7 $18) 33... Qd6 (33... Bb6+
34. Kh1 Qd1 $18) 34. Qf3 $4 {with this move White loses his initiative} (34. a4
$142 {and White has triumphed} Qb6+ 35. Kh1 $18) 34... Bb6+ $16 35. Kh1 e5 $2 (
35... Qd4 $142 36. Kh2 g5 $16) 36. Qb3+ (36. Kh2 {seems even better} Qd4 $18)
36... Kh7 37. Qf3 $4 {instead of simply winning the game} (37. Kh2 {keeps an
even firmer grip} Qd4 38. Qf3 Kg8 $18) 37... Qd4 $4 {hands over the advantage
to the opponent} (37... Kg8 38. Kh2 Qd4 $18) 38. Kh2 $18 Qg1+ 39. Kg3 Qd4 40.
Nh2 (40. h4 $142 $18 {might be the shorter path}) 40... Qe3 (40... Qa1 $18 {
what else?}) 41. Qxe3 Bxe3 42. Nf3 Bd4 (42... Ba7 {there is nothing better in
the position} 43. a4 g6 $18) 43. Nxd4 1-0