[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sims, Carlos"]
[Black "Polk, J. Stanton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 {last book move}
4. f3 a6 5. Ne2 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 (8. a4 c6 $16) 8... b4 $2 (8...
bxc4 $142 $5 {must be considered} 9. Bc2 d5 $11) 9. d5 c5 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nh3 (
11. Ne2 a5 $16) 11... Be7 $14 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 {White has a new backward
pawn: e4} O-O 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Bg3 {Black has a cramped position} (15. e5 Nxe5
16. Bxe5 dxe5 $14) 15... Bf8 (15... Ne5 16. Nf3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 $11) 16. Bh4 (16.
Bc2 Qe7 $14) 16... Qc7 (16... Be7 17. Bc2 $11) 17. Bxf6 (17. Nf2 Be7 $14) 17...
Nxf6 $11 18. Rxf6 gxf6 {Black wins the exchange} 19. Qg4+ (19. Qh5 Bg7 $11)
19... Bg7 $15 20. e5 (20. Nf4 Bc8 21. Qg3 Qd7 $17) 20... fxe5 (20... Qe7 21.
Re1 fxe5 $11 (21... dxe5 $143 22. Qf5 Kf8 23. Qxh7 $16)) 21. Rf1 $11 h6 $4 {
a transit from better to worse} (21... Bc8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 $14) 22.
Ne4 $16 Re7 $4 {cause more grief} (22... Kf8 23. Qg6 Rac8 $18) 23. Nf6+ $18 Kf8
24. Nh5 f5 (24... Bh8 25. Bh7 Ree8 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Rxf7+ Kd8 28. Qxe8+ Kxe8
29. Rxc7 b3 30. axb3 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Kd8 $18) 25. Bxf5 Rf7 26. Nxg7 (26. Bd7 $142
$1 {and White can already relax} Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qxd7 28. Qxd7 Bh8 29. Qxb7 Rd8
$18) 26... Rxg7 27. Be6+ Ke8 28. Qh5+ Kd8 29. Rf8+ Ke7 30. Rf7+ Kd8 31. Rxc7 (
31. Qh4+ Ke8 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qxh6 Bc6 34. dxc6 Rca7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh7+ Kf6
37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Bf5+ Kh8 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Be6+ Rf7 42. Qg6+ Kh8
43. Bxf7 d5 44. Qh6#) 31... Kxc7 32. Qxh6 Re7 33. Qf6 (33. Qf6 Ree8 34. Ng5 $18
) 1-0