[Event "Summer Simul #1"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.06.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Palatnik, Sam"] [Black "Maneclang, Tony"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "1565"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Qb3 {last book move} b6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 { Covers d5} 8. Nb5 Na6 9. a3 Nf6 10. Bf4 Be7 (10... Ne4 11. e3 f6 12. Nd2 $16) 11. Ne5 (11. e3 $142 $16) 11... O-O $2 (11... Nh5 $142 12. Bd2 Nf6 $16) 12. Nc6 $18 Rfe8 (12... Bd8 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bd6 $18) 13. Nbxa7 (13. e3 $5 {might be the shorter path} Nh5 14. Be5 f6 $18) 13... Nh5 14. Bd2 Nb8 (14... Nc7 15. Rg1 Bc2 $18) 15. e3 (15. Nxe7+ $142 {seems even better} Rxe7 16. Rc1 $18) 15... Nxc6 16. Nxc6 Bd6 17. Bb5 Rec8 18. Ke2 Nf6 19. Rhc1 Ne4 (19... Rc7 20. Bb4 Ne8 21. a4 $16) 20. h3 (20. Bb4 $5 Kf8 $18) 20... Nxd2 $16 21. Kxd2 h6 (21... f6 22. Rc3 $16) 22. Rc3 Rc7 23. Rac1 g5 24. Ne5 Rxc3 (24... Rac8 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 $18) 25. Rxc3 (25. bxc3 $6 Rxa3 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 b5 $11) (25. Kxc3 $6 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rc8+ 27. Kd2 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 f6 29. exf6 Kf7 $16) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Kg7 (26... f6 27. g4 Be4 28. Rc6 $18) 27. Rc7 Rb8 28. a4 Bg6 (28... h5 29. f3 $18) 29. b4 h5 30. Bc6 Bf5 (30... Kf8 $18) 31. Rb7 Rxb7 (31... Ra8 {is still a small chance} 32. Rxb6 Ra7 $18) 32. Bxb7 Kf8 (32... Be4 {does not improve anything} 33. f3 Bf5 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 $18) 1-0