[Event "Candidates 2007"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hall, Kenneth"]
[Black "Quintrell, Oran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d5 {last book move} 6. c4 e6 {Consolidates f5} (
6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 Ne4 8. Bd3 $11) 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3 Ba6 9. Qc2 c5 10. Ba3 Re8 (
10... Nbd7 11. Rac1 $14) 11. dxc5 $16 bxc5 12. Bxc5 Ne4 $2 (12... Nbd7 13. Ba3
$16) 13. Bd4 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (13. Nxe4 $142 {makes it even
easier for White} Bxa1 14. Rxa1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 $18) 13... f6 $4 {further
deteriorates the position} (13... Nxd2 $142 14. Nxd2 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 $16) 14.
Nxe4 $18 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Rfd1 Qc6 (17... Bb7 {does not win
a prize} 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Ba3 $18) 18. Bxa7 Nc5 (18... Bb7 {does not improve
anything} 19. Bd4 e5 20. Bc3 $18) 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rac1 Bb7 21. Nd4 (21. Qd3 {
seems even better} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qh5 $18) 21... Qg5 (21... Bf8 {
is not much help} 22. Qd2 Qg5 23. f4 $18) 22. g3 (22. f4 {keeps an even firmer
grip} Qc5 23. Qd2 Qc8 $18) 22... e5 (22... Qc5 {cannot change what is in store
for ?} 23. b4 Qxb4 24. c5 $18) 23. f4 (23. Nb5 $142 $5 {seems even better} Bc6
24. Nd6 Ra8 $18) 23... Qg4 24. Qe2 Qxe2 (24... Qh3 {no good, but what else?}
25. fxe5 fxe5 $18) 25. Nxe2 Bf3 (25... exf4 {doesn't improve anything} 26. Nxf4
f5 27. c5 $18) 26. Kf2 e4 (26... Bc6 {cannot undo what has already been done}
27. b4 exf4 28. gxf4 $18) 27. Rc2 (27. c5 $142 {and White can already relax} g5
28. a4 Ra8 $18) 27... f5 (27... g5 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the
game} 28. b4 Bf8 29. c5 $18) 28. b4 Bf6 29. a4 Be7 (29... Ra8 {doesn't change
the outcome of the game} 30. a5 h5 31. c5 $18) 30. Rb1 (30. c5 {makes it even
easier for White} h5 $18) 30... Rd8 (30... Ra8 {does not solve anything} 31.
Ra2 Rc8 32. a5 Rxc4 33. a6 $18) 31. b5 (31. a5 {might be the shorter path} g5
32. a6 h6 $18) 31... Kf8 (31... Bc5 {is no salvation} 32. b6 Bxe2 33. Kxe2 Bxb6
34. Rxb6 $18) 32. b6 Bc5 33. b7 Ba7 34. c5 (34. c5 Rd7 35. Nd4 $18) 1-0