[Event "October Chess Festival 6"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2006.10.27"] [Round "2"] [White "McCarver, Dan"] [Black "Pylant, Gary"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "948"] [BlackElo "1856"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 {last book move} 4. Na4 {White threatens to win material: Na4xc5} Bg7 5. Nxc5 $2 (5. Be2 $142 $11 {and White can hope to live}) 5... Qa5+ $19 6. Qd2 (6. c3 Qxc5 7. d4 $19) 6... Qxc5 7. Nf3 d6 (7... d5 {and Black can already relax} 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 $19) 8. c3 a6 (8... d5 9. d4 Qa5 10. Bd3 $19) 9. d4 Qb6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 (12. Bd3 $19) 12... Bg7 13. Qc2 (13. Bd3 Qc5 $19) 13... Nf6 ( 13... f5 {and Black can already relax} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd3 $19) 14. Qd3 (14. Bd3 Nd7 $19) 14... Ng4 (14... e6 {might be the shorter path} 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. f5 $19) 15. Qe2 (15. Qd2 f5 16. e5 dxe5 $19) 15... h5 (15... f5 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: Black will win} 16. h3 Nf6 $19) 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 {White plans e5} Bd7 (18... O-O 19. Qe3 $19) 19. c4 (19. Qe3 h4 $19 ) 19... O-O 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 $2 (21. fxe5 Nh7 $19) 21... Qc8 (21... Qa5+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 22. Kf2 Bf5 $19) 22. d6 $4 {White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (22. Qe3 $19) 22... exd6 23. Bxd6 (23. Bxf6 {doesn't improve anything} Re8 24. Be7 Be6 $19) 23... Re8 24. Be7 (24. Be5 {no good, but what else?} Bf5 25. Qf3 $19) 24... Bf5 (24... Ba4 25. Kf2 Qc7 26. Kg1 Rxe7 27. Qd3 $19) 25. Kf2 (25. O-O-O {is not the saving move} Qc7 26. Bd6 Rxe2 27. Bxc7 Rc2+ 28. Kb1 Rxc4+ 29. Bd3 Bxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Rxc7 $19) 25... Ne4+ (25... Qc7 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 26. Kg1 Rxe7 $19) 26. Kf3 (26. Kg1 { the only chance to get some counterplay} Rxe7 27. Rd1 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 $19) 26... Rxe7 27. g4 hxg4+ (27... Ng5+ $1 28. Kg2 Rxe2+ 29. Bxe2 Be4+ 30. Kf2 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Qe3 32. fxg5 Bg2+ 33. Ke1 Rd8 34. Rf1 Qg3+ 35. Rf2 Qc3+ 36. bxc3 Bxc3#) 28. Kg2 gxh3+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Bxh3 Bxh3 (30... Qxf4+ 31. Kg2 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Bxh3+ 33. Rxh3 Qxh3+ 34. Ke1 Qh1+ 35. Qf1 Nc3+ 36. Kf2 Bd4+ 37. Kg3 Re3+ 38. Kg4 Qh5+ 39. Kf4 Qh4#) 31. Kxh3 Ng5+ $1 {Theme: Clearance for e7-e2} 32. fxg5 (32. Kg4 { does not improve anything} Rxe2 33. Rh8+ Bxh8 34. Kg3 Ne4+ 35. Kg4 Qd7+ 36. Kf3 Qd3+ 37. Kg4 Qg3#) 32... Rxe2 {Annihilates a defender: e2} 33. Rab1 (33. Rad1 { hardly improves anything} Re3+ 34. Kg2 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Rf3+ 36. Ke2 Qf2#) 33... Qd7+ 34. Kg3 (34. Kh4 {does not help much} Rg2 35. Rbf1 Qg4#) 34... Qd3+ 35. Kg4 (35. Kh4 {cannot undo what has already been done} Re4#) 35... Re4# 0-1