[Event "Memphis Candidates"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pylant, Gary"]
[Black "Sims, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2
d6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O {last book move} Qc7 8. Bg5 e5 9. Qd2 Re8 (9...
Ng4 10. Qc1 $11) 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {White has the pair of bishops
} Na6 13. Rab1 Nc5 14. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xc5} Ne6 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Bg2 Rf8 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. d4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 {White has an
active position.} (20. Bxe4 $142 $5 {would keep White in the game} Rae8 21. Qd3
$14) 20... Nb6 $15 21. Rbc1 d5 {Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn
on f4} 22. cxd5 (22. c5 $5 dxe4 23. cxb6 $17) 22... Nxd5 $19 23. Nc5 Nxe3 (
23... Nexf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Kh1 $19) 24. Nxe6 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 (25. Nxc7 $4 {
White goes after material, which is his undoing} Nxd2 26. d5 Rac8 $19) 25...
Qd6 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 (26... Bxd4+ $142 $5 27. Kh1 Rxf8 $19 (27... Kxf8 $143 28. f5
Kg8 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qe2 $17)) 27. d5 $15 Bh6 {Black threatens to win
material: Bh6xf4} 28. Rd1 Bxf4 29. Qd3 (29. Qe1 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Qf6 $17) 29...
Re8 (29... Qxb4 $142 30. Kh1 Rd8 $17) 30. dxc6 $4 (30. Qb3 $142 c5 31. bxc5
Qxc5+ 32. Kh1 $17) 30... Re1+ $3 $19 {giving up material to nicely decide the
game} 31. Rxe1 {A deflection} (31. Kf2 {is not the saving move} Rxd1 32. Qxd6
Bxd6 33. cxb7 Rb1 $19) 31... Qxd3 {Annihilates a defender: d3} 32. cxb7 Bg3 33.
b8=Q+ (33. Rf1 $19 {the last chance for counterplay}) 33... Bxb8 34. Re8+ (34.
a4 {doesn't change anything anymore} Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qxb4 $19) 34... Kf7 35. Rxb8
Qe3+ (35... Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qxb8 $19) 0-1