[Event "Pawn Power Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larson, Gerald"]
[Black "Howell, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{C05: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4
Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bh3 {last book move} Nd8 12. O-O f6 {Controls g5} (12... Nc6
13. g4 $11) 13. Kh1 f5 14. b3 Nf7 15. Nc3 {Black's piece can't move: c8} Qd8
16. Be3 b6 17. Rf2 {Black has a cramped position} Ba6 18. g4 {White threatens
to win material: g4xf5} Nh6 19. g5 {White wins space} Ng4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 21. Ng1 Rc8 {Black threatens to win material:
Rc8xc3} 22. Nce2 h5 (22... Qe8 $142 {and Black can hope to live} 23. Ng3 Rc3
$11) 23. gxh6 $16 gxh6 $2 (23... Qe8 $142 24. hxg7 Kxg7 $16) 24. Ng3 $18 {
White prepares f5} Kh7 (24... Rc3 25. Qxg4+ Kh7 26. Re1 $18) 25. Qxg4 (25. Qb1+
$142 {makes it even easier for White} Kh8 26. Qg6 Nf6 27. Qxh6+ Nh7 28. Qxe6
Rc3 $18) 25... Rg8 (25... Rc3 26. Re1 Rc6 $18) 26. Qxe6 Rg6 (26... Bb7 {
is no salvation} 27. Rc1 $18) 27. Qh3 Bd3 (27... Bf8 {doesn't improve anything}
28. f5 Rg8 29. f6 $18) 28. f5 Rg5 (28... Rgc6 {doesn't change anything anymore}
29. e6 Bf8 30. Nf3 $18) 29. f6 (29. Nf3 $142 {seems even better} Kg8 30. Nxg5
hxg5 31. f6 $18) 29... Rxg3 (29... Rg6 {is one last hope} 30. fxe7 Qxe7 $18)
30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. fxe7 (31. f7#) 1-0