[Event "44th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, Ken"]
[Black "Williams, Jordana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 {
last book move} 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 ({Not} 5... gxf6 6. d4 Bf8 7. Bd2 $16) 6. g3 (6.
Ne2 O-O $15) 6... d6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. a3 a6 9. Ne2 Be6 {Black threatens to win
material: Be6xc4} (9... Bg4 10. O-O $17) 10. b4 {White threatens to win
material: b4xc5} Bb6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. d3 {Controls e4} (12. Be4 $142 Bxe4 13.
Qxe4 $15) 12... e4 $4 {Black threatens to win material: e4xd3. letting the
wind out of his own sails} (12... Qg6 $142 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $17) 13. dxe4 $16 {
Sacrifices material} Qxa1 (13... Bg4 $5 14. Bb2 Ne5 $16) 14. exf5 $18 Qf6 15.
O-O O-O $16 16. Bb2 Qe7 $2 (16... Qh6 $142 $16) 17. f6 $18 gxf6 (17... Qd8 18.
fxg7 Re8 $18) 18. Be4 (18. Nf4 f5 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 $18) 18... h6 $2 (
18... Ne5 $142 19. Bxb7 Rae8 $18) 19. Nf4 $18 Rfe8 (19... Ne5 20. Nd5 Qd8 $18)
20. Nd5 Qd8 (20... Kg7 {doesn't improve anything} 21. Nxe7 Rxe7 22. Bh1 $18)
21. Nxf6+ Kf8 22. Nh7+ Kg8 23. Bd5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6 (26.
Bxf7 $142 {seems even better} Qg8 27. Bxg8 Rxg8 28. Qxh6 $18) 26... Rh5 27.
Qxh5 Qe7 (27... Kg7 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Nf6
Qxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. Be4 Rg8 33. Qf6+ Kh5 34. Qh4#) 28. Nf8+ (
28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qh6#) 28... Kg7 29. Qh7+ Kf6 30. Qh4+ (30. Qh6+
Kf5 31. Qf4#) 30... Kg7 31. Qxe7 Rxf8 32. h4 a5 (32... c6 {doesn't change
anything anymore} 33. h5 cxd5 34. h6+ Kg6 35. Qxf8 Bd4 36. exd4 dxc4 37. Qg7+
Kf5 38. Re1 a5 39. Qxf7+ Kg5 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. f4 axb4 42. Qg5#) 33. Bxb7 (33.
Qg5+ Kh7 34. Be4+ f5 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Qxf8+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39.
h5 axb4 40. Qg6#) 33... axb4 34. axb4 (34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Be4+ f5 36. Qe7+ Kg8
37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Bg8+ Kg6 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qh7#) 34... Rb8 35.
Bd5 Rf8 36. Rd1 (36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Be4+ f5 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Bd5+ Kh8 40. Qxf8+
Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. h5 Bxe3 43. Qg6#) 36... c5 37. b5 Bd8 38. Qxd6 (38. Qd7
Bg5 39. hxg5 Kg6 40. Qxd6+ f6 41. Qxf8 Kxg5 42. Qg7+ Kf5 43. g4+ Ke5 44. Qe7#)
38... Bxh4 39. gxh4 Rg8 (39... Re8 {doesn't do any good} 40. Kh2 f6 41. Rg1+
Kh7 42. Qxf6 Rxe3 43. Bg8#) 40. Kh2 Rh8 (40... Kh7 {does not solve anything}
41. Be4+ Rg6 42. Qf6 Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rh8#) 41. Rg1+ Kh7 42. Be4+ (42. Be4+
f5 43. Bxf5#) 1-0