[Event "Pillsbury Incentive IV"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sims, Carlos"]
[Black "Kernell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 {last book move} Nb6 {Black threatens to win
material: Nb6xc4} 8. Bb3 (8. Bd3 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd6 $14) 8... Be7 (
8... h6 9. Nh3 $11) 9. Ne5 $14 {White threatens to win material: Ne5xf7} O-O
10. c3 {Secures b4} c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 {Black has a cramped position.}
Nbd5 {The knight is not easily driven from d5} 13. f4 (13. Re1 Bd7 $11) 13...
h6 14. Ngxf7 Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Black wins the exchange} 16. Rf3 (16. g4 $5
$11) 16... Bd7 $15 17. Rg3 (17. Qd3 Qb6 $15) 17... Bd6 $17 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2
Qb6 20. Re1 (20. a4 Rf8 $15) 20... g6 $17 21. Kh1 (21. Bc3 Rf8 $17) 21... Nf5
22. d5 (22. Rf3 Re8 23. Bc3 Bc6 $17) 22... Nxg3+ $19 23. hxg3 Re8 (23... Nxd5
$6 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5+ Kf8 26. f5 $14) (23... exd5 $6 24. Bxd5+ Kg7 25. Bc3
$19) 24. Bc2 Rg8 (24... Nxd5 $142 $5 25. Qxg6+ Ke7 $19) 25. dxe6+ $15 Bxe6 26.
Rxe6 {Annihilates a defender: e6} Kxe6 {Decoy theme: e6} 27. Bb3+ {A double
attack} (27. Bc3 Rf8 $17) 27... Kd7 28. Bxg8 Nxg8 29. Qxg6 Qd8 (29... Qxb2 30.
Qg4+ Ke7 31. Qxg8 Qxd2 32. Qh7+ Kd8 33. Qxh6 $19) 30. Qf7+ (30. Qf5+ $142 $5
Kc7 31. Qa5+ Kc8 32. Qxa7 $17) 30... Ne7 $19 31. f5 Qg8 32. Qh5 $4 {White has
lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (32. Qxg8 $142
Nxg8 33. Kh2 $19) 32... Qxg3 33. f6 (33. Qxh6 {does not help much} Nxf5 34.
Qh7+ Ke6 $19) 33... Qf2 34. Qb5+ Nc6 35. Qxb7+ (35. Bc3 $19 {there is nothing
else anyway}) 35... Bc7 (35... Kd8 $142 {and Black has it in the bag} 36. Qb5
Qxd2 $19) 36. Qb5 (36. g3 {does not improve anything} Qxg3 37. Bf4 Qxf4 $19)
36... Qxd2 (36... Qh4+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 37. Kg1 Bb6+ 38. Qxb6
axb6 $19) 37. Qf5+ (37. Qf1 {doesn't change anything anymore} Qd6 38. Qf5+ Kd8
$19) 37... Kd6 (37... Kd8 $142 {and Black has prevailed} 38. Qf1 Qd6 $19) 38.
Qf1 Qd4 39. g3 Ne5 40. f7 (40. b3 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Ng4 41.
Qf3 Bb6 42. Qf4+ Qxf4 43. gxf4 Nxf6 $19) 40... Qd5+ 41. Kh2 (41. Qg2 Qxf7 42.
Qd2+ Ke7 43. Qb4+ Kd7 44. Qd2+ Kc8 45. Qd1 $19) 41... Ng4+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 43. Kg2
Qh2+ 44. Kf3 Ne5+ 45. Ke4 (45. Kf4 {does not save the day} Qd2+ 46. Kf5 Qc2+
47. Kf4 Kd5 48. Qb5+ Kd4 49. Qb4+ Nc4+ 50. Kf3 Qd3+ 51. Kg2 Qxg3+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+
53. Ke2 Qg2+ 54. Ke1 Bg3+ 55. Kd1 Qf3+ 56. Kc1 Bf4+ 57. Qd2+ Bxd2+ 58. Kc2 Qd3+
59. Kd1 Nxb2#) 45... Qc2+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kf4 {does not win a prize} Kd5 47. Qb5+
Kd4 48. Qb4+ Nc4+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 Qxg3+ 51. Kf1 Qh3+ 52. Ke2 Qg2+ 53. Ke1
Bg3+ 54. Kd1 Qf3+ 55. Kc1 Bf4+ 56. Qd2+ Bxd2+ 57. Kc2 Qd3+ 58. Kd1 Nxb2#) 46...
Bb6+ 47. Kf4 Qd2+ 48. Ke4 (48. Kf5 {does not help much} Qg5+ 49. Ke4 Qg4+ 50.
Qf4 Qe2+ 51. Kf5 Qc2+ 52. Qe4 Qc8+ 53. Kf6 Qh8+ 54. Kf5 Qh7+ 55. Kf4 Qxf7+ 56.
Qf5 Qc4+ 57. Qe4 Qf1+ 58. Qf3 Qxf3#) 48... Qd4+ 49. Kf5 Qg4+ 50. Kf6 Bd8# (
50... Nd7#) 0-1