[Event "Friday Night Fun #24"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hilliard, Chris"]
[Black "Horobetz, Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nd4 {last book move} 4. Bc4 d6 {Covers e5} 5. c3 {White threatens to win
material: c3xd4} Nc6 6. h3 {Secures g4} (6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Qb6 $16) 6... a6 {
Controls b5} (6... Nf6 7. d3 $11) 7. d4 {Black's piece can't move: f8} Na5 (
7... cxd4 $5 {is worth looking at} 8. cxd4 Nf6 $14) 8. Bd3 $16 c4 9. Bc2 b5 (
9... e6 10. O-O $16) 10. Be3 g6 11. d5 (11. O-O Bg7 $18) 11... Bg7 $16 12. a4 (
12. b4 cxb3 13. axb3 Nf6 $16) 12... Bd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bd4 Nf6 15. e5 (15.
Na3 $5 $14) 15... dxe5 $11 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. O-O e6 (17... Nb7 $5 18. Na3 Nd6
$11) 18. dxe6 $14 Bxe6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bc7 {White threatens to win material:
Bc7xa5} (20. Nd4 $5 $14 {must definitely be considered}) 20... Nb3 $11 {
The knight dominates} 21. Rxa8 {White pins: Ra8xd8} Rxa8 22. Bd6 $2 (22. Na3
$142 $11 {and White can hope to live}) 22... Ra2 $17 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bxf8 (24.
Re1 $5 $17) 24... Kxf8 $19 25. Bxb3 (25. Bd1 Nd5 $19) 25... cxb3 26. Na3 (26.
Rd1 Rxb2 27. Nbd2 Nd5 $19) 26... Rxb2 27. Rb1 (27. Nb1 {cannot undo what has
already been done} Ne4 $19) 27... Rxb1+ (27... Ra2 {keeps an even firmer grip}
28. Nxb5 Ne4 29. Nfd4 $19) 28. Nxb1 Bf5 29. Nfd2 Ke7 30. Na3 Ne4 (30... b2 $142
{makes it even easier for Black} 31. Nxb5 Ne4 32. Nb1 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Bxb1 34.
Na3 $19) 31. Nxb3 Nxc3 32. Nd4 Bd3 33. Nc6+ Kd6 34. Nb4 Nb1 (34... Bf5 $5 35.
g4 Be4 36. Na6 $19) 35. Nxd3 Nxa3 36. Kf1 Kd5 37. Ke1 Kd4 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Kc2
Ne5 40. Nc1 Kc4 41. Ne2 $2 (41. Nb3 $142 $19) 41... b4 (41... Nd3 $5 {seems
even better} 42. Nc3 f5 43. Nxb5 Nb4+ 44. Kd2 Kxb5 45. Ke3 $19) 42. Nc1 Nc6 43.
Kb2 (43. Nd3 b3+ 44. Kd2 f6 $19) 43... f5 (43... Nd4 $142 {might be the
shorter path} 44. Kb1 $19) 44. f4 $2 (44. Ne2 $19) 44... Nd4 45. g4 (45. Kb1 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Nb3 46. Na2 Nc5 $19) 45... Kd5 (45... h5 $142
{secures the win} 46. gxf5 gxf5 $19) 46. gxf5 (46. Nd3 Nc6 $19) 46... gxf5 47.
h4 (47. Nd3 {hoping against hope} Nc6 48. h4 $19) 47... h5 48. Nd3 Ke4 49. Nxb4
Kxf4 (49... Nf3 {keeps an even firmer grip} 50. Kc2 Nxh4 51. Kd1 $19) 50. Kc3
Nf3 51. Nd5+ Kg3 52. Kd3 (52. Nf6 {is not the saving move} Kxh4 53. Kd3 Ne5+
54. Kd4 $19) 52... Kxh4 (52... Ne5+ $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 53.
Kd4 Ng4 $19) 53. Nc3 $4 (53. Ke3 $142 $11 {the only rescuing move}) 53... Kg5 (
53... Kg3 $142 {and Black wins} 54. Ke2 h4 55. Kf1 $19) 54. Ke2 Ne5 55. Kf2
Ng4+ (55... Ng4+ 56. Kg3 f4+ 57. Kg2 Ne5 $19) (55... f4 $142 {and Black has it
in the bag} 56. Ne4+ Kf5 57. Nd2 $19) 0-1