[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2002.02.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Howell"] [Black "Inoue"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A12"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 {last book move} b6 9. Na3 Qe7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. Ne5 {White threatens to win material: Ne5xc6} Rac8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has the pair of bishops} 14. Nc2 (14. a4 Rfd8 $14) 14... e5 15. dxe5 (15. Ne3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8) 15... Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 {White threatens to win material: Ne3xd5} Rcd8 ( 18... Rfd8 19. Rc1 (19. Bxd5 {doesn't work} Rc5) 19... Rxc1 20. Qxc1 ) 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxd5 Rd7) 19... Qe6 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 g5) 20. e4 Neg4 21. Nxf6+ (21. Qd4 g5) 21... gxf6 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Bh3 f5 24. Rae1 (24. Qb2+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Nxf6 26. exf5) 24... Qc8 (24... Rh8 $142 {and Black could well hope to play on} 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. Qb2+ Kg8) 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Rc1 Qf5 (27... Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rc4) 28. Rc4 Rfe8 29. Qxg4+ Qxg4 30. Rxg4+ Kf8 31. h4 Re2 32. a4 Rd5 (32... Rd3 33. Kg2) 33. Kg2 Rb2 34. b4 Ra2 (34... a6 35. Rf4 Rc2 36. Re1) 35. b5 f5 (35... Rad2) 36. Rf4 Kg7 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Re8 Kf7 (38... a6 {cannot undo what has already been done} 39. bxa6 Ra5 40. h5 Rxa6 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. R8xf5 ) 39. Ra8 Rad2 (39... Rd7 {is still a small chance}) 40. Rxa7+ Kg6 (40... Kf6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 41. Rc4) 41. Rc7 Rd6 42. Rfc4 1-0