[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keita, Falilou"]
[Black "Sims, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3.
e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {last book move} 8. Ne4 Nxe4
9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Qd3 (11. d5 Ne5 12. e4 Ng4 $11) 11... f5 $15 12.
Rd1 Rad8 (12... cxd4 $142 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 13. Bb3 Na5 14.
exd4 Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 $15) 13. d5 $14 exd5 14. Qxd5+ (14. Bb3 $142 $5 $14 {
and White could well hope to play on}) 14... Kh8 $15 15. Qd2 Nb8 (15... d5 16.
Qe2 $17) 16. Qe2 $15 Bd6 (16... d5 17. b3 $15) 17. h3 Rde8 18. Qd2 {White
threatens to win material: Qd2xd6} (18. Bb3 $5 $11) 18... Be7 $15 19. Qe2 Bd8
20. b3 (20. Bb3 Be4 $11) 20... f4 21. e4 {Black has a new backward pawn: d7}
Bf6 {Black threatens to win material: Bf6xc3} 22. Bb2 d5 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Qd3 (
24. Re1 Nd7 $17) 24... g6 25. Re1 Bf6 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Rad1 (27. Bd3 a6 $17)
27... Bc6 (27... Ne5 $5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. f3 $19) 28. Kh1 b5 29. Bc1 (29. Bd3
a5 $17) 29... a5 30. a3 Kg7 (30... Nb6 $142 $19) 31. g3 $4 {causes further
problems for ?} (31. Rxe8 $142 Rxe8 32. b4 $17) 31... d4 32. Kg2 (32. Kh2 {
doesn't improve anything} Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Bxf3 34. cxd4 fxg3+ 35. fxg3 cxd4 $19)
32... dxc3 (32... Bxf3+ $142 {and Black wins} 33. Kh2 Bg5 $19) 33. Qxf4 Qxf4 (
33... Be5 $142 {and Black takes home the point} 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Bxg6 Bxf3+ (
35... Rxf3 $4 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Bh6+ Bg7 38. Rxe8#) (35... hxg6 $6 36. Qxg6+
Bg7 37. Rxe8 Bxf3+ 38. Kg1 Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Nf8 40. Rd3 $19) 36. Kg1 Re7 $19) 34.
gxf4 Bd4 35. Kg3 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Nf6 (37... Ne5+ $1 38. Ke2 Nc6 39.
Be4 $19) 38. Re7+ Rf7 39. Re6 Ra7 40. Bd3 (40. Rc6 b4 $17) 40... Kf7 41. Re1
Rb7 42. f5 Rb6 (42... c4 43. bxc4 b4 44. fxg6+ hxg6 45. Rg1 $17) 43. fxg6+ (43.
Re6 $5 {deserves consideration} Rxe6 44. fxe6+ Kxe6 45. Bxb5 $15) 43... hxg6
$17 44. Rg1 (44. Bg5 c4 45. Bc2 b4 46. axb4 axb4 $19 (46... Rxb4 $6 47. bxc4 a4
48. Ra1 $11)) 44... Ne8 (44... Nd7 45. Ke2 $19) 45. Be3 Bxe3 46. fxe3 Ng7 47.
Rg5 (47. h4 $5 $17) 47... Nf5 $19 48. Bxf5 (48. h4 Kf6 49. Kf4 $19) 48... gxf5
49. Rxf5+ $2 (49. Ke2 Kf6 50. h4 $19) 49... Rf6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. Ke2 b4 52.
a4 (52. Kd3 Ke5 53. e4 $19) 52... Kg5 (52... Ke5 $142 {secures the win} 53. Kd3
$19) 53. e4 Kf6 54. h4 (54. Ke3 {is not much help} Ke5 55. h4 Kf6 $19) 54...
Kg6 55. Kd3 Kh5 56. e5 (56. Ke2 {does not save the day} Kxh4 57. Kd3 Kg5 $19)
56... Kg6 57. Ke3 Kf5 58. h5 Kxe5 59. h6 (59. Ke2 {cannot undo what has
already been done} Kf5 60. Kd3 Kg5 61. Ke2 Kxh5 62. Kd3 Kg6 63. Kc4 c2 64. Kxc5
c1=Q+ 65. Kd6 Kf5 66. Kd5 Qc3 67. Kd6 Qxb3 68. Kd7 Qe6+ 69. Kd8 Qd6+ 70. Kc8
Qc6+ 71. Kd8 b3 72. Ke7 Qc7+ 73. Ke8 Ke6 74. Kf8 Qf7#) 59... Kf6 $19 60. h7 Kg7
61. h8=Q+ Kxh8 62. Ke2 (62. Ke4 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} c2 63.
Ke3 c1=Q+ 64. Kd3 Qc3+ 65. Ke4 Qxb3 66. Kf4 Qc4+ 67. Kg5 b3 68. Kf5 b2 69. Ke5
Qd4+ 70. Kf5 b1=Q+ 71. Kg5 Kg7 72. Kh5 Qg6#) 62... Kg7 63. Kd3 (63. Ke3 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Kf6 64. Kd3 Kf5 65. Kc4 c2 66. Kb5 c1=Q 67.
Kc6 c4 68. Kb6 cxb3 69. Kb5 b2 70. Kxa5 Qc7+ 71. Kb5 b1=Q 72. a5 Qd3+ 73. Ka4
Qcd7+ 74. Kxb4 Q7d4#) 63... Kf6 64. Ke2 (64. Ke4 {cannot change destiny} c2 65.
Kf4 c1=Q+ 66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Ke2 Kf4 68. Kd3 Qc3+ 69. Ke2 Qc2+ 70. Kf1 Kf3 71. Ke1
Qe2#) 64... Kf5 (64... Ke6 65. Kf3 c2 66. Kf4 c1=Q+ 67. Kf3 Ke5 68. Kg3 Qd2 69.
Kf3 Kf5 70. Kg3 Ke4 71. Kh4 Kf4 72. Kh5 Kf5 73. Kh4 Qh2#) 65. Ke1 Ke4 66. Ke2
Kd4 67. Ke1 c4 68. bxc4 (68. Kf2 {doesn't do any good} cxb3 69. Kf3 b2 70. Kf4
c2 71. Kg5 c1=Q+ 72. Kf6 Qc6+ 73. Kg5 b1=Q 74. Kh4 Qbg6 75. Kh3 Qh1#) 68... b3
(68... b3 69. Kd1 Kd3 70. Ke1 b2 71. Kf2 Kxc4 72. Kg2 c2 73. Kf3 b1=Q 74. Kf4
c1=Q+ 75. Ke5 Qe1+ 76. Kf6 Qh7 77. Kg5 Qeh4#) 0-1