[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Denton, Bradley"]
[Black "Howell, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3}
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O
8. O-O {last book move. White castles and improves king safety} Nbd7 9. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Bd6 10. h3 {White has an active
position} (10. Nb5 Nb6 11. Nxd6 cxd6) 10... Nb6 {Black threatens to
win material: Nb6xc4} 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Be3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Bxh3 {throwing away the advantage} (15... f5 16. Qe2) 16. Bxh7+ (
16. Qh5 {makes sure everything is clear} g6 17. Qxh3) 16... Kxh7 {
Black wins a piece} 17. Qh5+ {White forks: h3+h7} Kg8 18. Qxh3 Qg5 19. Ne4 {
White threatens to win material: Ne4xg5} Qg6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Rac1 Qe6 22. Rc7
Qxh3 23. gxh3 f6 24. Rxb7 Rf7 (24... Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. b4) 25. Rxf7
Kxf7 26. Rc1 Ke6 27. e4 (27. Rc7 g5) 27... Kd7 (27... a5 28. Rc7) 28.
Kf2 (28. d5 a5) 28... Rb8 29. b4 a5 30. Rb1 d5 {Black threatens to win
material: d5xe4} 31. Kg3 (31. exd5 Kd6) 31... axb4 32. axb4 dxe4 {White
has new passed pawns: b4+d4. Black has a new protected passed pawn: f6} 33. Kf4
f5 (33... Re8 34. Re1) 34. Kxf5 e3 35. Ke4 {White threatens to win
material: Ke4xe3} Rh8 {Black threatens to win material: Rh8xh3} 36. Kxe3 Rxh3+
37. Ke4 Rh4+ (37... Kc7 38. Rc1+ Kd6 39. b5) 38. Kd5 Rh5+ 39. Kc4 Rh6 {
solves nothing} (39... g5) 40. Rg1 Rc6+ (40... Kc7 {cannot change
destiny} 41. Rxg7+ Kb6 42. b5) 41. Kb5 g6 42. d5 Rf6 43. Kc5 Kc7 44. b5 Rf2
(44... Kc8 {is no salvation} 45. Rg5) 45. b6+ (45. d6+ {makes it even
easier for White} Kb7 46. Rxg6 Rf5+ 47. Kc4 Rf4+ 48. Kd5 Rf1) 45... Kd7 (
45... Kb7 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 46. Rxg6 Rc2+ 47. Kd6 Rb2
$18) 46. Rxg6 Rc2+ 47. Kb5 Rd2 48. Rc6 Rxd5+ 49. Rc5 Rd1 50. Ka6 Kd6 51. Rc8
Kd7 52. b7 Ra1+ 53. Kb6 Rb1+ 54. Ka7 Ra1+ 55. Kb8 Rb1 56. Rc7+ Kd8 57. Rc4 Rd1
58. Ra4 Rb1 59. Ka8 Kc7 60. Rc4+ (60. Rc4+ Kd6 61. b8=Q+ Rxb8+ 62. Kxb8)
1-0