[Event "Game in 75"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pylant, Gary"]
[Black "Merrill, Sanford"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1216"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 e6 {last book move} 3. Nf3
Be7 4. Bd3 {Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: c8} Nf6
5. O-O d6 6. c4 (6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 $16) 6... b6 (6... Nbd7 7. Bf4 $14) 7.
Nc3 Bb7 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e5 Ng8 (10... dxe5 11. dxe5 h6 12. exf6 hxg5
13. fxe7 $16 (13. fxg7 $143 Rg8 $15)) 11. Bxe7 (11. Bf4 $142 $5 $18) 11... Nxe7
$16 12. Qe2 d5 $2 (12... dxe5 $142 $5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rd8 $16) 13. cxd5
$18 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 (15. Ng5 $5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 $18) 15... Qd8 16.
Rc2 Rc8 17. Rec1 Rxc2 $2 (17... O-O $142 $5 $16) 18. Qxc2 $18 (18. Bxc2 $6 h6
$16) (18. Rxc2 $6 O-O $16) 18... Ke7 (18... Qb8 19. Bxh7 b5 20. Bg6 $18) 19.
Qb3 (19. Qd2 {and White can already relax} f6 $18) 19... f6 20. Qa3+ Kf7 21.
Qxa7 Qa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 (22... Bxa8 $4 23. Rc7 Rd8 24. Bb5 $18) 23. Rc7 Bc8 24.
a3 Ke7 25. Kf1 (25. Bxh7 Ba6 $18) 25... Kd8 (25... Ba6 26. Ke2 Kd8 $18) 26. Rc6
Ke7 27. Bb5 (27. Bxh7 $142 {might be the shorter path} Ba6+ 28. Ke1 $18) 27...
Ba6 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Ke2 Ra5 30. Kd3 Rb5 $4 {the final mistake, not that it
matters anymore} (30... Ra4 $142 $18) 31. b4 fxe5 32. dxe5 (32. Kc3 {seems
even better} g5 33. g4 h6 $18) 32... d4 33. Kxd4 Rd5+ 34. Ke4 Rd1 35. Rc3 Ra1
36. Kf4 (36. Nd4 {makes it even easier for White} g5 $18) 36... Ra2 37. Kg3 Re2
(37... h6 38. h3 $18) 38. Re3 Rd2 (38... Rxe3 39. fxe3 b5 $18) 39. Nxd2 (39.
Nxd2 b5 40. Nf3 $18) 1-0