[Event "47th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovalic, Jeff"]
[Black "Kernell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5.
Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nf3 Nf5 {last book move} 8. Qd3 {Black is behind in
developement} Bd7 (8... Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 $11) 9. Bxc6 (9. O-O Nxe3 10.
Qxe3 Nb4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $16) 9... Bxc6 $11 {Black has the pair of bishops} 10.
O-O Qa5 11. Qc3 (11. Nd4 $142 {would keep White alive} Nxe3 12. Nb3 $14 (12.
Nxc6 $143 bxc6 13. Qxe3 Rb8 $15)) 11... Qxc3 $17 12. Nxc3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc5
14. Nd4 Ke7 15. Rf4 (15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. Rf3 Bb6 $17) 15... f6 16. exf6+ gxf6
17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Rh4 Be5 21. Rb1 f5 22. g3 Bf6 23.
Rf4 (23. Rh5 $5 $17) 23... h5 $19 24. b3 h4 25. Rg1 hxg3+ 26. hxg3 Kd6 27. Ke2
Rh2+ (27... Rbg8 $5 28. Kd3 $19) 28. Rf2 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rg8 30. Kf3 Rg4 31. Rg2
Be5 32. Rg1 c5 33. Rg2 Kc6 34. Rg1 Bg7 (34... a6 $142 $5 $19) 35. Rh1 $17 d4
36. Rh4 dxe3 37. Rxg4 fxg4+ 38. Kxe3 Be5 39. c4 Bxg3 40. Nc3 Be5 41. Ne4 g3 (
41... Kb6 $142 $5 $17) 42. Kf3 $11 Kb6 43. Nxg3 Bxg3 44. Kxg3 {A pawn endgame
occured} Ka5 45. a3 Kb6 46. Kf4 Kc6 47. Ke5 {White threatens to win material:
Ke5xe6} Kd7 48. b4 cxb4 49. axb4 a6 50. c5 {White has a new backward pawn: b4}
Kc6 51. Kd4 Kb5 {Black threatens to win material: Kb5xb4} 52. Ke5 {White
threatens to win material: Ke5xe6} Kc6 {Twofold repetition} 53. Kxe6 a5 54.
bxa5 Kxc5 55. Kd7 Kb5 (55... Kb5 56. a6 Kxa6 $11) 1/2-1/2