[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