[Event "44th Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.11.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Aluko, Sheun"] [Black "Reddy, Nishit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1220"] [BlackElo "1405"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 {last book move} 4. c4 c6 (4... dxc4 5. e3 Be6 6. Nc3 $17) 5. c5 {White gets more space} (5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O $11) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nd7 ( 9... b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Nf3 $11) 10. Nf3 b6 11. b4 a5 12. Qb1 $4 {weakening the position} (12. b5 $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} bxc5 13. bxc6 $11) 12... axb4 $19 13. Qxb4 bxc5 14. Qb7 (14. Qb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 $19) 14... Qc8 (14... cxd4 $142 $5 15. exd4 Rb8 16. Qxc6 Rc8 17. Qxd5 Bb4 $19) 15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. O-O (16. Kd2 Nb6 $17) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. Rfc1 Bxc3 (18... Ne5 19. Rab1 Ba5 20. Na4 $19) 19. Rxc3 $17 c5 20. Nb5 (20. Ne2 c4 $17) 20... Rcb8 $19 21. Nc7 (21. Rb3 Ra5 22. a4 c4 $19) 21... Rxa2 $1 {the death sentence.} 22. Rcc1 (22. Rxa2 {Theme: Deflection from b1} Rb1+ {A beautiful mate combination}) 22... Rbb2 (22... Rxa1 $142 {Black would have gained the upper hand} 23. Rxa1 d4 $19) 23. Rxa2 $17 Rxa2 24. Nxd5 g6 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. g3 (26. Nc3 Ra7 $15) 26... c4 (26... Ne5 27. e4 $17) 27. Rc1 (27. Nc3 Rc2 28. Rxd7 Rxc3 $15) 27... Ne5 28. Nb6 Nd3 29. Rxc4 Nxf2 30. g4 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Ng5 (31... Kh6 32. Nd5 Kg5 33. Nc3 $17) 32. Rf4 $17 Nh3 {Black threatens to win material: Nh3xf4} (32... Rd2 $142 $17) 33. Rf3 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (33. Rc4 h6 34. Rd4 $17) 33... Nf2+ $19 34. Kg1 Nxg4 35. h3 Ne5 36. Rf1 Re2 37. Nd5 Nc4 (37... f5 38. Rf2 Re1+ 39. Rf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 $19) 38. e4 (38. Rf4 Nd2 $19) 38... Rxe4 39. Nxf6 Re6 40. Nd5 (40. Rf4 Nd2 41. Nd5 Re5 $19) 40... Ne3 41. Nxe3 Rxe3 42. Kg2 f5 43. Rf3 (43. Rb1 $19) 43... Rxf3 44. Kxf3 Kf6 (44... g5 45. Kf2 h5 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Kf3 g4+ 48. Kg2 Ke5 49. Kf1 f4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Kg1 f3 52. Kf2 Kf4 53. Kf1 Ke3 54. Ke1 g3 55. Kd1 g2 56. Kc2 Ke4 57. Kb2 f2 58. Ka2 f1=Q 59. Kb3 Qb1+ 60. Ka4 g1=Q 61. Ka5 Qa7#) 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Kf3 h5 47. Kg3 (47. Ke2 { does not save the day} g4 48. Kf2 f4 49. Ke2 gxh3 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Ke2 h2 53. Kd3 h1=Q 54. Kc4 Qc6+ 55. Kb4 f3 56. Kb3 f2 57. Kb4 f1=Q 58. Ka3 Qc3+ 59. Ka4 Qfc4#) 47... g4 48. h4 (48. Kf4 {does not help much} gxh3 49. Ke3 h2 50. Kd3 h1=Q 51. Kc4 Qe4+ 52. Kc5 h4 53. Kb5 h3 54. Kb6 h2 55. Ka5 Qb7 56. Ka4 h1=Q 57. Ka3 Qa1#) 48... Ke5 49. Kf2 (49. Kg2 {doesn't do any good} f4 50. Kf2 Ke4 51. Kf1 g3 52. Ke1 g2 53. Ke2 f3+ 54. Kd2 f2 55. Kc2 f1=Q 56. Kb2 Qd3 57. Ka2 g1=Q 58. Kb2 Qgb1#) 49... Ke4 50. Ke2 (50. Ke1 {does not win a prize} g3 51. Kd2 g2 52. Kc3 f4 53. Kc4 f3 54. Kb4 f2 55. Ka4 f1=Q 56. Kb4 Qb1+ 57. Kc5 g1=Q+ 58. Kd6 Qb7 59. Ke6 Qg6#) 50... g3 51. Kf1 (51. Kd2 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} g2 52. Ke2 f4 53. Kd2 f3 54. Kc2 f2 55. Kb3 f1=Q 56. Kb4 Qb1+ 57. Kc5 g1=Q+ 58. Kd6 Qb7 59. Ke6 Qg6#) 51... Ke3 52. Kg1 (52. Kg2 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} f4 53. Kg1 f3 54. Kf1 Kd2 55. Kg1 Ke2 56. Kh1 f2 57. Kg2 f1=Q+ 58. Kxg3 Qf2+ 59. Kh3 Qf5+ 60. Kh2 Qg4 61. Kh1 Kf2 62. Kh2 Qxh4#) 52... f4 53. Kg2 (53. Kf1 {doesn't change anything anymore} f3 54. Kg1 Ke2 55. Kh1 f2 56. Kg2 f1=Q+ 57. Kxg3 Qf2+ 58. Kh3 Qf5+ 59. Kh2 Qg4 60. Kh1 Kf2 61. Kh2 Qxh4#) 53... f3+ 54. Kg1 f2+ 55. Kh1 (55. Kf1 {does not improve anything} Kd3 56. Kg2 Ke2 57. Kh3 f1=Q+ 58. Kxg3 Qf5 59. Kh2 Qg4 60. Kh1 Kf2 61. Kh2 Qxh4#) 55... f1=Q# 0-1