[Event "45th Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2005.11.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Sims, Carlos"] [Black "Cole, Ronnie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1777"] [BlackElo "850"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 {last book move} e6 5. a4 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} (5. Be2 $5 $16) 5... Be7 $11 6. c3 {Controls b4} d6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+ (8. Bd3 O-O $11) 8... bxc6 9. a5 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 (10... O-O 11. Qd4 $11) 11. O-O c4 (11... O-O 12. Qc2 $11) 12. Qd4 f6 {Consolidates g5} ( 12... Bb7 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. Qg4 $16) 13. Qxc4 fxe5 (13... O-O 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bg5 $16) 14. Nxe5 Bf6 $4 {the position is going down the drain} (14... O-O $142 15. Qe4 Qd6 $16) 15. Qc6+ $18 Bd7 (15... Kf8 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 16. Qxa8 Bxe5 $18) 16. Nxd7 (16. Qxd7+ $6 Qxd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 $16) 16... Ne7 17. Nxf6+ Kf7 18. Qd7 (18. Qf3 $142 {might be the shorter path} gxf6 19. Rd1 $18) 18... Qxd7 (18... gxf6 {no good, but what else?} 19. Qa4 Qd5 $18) 19. Nxd7 Rad8 (19... Rhd8 {cannot undo what has already been done} 20. Nc5 $18) 20. Ne5+ (20. Nc5 {seems even better} Rd6 $18) 20... Kf6 (20... Ke8 {hardly improves anything} 21. c4 $18) 21. Bf4 (21. Re1 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip } Rd5 22. Ng4+ Kg6 $18) 21... Ng6 (21... Rhe8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree } 22. Ra4 h5 23. h4 $18) 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxc7 Rd7 24. Bb6 Rb8 25. Na3 Rd5 26. Rad1 Re5 27. Bd4 Rxb2 28. Nc4 Rbb5 29. Rfe1 (29. f4 Kf7 30. Nxe5+ Ke7 31. Rb1 Rxa5 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Bb6+ Kc8 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rxg7+ Ke8 36. Nxg6 Ra2 37. Re7# ) 29... Kf5 30. Rxe5+ Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Ke4 (31... g5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 32. h3 Kg6 33. Rd7 g4 34. hxg4 Kh6 35. Bxg7+ Kg6 36. Ne5+ Kh7 37. Bf6+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rh8#) 32. f3+ Kf5 33. g4+ Kg5 34. Bg3 (34. Rd8 Kh6 35. Rh8+ Kg5 36. h4#) 34... Kf6 (34... e5 {doesn't improve anything} 35. Nxe5 Kf6 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Nxg6+ Kf7 38. f4 Ke8 39. f5 Kf7 40. Rd8 Kf6 41. Bh4+ Kf7 42. Ne5#) 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rxa6 g5 (36... Ke8 {does not improve anything} 37. Bd6 Kf7 38. Ne5+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Nf7 g5 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Rf8#) 37. Rd6 g6 (37... e5 {is not much help} 38. a6 Kg8 39. a7 Kh8 40. a8=Q+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Nxe5 Kf8 43. Qa8+ Ke7 44. Qd8#) 38. Rd7+ Kf6 (38... Kf8 {cannot change destiny} 39. Bd6+ Ke8 40. Re7+ Kd8 41. a6 e5 42. a7 e4 43. a8=Q#) 39. Be5# 1-0