[Event "Reserve"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Durr, Jonathan"]
[Black "Pillai, Sathyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "731"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3
Nd4 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 d6 {last book move} 8. O-O {White castles and improves
king safety} O-O $2 (8... Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 $11) 9. Bg5 (9. Nxd4 $142 $5
exd4 10. Nxb5 $16) 9... Bxc3 $14 10. bxc3 Ne6 11. Re1 h6 (11... Nxg5 12. Nxg5
Bg4 13. Qd2 $11) 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 $5 $14) 12... Qxf6 $11 13. d4 (13. a4 bxa4
14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxa4 Rb7 $11) 13... Nf4 $15 14. Qc1 $4 (14. g3
Nh3+ 15. Kg2 Bg4 $15) 14... Bg4 (14... Bh3 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 15.
Re3 Bxg2 $19) 15. Nd2 $2 (15. Qe3 $142 $5 $17) 15... Ne2+ 16. Rxe2 Bxe2 17. Qb2
(17. Qe1 Bg4 18. a4 a6 $19) 17... exd4 (17... c6 $5 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Re3 $19)
18. cxd4 Bg4 19. Bd5 Rab8 20. Rb1 (20. c3 c5 $19) 20... Be6 (20... c5 $142 $19)
21. Qb3 $2 (21. Bc6 $5 $19) 21... c6 (21... Qxd4 $142 $5 {seems even better}
22. Nf3 Bxd5 23. Nxd4 Bxb3 24. axb3 $19) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nf3 g5 (23... Qg6
24. e5 d5 25. Ne1 $19) 24. Qe3 (24. Rf1 Rbd8 $17) 24... e5 (24... Qf4 25. Qe2
$19) 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Qc5 (26. h3 Qd6 $17) 26... Rfe8 (26... Rbe8 27. h3 $19)
27. Rd1 $2 (27. h3 $5 $17) 27... g4 28. Ne1 a5 (28... Rbd8 29. Nd3 $19) 29. Rd6
(29. Nd3 Rbd8 30. a4 Qd6 $19) 29... Re6 30. Rd7 (30. Rd3 $142 $19) 30... Rd8
31. Qa7 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Qe7 33. Qd2 a4 34. Nd3 (34. Kf1 Rd6 35. Nd3 Qe6 $19)
34... Rd6 (34... Qa3 $5 {might be the shorter path} 35. h3 Qxa2 36. hxg4 $19)
35. g3 (35. Kf1 Qe6 36. Qe2 Rd4 $19) 35... c5 (35... Qe6 $142 {makes it even
easier for Black} 36. a3 Rd4 $19) 36. Qa5 (36. Qe2 Rg6 37. c3 $19) 36... c4 37.
Nb4 (37. Qxb5 {hoping against hope} cxd3 38. cxd3 $19) 37... Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Qf8
39. Qa8 Qxa8 40. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 {the decision} 41. exd5 Qxd5+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kg1 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qxc2 44. h3 Qe4+
45. Kh2 c3 46. hxg4 c2 47. g5 c1=Q 48. f3 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qexf3#)
42... Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qxc2 (43... c3 44. h4 Qxc2 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 c2 47. h5
Qf3+ 48. Kg1 c1=Q+ 49. Kh2 Qxf2#) 44. h3 gxh3+ 45. Kxh3 (45. Kh2 {does not
solve anything} Qxf2+ 46. Kxh3 h5 47. a3 c3 48. g4 h4 49. g5 Qg3#) 45... Qxf2
46. a3 (46. g4 {cannot change what is in store for ?} a3 47. g5 h5 48. g6 c3
49. g7 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 h4 51. Kg1 h3 52. Kh2 Qg2#) 46... c3 (46... h5 47. g4 h4
48. g5 Qg3#) 47. g4 c2 48. g5 Qf5+ (48... Qf3+ 49. Kh4 c1=Q 50. gxh6 Qxh6#) 49.
Kh4 (49. Kg3 {cannot undo what has already been done} Qf4+ 50. Kg2 c1=Q 51.
gxh6 Qcf1#) 49... c1=Q 50. Kg3 Qg1+ 51. Kh4 Qgg4# (51... Qgxg5#) 0-1