[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marella, Diva"]
[Black "Howell, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. Nf3 {last book move} Qc7 6. a3 (6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne7 $16) 6... cxd4 7.
Qxd4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {White has the pair of bishops} (8. Qxc3 $5 Qxc3+ 9. bxc3
$14) 8... Nc6 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 9. Bb5 (9. Qg4 Nge7
(9... Nxe5 10. Qxg7 Ng6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. h4 $16 (13. Qxf7+ $6
N8e7 14. Rb1 Raf8 $11)) 10. Qxg7 Rg8 $11) 9... Bd7 $15 10. Qg4 {White
threatens to win material: Qg4xg7} Nge7 11. Qxg7 {White traps the enemy king
in the center} (11. O-O $142 $5 {is interesting} Ng6 12. c4 $15) 11... Rg8 $17
12. Qxh7 Nxe5 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (13... Nxd7 $6 14. O-O $11) 14. Bd2 (14. Nxe5+
Qxe5+ 15. Kf1 Nf5 $17) 14... Nxf3+ (14... Rxg2 15. Qh3 Rag8 16. Nxe5+ Qxe5+ 17.
Qe3 $19) 15. gxf3 $17 Qe5+ 16. Be3 $2 (16. Kd1 $142 Rh8 17. f4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4
Rxh7 19. h4 $17) 16... Qxc3+ $19 17. Ke2 Rg7 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (
17... Ng6 $142 {secures victory} 18. Qxf7+ Kd6 $19) 18. Qd3 $15 Qxd3+ 19. cxd3
Nc6 (19... Rh7 $5 $15) 20. Rab1 b6 {Covers c5} 21. Rhc1 $2 (21. h4 $142 $5 $11
{and White is still in the game}) 21... Rh7 $17 22. Bf4 Rh4 23. Bg3 Ra4 24. Rc3
Rc8 25. Rbc1 f5 26. Be5 d4 27. R3c2 Rxa3 28. f4 (28. h4 $142 b5 29. h5 $19)
28... Rc3 $4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (28... Nxe5 $142 {Black clearly
has the better chances} 29. fxe5 Rac3 30. Rxc3 dxc3 $19 (30... Rxc3 $6 31. Ra1
$17)) 29. Rxc3 $15 dxc3 30. Rxc3 Nxe5 $4 {allows the opponent back into the
game} (30... Ra8 $142 $15 {and Black can hope to survive}) 31. Rxc8 $16 Kxc8 $4
{terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (31... Ng6 $142 32.
Ra8 Nxf4+ 33. Ke3 Nd5+ 34. Kd4 a5 $18) 32. fxe5 $18 Kd7 33. d4 (33. h4 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Ke7 34. h5 a5 $18) 33... a5 $6 {doesn't faze the
opponent} (33... Ke7 34. h4 a5 $18) 34. Kd2 a4 (34... Kd8 $18 {the only chance
to get some counterplay}) 35. Kc3 Ke7 (35... b5 {does not win a prize} 36. Kb4
$18) 36. Kb4 b5 37. f4 (37. h4 $142 $5 {and White can already relax} Kf7 38. h5
f4 $18) 37... Kf7 38. h4 Ke7 (38... Kg7 {cannot change destiny} 39. h5 Kh6 40.
d5 Kxh5 41. d6 $18) 39. h5 Kf7 40. d5 exd5 41. e6+ (41. h6 $142 {ends the
debate} Kg6 42. e6 Kxh6 43. e7 $18) 41... Kg7 (41... Kxe6 $142 {and Black has
triumphed} 42. h6 Kf7 $19) 1-0