[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2002.01.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Gholson, Danny"] [Black "Mah, Evan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1697"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 {last book move.} 10. Bb5 d4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared} 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O { White castles and improves king safety} O-O 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ng3 (15. f3 $5 $15) 15... Qd5 $19 16. Qf3 Qxg5 (16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Rfe1 $19) 17. Qxb7 $17 Qd2 {Black threatens to win material: Qd2xc2} (17... Rab8 $142 $5 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 $17) 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Nf5 (19. Qc7 Qg5 $15) 19... Ng4 (19... Qf4 $5 20. Ng3 h5 $17) 20. Qf3 {White threatens to win material: Qf3xg4} Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xf3} 21. Qg3 {White has a mate threat} Ng6 22. h4 (22. Nd6 $5 {should be considered} Re6 23. Qf3 $11) 22... Re5 $17 23. Nd6 Qf4 {Black threatens to win material: Qf4xh4} (23... Re6 24. Rcd1 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Nb7 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 $15) 24. Nc4 {White threatens to win material: Nc4xe5. A comfortable square for the white knight} (24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Rfe1 Rd5 $11) 24... Rh5 {h4 seems the pivot of the position} (24... Ree8 $5 $15 {should be examined more closely}) 25. Qxf4 $11 Nxf4 {Black has a mate threat} 26. Rce1 Rxh4 27. g3 Nh3+ (27... Rg4 $142 {and Black could well hope to play on} 28. Ne5 Rg5 $11) 28. Kg2 $16 Rh6 29. f4 (29. Re5 f6 30. Rxc5 Ng5 $18) 29... g5 30. Rh1 {White threatens to win material: Rh1xh3} (30. Ne5 $5 $16) 30... g4 $14 { Black has a new backward pawn: h7} 31. Ne5 f5 32. Nd7 {White threatens to win material: Nd7xc5} (32. Nc4 $14) 32... Rc6 $4 {Black lets it slip away} (32... c4 $142 $15 {and Black hangs on}) 33. Re5 $16 Rd8 34. Nxc5 Rf6 $2 (34... a5 $5 $16) 35. Rhe1 (35. Rd1 $5 Kf7 $18) 35... h5 36. Re7 h4 (36... Rf7 $18) 37. Rxa7 hxg3 (37... Rf7 38. Ra6 $18) 38. Kxg3 Rf7 39. Ree7 (39. Ra5 {makes it even easier for White} Rd6 $18) 39... Rxe7 40. Rxe7 Ng1 41. Ne6 (41. Re5 {might be the shorter path} Rb8 42. Ne6 Rxb2 43. Nxd4 Nf3 44. Nxf3 gxf3 $18) 41... Rb8 $2 (41... Rd6 $142 $18) 42. Nxd4 Rxb2 43. Nxf5 Rxc2 44. Kxg4 Rg2+ (44... Ne2 { does not save the day} 45. a4 $18) 45. Kh5 (45. Ng3 $142 $5 {seems even better} Rf2 $18) 45... Ne2 46. Nh6+ $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (46. Re4 {and White can already relax} Kf7 $18) 46... Kh8 $2 (46... Kf8 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. Rf5 $16) 47. Re8+ $4 {what a pity, victory was in sight} (47. f5 $142 $18 { secures the win}) 47... Kh7 $16 48. Re7+ (48. Ng4 $142 Nxf4+ 49. Kg5 $16) 48... Kh8 $18 49. f5 Nf4+ 50. Kh4 Nd5 51. Rf7 $4 {throws away a nice position} (51. Re6 $142 $18 {and White wins}) 51... Rh2+ $11 52. Kg5 {White prepares the advance f6} Rg2+ 53. Ng4 {White intends f6} Ne3 54. f6 {Black has to watch this pawn} Rxg4+ 55. Kh5 Ra4 {Black threatens to win material: Ra4xa3} 56. Kg6 {White has a mate threat} Rg4+ 57. Kh5 {Twofold repetition} Rg2 58. a4 Rh2+ 59. Kg6 {White has a mate threat} Rg2+ 60. Kh5 Rh2+ 61. Kg6 Rg2+ {Twofold repetition} 62. Kh5 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2