[Event "Pillsbury Incentive IV"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Doren, Jon"]
[Black "Sims, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1214"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{C40: Latvian and Elephant Gambits} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 {
last book move} 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... d5 6. d4 Bxf5 7. Qd2 $14) 6. Nxc6 (6. Ng4 $142
$5 d6 7. d3 Bxf5 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. dxe4 $18) 6... dxc6 $11 7. d3 {White
threatens to win material: d3xe4} Bxf5 8. Qe2 Bb4 {White's piece can't move: f1
} (8... Qe7 $142 $11) 9. f3 $4 {White lets it slip away} (9. dxe4 Be6 $14) 9...
Bxc3+ $4 {throwing away the advantage} (9... Nd5 $142 10. fxe4 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Qxg4 Bxa1 14. Qe6+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $17) 10. bxc3 $11
e3 (10... Qe7 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe3 $14) 11. Qxe3+ $14 Kf7 {Black loses the
right to castle} 12. Qc5 {White threatens to win material: Qc5xf5} (12. Qf4
Re8+ 13. Kf2 Be6 $14) 12... Re8+ $11 13. Be3 $4 {hands over the advantage to
the opponent} (13. Kf2 $142 {is just about the only chance} Nd5 14. Kg1 $11)
13... Nd5 $19 14. O-O-O Rxe3 15. c4 (15. Qd4 {doesn't do any good} Re8 $19)
15... Qg5 16. Kb2 (16. h4 {is no salvation} Qh6 17. g4 Rxd3+ 18. g5 Rxd1+ 19.
Kxd1 Qh5 $19) 16... Nb6 (16... Qf6+ $142 {and Black can celebrate victory} 17.
d4 b6 18. Qxd5+ cxd5 $19) 17. Qb4 (17. Kb1 {cannot change what is in store for
?} Na4 18. Qa3 b5 $19) 17... c5 18. Qd2 (18. Qb3 {a fruitless try to alter the
course of the game} Rae8 19. Ka3 Qf4 $19) 18... Rd8 (18... Qf6+ {and Black can
already relax} 19. Kb1 Na4 20. c3 Nxc3+ 21. Kc2 Nxd1 22. Qxd1 $19) 19. Kb3 (19.
Ka1 {does not solve anything} Qf6+ 20. c3 Na4 $19) 19... Be6 (19... Nxc4 20.
Qc3 Be6 21. f4 $19) 20. Qc1 (20. f4 {is not the saving move} Qxf4 21. c3 Nxc4
$19) 20... Nxc4 (20... Bxc4+ 21. Kb2 Na4+ 22. Kb1 Nc3+ 23. Ka1 Nxd1 $19) 21.
Ka4 (21. c3 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} Nd2+ 22. Kc2 Nxf1 23.
Rhxf1 Re2+ 24. Kb1 Bxa2+ 25. Ka1 Qxc1+ 26. Rxc1 $19) 21... b5+ $1 {puts the
final touch} 22. Kxb5 (22. Kb3 {is not much help} Qd5 23. Qb1 b4 24. c3 Na3+
25. Kb2 bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Nxb1+ 27. Rxb1 Rxd3+ 28. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 29. Kb2 Qd2+ 30. Ka1
Qxa2#) 22... Rb8+ 23. Ka4 (23. Ka6 {cannot undo what has already been done}
Bc8+ 24. Kxa7 Rb7+ 25. Ka8 Nb6#) 23... Rb4# 0-1