[Event "Reserve"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2002.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sansom, Mike"]
[Black "Sims, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{B05: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5.
Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 {last book move} 7. exd6 (7. c4 Nde7 8. exd6 Qxd6) 7...
Bxd6 8. c4 Nf4 9. Bxf4 Bxf4 10. d5 exd5 (10... Bxf3 {this is the
best way to fight back} 11. Bxf3 Ne5) 11. cxd5 Qf6 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qd6+ 14. Kg1) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qd4 Qh6 (14...
Rab8 {what else?} 15. Qxf6 gxf6) 15. g3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 (16. Qxf4 Qxf4 17.
gxf4 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rfb8) 16... Bd6 17. Qa4 Rab8 18. Qxc6 (18. Rab1 {
might be the shorter path} Be5) 18... Rxb2 19. Ne4 Rb6 (19... Be5 {is no
salvation} 20. Qc5 Qe6 21. Rfe1) 20. Qc3 Qh3 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Bg2 Qd7 23.
Rac1 Ra6 (23... g6 {does not save the day} 24. Qxc7 h5 25. Qa5) 24. Rfd1
Qf5 25. Qxc7 (25. Rd5 {and White can already relax} Qc8) 25... Rxa2 26.
Qc5 Qg4 (26... Qxc5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 27. Rxc5 a5 28. Bd5)
27. Re1 (27. Bd5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Ra4 28. Bc4 g6) 27... h6 (
27... g6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 28. Re7) 28. Ra1 (28. Rc4 {
seems even better} Qd7 29. Bc6 Qc8) 28... Rc8 (28... Rxa1 {doesn't do any
good} 29. Rxa1 Rd8 30. Bc6) 29. Qxc8+ {White should return some of the
goodies he has collected} Qxc8 30. Rxa2 Qc5 31. Rea1 g6 (31... h5 {does not
help much} 32. Rxa7 h4 33. Rd7) 32. Rxa7 Qd4 (32... Kg7 33. Rd7 Qb5 34.
Raa7 Qb1+ 35. Bf1) 33. Ra8+ (33. Bc6 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kg7
34. Be8 h5 35. Bxf7 h4) 33... Kg7 34. Rb1 h5 35. Rbb8 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 h4 (
36... Qd7 {doesn't improve anything} 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rag8+ Kf6
40. Rh7) 37. Rg8+ (37. Ra7 {might be the shorter path} hxg3 38. hxg3 Qd2
$18) 37... Kf6 38. Rh8 g5 (38... hxg3 {cannot change what is in store for ?}
39. hxg3 Qd5 40. Ra7) 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. Raa6 (40. Rb6 {makes it even easier
for White} hxg3 41. hxg3 Qd7) 40... Qc1 (40... Qd7 {a fruitless try to
alter the course of the game} 41. Rhf6 Qd5 42. Rfb6) 41. Kg2 (41. Rhc6 {
and White can already relax} Qb2) 41... Qd1 42. Rad6 Qg4 (42... Qb1 {
is not much help} 43. Bd3 Qb7+ 44. Kg1) 43. Bd3 Qb4 (43... Qc8 {
the only chance to get some counterplay}) 44. Rh7+ Kf8 45. Rd7 Qc5 46. Rhxf7+ (
46. Rdxf7+ Kg8 47. Rfg7+ Kf8 48. Rd7 Kg8 49. Rd8+ Qf8 50. Rxf8+ Kxf8 51. Kh3
Ke8 52. Ra7 Kd8 53. gxh4 g4+ 54. Kxg4 Kc8 55. h5 Kd8 56. h6 Kc8 57. h7 Kb8 58.
Re7 Kc8 59. h8=Q#) 46... Ke8 47. Rfe7+ {surprise!} Kf8 (47... Qxe7 48. Rxe7+
{Combination}) 48. Rf7+ {Twofold repetition} (48. Rh7 Qc6+ 49. Kh3 g4+ 50. Kxh4
Qf6+ 51. Kxg4 Ke8 52. Ra7 Qd4+ 53. Kh5 Qc5+ 54. Kh6 Qf8+ 55. Kg5 Qc5+ 56. Bf5
Qe7+ 57. Rhxe7+ Kf8 58. h4 Kg8 59. Ra8#) 48... Ke8 49. Rh7 (49. Kg1 {
secures victory} Qa3 50. Bb5 Qa1+ 51. Bf1 Qe5) 49... Qc6+ 50. Kg1 hxg3 (
50... Qxd7 {hardly improves anything} 51. Rxd7 Kxd7 52. Kg2) 51. hxg3 (51.
Rde7+ Kd8 52. hxg3 Qa4 53. Rb7 Qc6 54. Ra7 Qc1+ 55. Bf1 Qc3 56. Kh2 Qc6 57. Bb5
Qc3 58. Ra8+ Qc8 59. Rd7+ Ke8 60. Rxc8#) 51... Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qc6 53. Rc7 (53.
Ra7 Kd8 54. Bf5 g4 55. Rh8+ Qe8 56. Rd7+ Kc8 57. Rxe8#) 53... Qxc7 54. Rxc7
g4 55. Rg7 Kf8 56. Rxg4 Kf7 (56... Ke7 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 57.
Rc4 Ke6 58. Kg2 Ke7 59. Rc2 Ke6 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Rc1 Kg5 63. Rc6 Kg4
64. Be2+ Kf5 65. Bd1 Ke5 66. f4+ Kf5 67. g4#) 57. Kh3 Kf6 (57... Ke7 {does not
improve anything} 58. Re4+ Kd7 59. g4 Kd6 60. g5 Kd7 61. g6 Kd6 62. g7 Kd5 63.
g8=Q+ Kc6 64. Qc8+ Kd5 65. Re6 Kd4 66. Qc4#) 58. Kh4 Kf7 (58... Ke5 {cannot
change destiny} 59. Re4+ Kd5 60. g4 Kd6 61. g5 Kd5 62. g6 Kd6 63. g7 Kc7 64.
g8=Q Kc6 65. Qc8+ Kd5 66. Re6 Kd4 67. Qc4#) 59. Kg5 Kg7 (59... Ke7 {does not
win a prize} 60. Rd4 Ke6 61. Kg6 Ke7 62. Bf5 Kf8 63. Re4 Kg8 64. Re8#) 60. Rf4
Kh8 61. Kg6 Kg8 62. Rf5 (62. Rf5 Kh8 63. Rf8#) 1-0