[Event "John Hurt Memorial"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamelrath, Ed"]
[Black "Hilliard, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1756"]
[BlackElo "1563"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
b6 4. e4 {last book move} d5 (4... Bb4 $5 {deserves consideration} 5. Bd3 Bb7
$16) 5. cxd5 $16 exd5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 (7. Bd3 $5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 $16) 7... dxe4
$14 8. Bf4 (8. Ne2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O $14) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O 11. f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xe4} (11. O-O-O Qe7 12.
Qf4 Bb7 $11) 11... Bb7 12. O-O-O Qd5 {Black threatens to win material: Qd5xa2}
13. Kb1 (13. Ne2 exf3 14. gxf3 c5 $11) 13... Nc6 {The backward pawn on d4
becomes a target} 14. fxe4 Qxe4+ 15. Bd3 Qxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qc2 $4 (17.
Qxd4 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Kxh7 19. Nf3 $11) 17...
Qxe5 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails.} (17... Qh4 $142 {and Black
could have gained the advantage} 18. Bf5 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 $19) 18. Nf3 $17 Qh5
19. Be4 {White threatens to win material: Be4xc6} Nb4 {Black threatens to win
material: Nb4xc2} 20. Qc4 Bxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Qh7 (21... c5 22. g4 Rae8 23. gxh5
Rxe4 24. Rd7 $17) 22. Qxh7+ $11 Kxh7 23. Rd7 c5 24. Re1 (24. Rhd1 Kg8 $11)
24... Nc6 $15 25. Ng5+ {White forks: f7+h7} Kg6 (25... Kg8 $5 $15) 26. h4 $11
Rad8 {Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd7} 27. Red1 (27. Rc7 $5 {is worth
looking at} Rc8 28. Rd7 $11) 27... Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Nd4 (28... Rd8 $5 29. Rxf7 Rd2
$17) 29. Rxa7 $11 1/2-1/2