[Event "US Class Championship"] [Site "Syracuse,NY"] [Date "2005.10.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Palatnik, Sam"] [Black "Waitzkin, Josh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2589"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 {last book move} 6. Ne5 (6. Qxc4 Bb4 $11) 6... Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bd6 8. Nxd7 Nxd7 ({Instead of} 8... Kxd7 9. g3 $16) 9. e3 {Prevents intrusion on f4} O-O 10. Be2 Na5 {Black threatens to win material: Na5xc4} ( 10... Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. Bf1 $11) 11. Qa4 $14 c5 12. Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xd6} Bc7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Qd5 {Black threatens to win material: Qd5xg2} (14... Qg5 15. Bf3 Nc6 16. Bd2 $14 (16. Bxc6 $143 bxc6 17. O-O Qxc5 $11)) 15. Bf3 Qxc5 16. Bd2 Qc4 17. Qa3 (17. b4 Rad8 18. Rc1 Qd3 $16) 17... Qb5 18. Rc1 Bb6 (18... Nc6 19. Qb3 a6 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. a3 $11) 19. Qb4 $16 Qd3 20. Qe4 {White threatens to win material: Qe4xd3} Qb5 {Black threatens to win material: Qb5xb2} 21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Be2 {White threatens to win material: Be2xb5} Qg5 23. O-O Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qa4 Rd6 27. Be2 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. g3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qd6 31. Bf3 Kf7 32. Kg2 Bd8 33. e4 Kg6 (33... g6 $5 $16) 34. exf5+ $18 exf5 35. Qb5 (35. g4 Qd7 36. Qc4 Ne7 $18) 35... Bb6 ( 35... Qd7 $5 $16) 36. a4 $18 Qc5 37. Qxc5 (37. Qe2 $5 Kf7 38. Qd2 $18) 37... Bxc5 $14 {A minor pieces endgame occured} 38. Bd5 Nd8 (38... Be7 $5 $14) 39. b4 $16 Bd6 40. b5 h6 41. h4 h5 42. f4 b6 43. Kf3 Nf7 44. Bc6 Nd8 (44... Kh7 45. Bd7 g6 46. Be6 $16) 45. Be8+ (45. Be5 $5 Bb4 46. Bd5 $18) 45... Kh6 $16 46. a5 (46. Bd7 Kg6 $16) 46... bxa5 $14 47. Bxa5 Nb7 {Black threatens to win material: Nb7xa5} 48. Bd2 Bb8 (48... Bc5 49. Bc3 $14) 49. Be3 Nd6 50. Bc6 Kg6 51. Bd4 Kf7 52. Ke3 g6 53. Kd3 Ke7 54. Kc3 (54. Bc5 $16) 54... Ke6 $2 (54... Nc8 $142 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit}) 55. Kb4 $16 Ne4 $2 (55... Ke7 $142 $16) 56. Bxe4 $18 fxe4 57. Kc4 Kf5 (57... Bd6 58. Bxa7 Ba3 59. Bd4 $18) 58. Kd5 Kg4 (58... Bc7 59. Bxa7 g5 60. hxg5 h4 61. g4+ Kxf4 $18) 59. Kxe4 Bc7 (59... Bd6 {there is nothing better in the position} 60. Bxa7 Kxg3 $18) 60. Bxa7 Kxg3 61. Bd4 Kxh4 62. Kf3 Kh3 63. b6 Bxb6 64. Bxb6 Kh2 65. Bf2 Kh1 66. Kg3 (66. Kg3 h4+ 67. Kh3 g5 68. f5 g4+ 69. Kxh4 Kg2 70. Bg3 Kf3 71. f6 Ke4 72. f7 Kd4 73. f8=Q Kd5 74. Qd6+ Kc4 75. Qc6+ Kd4 76. Kxg4 Kd3 77. Kf3 Kd4 78. Be1 Ke5 79. Bc3+ Kf5 80. Qf6#) 1-0