[Event "Candidates 2008"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sims, Carlos"]
[Black "Horobetz, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 {last book move} g6 {
Consolidates f5} 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. f4 (5. Ngf3 O-O) 5... Bg4 (5... c5 6. c3
) 6. Ngf3 e6 {Secures f5} 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe1 Bxf3 (8... c5 9. Ne5 O-O 10.
Nxg4 Nxg4 11. c3) 9. Rxf3 ({Instead of} 9. gxf3 c5) 9... c6 {Controls
b5} 10. c3 h5 11. e4 (11. b3 O-O) 11... Nb6 (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Qxe4) 12. exd5 (12. e5 Ng4) 12... cxd5 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Qe7 (14...
Nbd7 15. Bd3) 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. a4 (16. Nb3 Ne8) 16... Rdg8 17. a5 Na8
$2 (17... Nbd7) 18. a6 b6 19. b3 (19. Nf1 Nd7) 19... Qd7 (19...
Nc7 20. h3) 20. Nf1 (20. Qf1 Qc7 21. Nb1 (21. Rxf6 {is the weaker
alternative} Bxf6 22. Ra2 Qd8 (22... Qxc3 {fails because of} 23. Rc2
Bxd4+ 24. Kh1))) 20... Ne8 21. Bf4 Qe7 (21... Nac7) 22. Ne3
Bf8 {terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (22... Nac7
$18) 23. c4 (23. Nxd5 {makes it even easier for White} Qd7 24. Be4 h4)
23... Nec7 (23... Nac7 {there is nothing else anyway} 24. cxd5 Qb4) 24.
cxd5 Nxd5 (24... Qb4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 25. Qxb4 Bxb4 26. Be5
$18) 25. Rc1+ (25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Re3 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Bc5 28. dxc5 Re8 29. Bf5+
Re6 30. Bxe6+ fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32. Rd1 Rh7 33. Rxd5+ Rd7 34. Qxd7#) 25... Kd8
(25... Ndc7 {hoping against hope} 26. Qc3 Kd8) 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Qc3 Qd7
28. Bf5 {Decoy: f5} (28. Bf5 Qe6 29. Bxe6 Bc5 30. dxc5 Rh6 31. Bxh6 fxe6 32.
Qf6+ Kc8 33. Qxe6+ Kd8 34. Qxg8+ Kd7 35. Rf7+ Kc6 36. Qe8#) 1-0