[Event "Candidates"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harbert, Carlos"]
[Black "Hellwig, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
{D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3 O-O {
last book move} 9. Ne5 Rc8 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 $11)
10. f4 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rf3 Ne4 {
Here comes the goal-getter} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rh3 Ndf6 15. g4 (15. Qe1 $14)
15... Rfd8 $2 (15... Rcd8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxe4 $16) 16. Ndf3 (16. g5 hxg5 17.
Bxe4 dxe4 18. fxg5 Nh7 $18) 16... Nh7 (16... Ne8 $142 $5 $11 {deserves
consideration}) 17. g5 $16 Nhxg5 $4 {cause more grief} (17... a6 $142 $16) 18.
fxg5 $18 Nxg5 (18... f6 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 $18) 19. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 20. Rg3
(20. Kh1 $142 {seems even better} Rc7 21. Qe2 cxd4 22. exd4 $18) 20... Qe7 (
20... Qh4 $18 {is one last hope}) 21. Qh5 f5 22. Qxh6 Rf8 23. Ng6 (23. Kf2 $142
{and White has prevailed} Rf6 24. Qh4 Rf7 $18) 23... Qf6 (23... gxh6 {hoping
against hope} 24. Nxe7+ Kf7 25. Nxc8 Bxc8 $18) 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Nxf8 (25. Qh7
Rg8 26. Rf1 c4 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Ne5+ Ke7 29. Rxf5 Qe6 30. Rxg7+ Kd6 $18) 25...
Rxf8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 (26... g6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 27. Qh7+ Qg7 28.
Qh4 $18) 27. Rf1 (27. Kh1 $142 {seems even better} c4 28. Rg6 Qf7 $18) 27...
Bc6 28. Rf4 (28. Rh3 $5 {and White can already relax} Bd7 $18) 28... Be8 29.
Qg5 (29. Qh3 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} g6 $18) 29... Qxg5 30.
Rxg5 Kf7 (30... g6 $18 {what else?}) 31. Bxf5 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield.}
Kf6 (31... exf5 32. Rgxf5+) 32. Bxe6+ $1 {Clearance to allow f4-f8} Kxg5 (32...
Kxe6 33. Rxf8) 33. Rxf8 Bg6 34. Bxd5 cxd4 35. exd4 Bd3 36. Kg2 (36. Rf7 {
might be the shorter path} a5 37. Rxg7+ Kh6 $18) 36... a5 37. Kg3 b5 38. a4 Kg6
39. Kf4 (39. axb5 Bxb5 40. Be4+ Kh6 41. Rh8+ Kg5 42. Rb8 $18) 39... b4 40. Be4+
Bxe4 41. Kxe4 bxc3 (41... Kg5 {does not improve anything} 42. d5 Kg4 43. d6 Kh3
44. d7 g6 45. Kf3 Kxh2 46. Rh8+ Kg1 47. d8=Q bxc3 48. Qd1#) 42. bxc3 (42. bxc3
Kh6 43. d5 Kg5 44. d6 Kh5 45. d7 Kh6 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. h4 Kf6 48. d8=Q+ Ke6 49.
Re8+ Kf7 50. h5 g6 51. Qe7#) 1-0