[Event "48th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wheeler, Jerry"]
[Black "Gray, Donny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3.
c4 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 {last book move} e6 8. Nc3 Bb4
9. Bd2 Qa5 (9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bg6 11. Qa4 $16) 10. f3 (10. Qb3 $5 Bxc3 11.
bxc3 $16) 10... Nbd7 $14 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bd3 {White threatens to win
material: Bd3xh7} Bg6 13. e4 Nf6 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Be2 $11) 14. a3
Bxc3 (14... Bf8 15. O-O $14) 15. Bxc3 Qb6 16. a4 O-O 17. a5 Qc7 18. O-O Rfd8
19. Rfc1 Rd7 20. b4 a6 21. Bf1 Rad8 22. Qb2 (22. Bb2 Qb8 $16 (22... Rxd4 $2 {
would be great except for} 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. b5 $18)) 22... Ne8 (22... Bxe4 23.
fxe4 Nxe4 24. b5 axb5 25. a6 bxa6 26. Ba5 $14) 23. g3 (23. Be2 Nd6 $16) 23...
Qb8 24. Qf2 Qa7 (24... Qd6 25. g4 $14) 25. Be2 Nd6 26. Bb2 h6 27. Rd1 Nb5 {
Can d4 get defended?} 28. Bxb5 cxb5 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared.} 29.
Rac1 b6 30. axb6 Qxb6 31. Rc5 Qb7 32. Rdc1 Qb6 (32... f5 33. e5 $16) 33. Rc6
Qb7 34. Qc2 Rd6 35. Rc7 Qb6 36. Qc5 Kh7 (36... f6 37. Kg2 $16) 37. Kg2 Ra8 (
37... h5 38. Bc3 $18) 38. Qxb6 (38. h4 $5 h5 $18) 38... Rxb6 39. Ra1 (39. h4 $5
h5 40. R1c5 f6 $18) 39... Rd6 40. Kf2 Kg8 41. g4 Kf8 42. Ke3 f6 43. f4 Be8 44.
h4 Rd7 {Black threatens to win material: Rd7xc7} (44... h5 45. g5 $14) 45. Rc5
$16 {White plans f5. Here comes the goal-getter} Rb7 (45... Rda7 $5 $16) 46. f5
exf5 47. gxf5 (47. Rxf5 $6 Bd7 48. Rf4 Kg8 $14) 47... Bf7 (47... Rba7 48. Bc3
$18) 48. d5 (48. e5 fxe5 49. dxe5 Bb3 $18) 48... Be8 (48... Rd7 49. Kf4 $18)
49. Bd4 Bd7 50. Rc2 Be8 1-0