[Event "Memphis Chess Classic"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovalic, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Andrews, Todd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Bd2 {last book move} Ne7 8. Bd3 Bd7 (
8... Nbc6 9. Nf3 $11) 9. Qg4 {White threatens to win material: Qg4xg7} Nbc6 (
9... c4 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nf3 $14) 10. Nf3 (10. Qxg7 $5 Rg8 11. Qf6 (11. Qxh7 $6
cxd4 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 $11) 11... cxd4 12. Bxh7 Rxg2 13.
Qh8+ Rg8 14. Bxg8 $16) 10... c4 $14 {Black gains space} 11. Be2 Nf5 12. O-O
O-O-O 13. Nh4 h5 14. Qf4 Nce7 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. a4 Rdg8 17. g3 {Consolidates h4
} (17. Rfe1 f6 18. h4 g5 $11) 17... g5 {Black plans h4} 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Rfb1
Bc6 20. a5 g4 {Black wins space} (20... f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bf1 $11) 21. Qg2 (
21. Qf4 Rg6 $11) 21... h4 22. a6 b5 23. Rb4 hxg3 24. hxg3 (24. fxg3 $142 $5 {
should be examined more closely} Rg7 25. Rf1 $11) 24... Rh5 $17 25. Rab1 Qb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qb6xa6} (25... Qe8 $142 26. Bf4 Rg7 $17) 26.
Ra1 $4 (26. Bc1 $142 $15 {was necessary}) 26... Nxd4 $1 $19 {finishing the game
} 27. cxd4 (27. Bxg4 {otherwise it's curtains at once} Rxg4 28. cxd4 Qxd4 29.
Rd1 $19) 27... Qxd4 {A double attack} 28. Rd1 (28. Bc3 Qxc3 29. Rab1 Qxc2 30.
Bxg4 Rxg4 31. f3 Rxg3 32. Qxg3 $19) 28... Qc5 (28... Rgh8 $142 {and the result
of the game is clear: Black will win} 29. Bh6 Qc5 $19) 29. Bxg4 $4 {leads to
further unpleasantness} (29. Bc3 $142 Kc7 30. Rbb1 $15) 29... Rxg4 $19 30. Be3
(30. Rdb1 {the only chance to get some counterplay} Rg8 31. Be3 $19) 30... d4
31. Rxd4 Bxg2 32. Rd8+ (32. Ra4 {is not the saving move} Bf3 33. Rd8+ Kxd8 34.
Bg5+ Rgxg5 35. Rxc4 Rh1#) 32... Kxd8 33. Bxc5 (33. Kxg2 {does not win a prize}
Qxb4 34. Bb6+ axb6 35. a7 Rxg3+ 36. fxg3 Qd2+ 37. Kg1 Qd4+ 38. Kf1 Rh1+ 39. Kg2
Qe4+ 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Kf1 Qh1#) 33... Bf3 (33... Bf3 34. Bb6+ axb6 35. Rxc4
Rh1#) 0-1