[Event "City Championship 2007"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2007.03.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Sims, Carlos"] [Black "Dasari, Teja"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1441"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 e6 {last book move} 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. Qe2 {Black has a cramped position} Nf6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 (11... O-O $5 $15) 12. dxe5 $11 {White has the pair of bishops.} Nd5 {White king safety improved} 13. Ne4 (13. Bd2 Nd7 14. O-O-O b5 $11) 13... O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 14. Rh3 (14. Nd6 $14) 14... Qc7 (14... Nd7 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 15. Nd6 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 $15) 15. Nd6 $16 Nd7 $4 {causes even greater problems} (15... Qe7 $142 16. Bd2 f6 $16) 16. Rg3 (16. Bxh6 $142 { might be the shorter path} gxh6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Rg3 $18) 16... Ne7 (16... Kh8 17. Bxh6 $1 {Demolition of pawn structure} gxh6 $18) 17. Bxh6 Nf5 (17... Qa5+ { desperation} 18. c3 g6 $18) 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxg7 Rfe8 (19... Bg6 20. hxg6 Kxg7 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rg7+ Kd8 24. O-O-O Kc8 25. Bxe6 Qb6 26. Rdxd7 Kb8 27. Qf7 Qe3+ 28. fxe3 Rxf7 29. Rg8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8#) 20. Bf6+ (20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Kh7 22. Qd2 Kg8 23. Qh6 f6 24. Bxf6+ Kf7 25. Qg7#) 20... Kf8 21. Qe3 Nxf6 22. exf6 (22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qxf6+ Kd7 24. Qxf7+ Kc8 25. Bxe6+ Bxe6 26. Qxe8+ Qd8 27. Qxe6+ Qd7 28. Rg8+ Kc7 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 30. Rxa8 Ke6 31. h6 Kd5 32. h7 Ke6 33. h8=Q Kd5 34. O-O-O+ Kc5 35. Qd8 a6 36. a4 Kb4 37. Rd4+ Kc5 38. b4#) 22... Re7 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Rg8+ Kd7 25. Rd1+ Qd6 26. Rxd6+ Kxd6 (26... Kc7 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 27. Rxa8 a6 28. fxe7 Kxd6 29. e8=N+ Kc5 30. Qe3+ Kxc4 31. Nd6+ Kd5 32. c4+ Kxd6 33. Qd4+ Ke7 34. Qd8#) 27. Rxa8 Rd7 28. Bxe6 $1 {Theme: Double Attack.} Bxe6 (28... Kxe6 {Decoy theme: e6} 29. Re8+) 29. Qd2+ Bd5 30. Qxd5+ $1 {A double attack} cxd5 (30... Kxd5 31. h6) 31. h6 Kc7 32. h7 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. h8=N (34. h8=Q+ Kd7 35. Qh3+ Kd6 36. Qe3 d4 37. Qe7+ Kd5 38. Qxf7+ Kc5 39. Qc7+ Kd5 40. Qxb7+ Ke5 41. f7 d3 42. Qe7+ Kd5 43. Qd7+ Kc4 44. Qxd3+ Kc5 45. f8=Q+ Kc6 46. Qc8+ Kb6 47. Qda6#) 34... Ke8 $18 35. g4 Kf8 36. g5 (36. Nxf7 $142 {seems even better} Kxf7 37. g5 Ke6 $18) 36... Kg8 37. Ng6 (37. Nxf7 $142 {and White takes home the point} Kxf7 38. f4 Ke6 $18) 37... fxg6 38. Kd2 (38. Ke2 $142 $18 {makes it even easier for White}) 38... Kh7 (38... Kf7 $18 {is one last hope}) 39. Kd3 Kg8 40. Kd4 Kf7 41. Kxd5 Ke8 ( 41... b6 {is not much help} 42. Kd6 Ke8 43. Ke6 a5 44. f7+ Kf8 45. a4 b5 46. axb5 a4 47. b6 Kg7 48. b7 a3 49. b8=Q axb2 50. Qg8#) 42. Kd6 (42. Ke6 Kf8 43. f7 b6 44. Kf6 b5 45. b4 a6 46. f4 a5 47. bxa5 b4 48. a6 b3 49. a7 bxc2 50. a8=Q#) 42... Kf7 $18 43. Kc7 (43. Ke5 a6 44. Kd6 b5 45. b4 a5 46. bxa5 b4 47. a6 b3 48. axb3 Kg8 49. a7 Kf7 50. c4 Kf8 51. a8=Q+ Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Qg7#) 43... b5 44. Kb7 (44. Kd7 b4 45. c3 bxc3 46. bxc3 Kf8 47. Ke6 Ke8 48. f7+ Kf8 49. Kf6 a5 50. a3 a4 51. Ke6 Kg7 52. Ke7 Kh8 53. Kf6 Kh7 54. c4 Kh8 55. f8=Q+ Kh7 56. Qg7#) 44... a5 45. Kb6 b4 46. Kxa5 Ke6 47. Kxb4 Kf5 48. f7 Kxg5 (48... Kf4 {hardly improves anything} 49. f8=Q+ Kg4 50. a4 Kh5 51. a5 Kxg5 52. a6 Kg4 53. a7 Kh4 54. Qh6+ Kg4 55. a8=Q Kf5 56. Qd5+ Kf6 57. Qf8#) 49. f8=B (49. f8=Q Kg4 50. a4 Kh3 51. a5 Kg2 52. a6 g5 53. a7 Kf1 54. a8=Q Ke1 55. Qh1+ Kd2 56. Qff3 Kxc2 57. Qc3#) 49... Kh5 50. a4 g5 (50... Kg5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 51. a5 Kf4 52. a6 Kg4 53. a7 Kf3 54. a8=Q+ Ke2 55. Qe4+ Kf1 56. Qd3+ Kxf2 57. Bc5+ Kg2 58. Qe2+ Kh3 59. Qf3+ Kh2 60. c4 g5 61. Bf2 g4 62. Qg3+ Kh1 63. Qg1#) 51. a5 Kg4 (51... Kg6 {does not win a prize} 52. a6 Kf5 53. a7 Kf6 54. a8=Q Ke6 55. Qe8+ Kf6 56. Qe7+ Kf5 57. f3 Kf4 58. Qe4+ Kg3 59. Bc5 g4 60. Qxg4+ Kh2 61. c4 Kh1 62. Qh3#) 52. a6 Kf3 (52... Kf5 {is no salvation} 53. a7 Ke4 54. a8=Q+ Ke5 55. f3 Kf4 56. Qe4+ Kg3 57. Bc5 g4 58. Qxg4+ Kh2 59. c4 Kh1 60. Qh3#) 53. a7 Kxf2 54. a8=B g4 (54... Ke2 {does not help much} 55. c4 g4 56. c5 Ke3 57. c6 g3 58. c7 Kf4 59. Bd6+ Kf5 60. c8=Q+ Kf6 61. Qf8+ Kg5 62. Qf4+ Kg6 63. Be4+ Kh5 64. Qf5+ Kh4 65. Be7#) 55. c4 g3 (55... Ke2 {cannot undo what has already been done} 56. c5 Kf2 57. c6 g3 58. Bc5+ Kf1 59. c7 g2 60. c8=Q g1=Q 61. Qh3+ Ke2 62. Qf3+ Ke1 63. Qc3+ Kf1 64. Qc1+ Ke2 65. Bxg1 Kd3 66. Qd1#) 56. c5 Kf1 57. Bg2+ $1 {final destruction} Kxg2 (57... Kg1 {does not save the day} 58. c6 Kf2 59. c7 Kxg2 60. c8=Q Kh2 61. Qg4 Kg2 62. Bd6 Kf2 63. Qxg3+ Ke2 64. Kc3 Kf1 65. Bc5 Ke2 66. Qe3+ Kf1 67. Qf2#) 58. c6 Kf1 (58... Kf3 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 59. c7 Ke2 60. c8=Q g2 61. Qg4+ Kd2 62. Bh6+ Kc2 63. Qe4+ Kxb2 64. Qxg2+ Kb1 65. Kb3 Ka1 66. Qb2#) 59. c7 g2 60. c8=R (60. c8=Q g1=Q 61. Qc1+ Kg2 62. Qxg1+ Kxg1 63. Kc3 Kf2 64. b4 Kf3 65. b5 Kg3 66. Bd6+ Kg4 67. b6 Kf5 68. b7 Kg6 69. b8=Q Kf7 70. Qb3+ Kf6 71. Qg8 Kf5 72. Qd5+ Kg4 73. Qe6+ Kg5 74. Qe5+ Kh6 75. Qf6+ Kh5 76. Qf5+ Kh4 77. Qg6 Kh3 78. Qg3#) 60... g1=Q 61. Rc1+ Kg2 62. Rxg1+ Kxg1 (62... Kf2 {does not improve anything} 63. Kc4 Kxg1 64. Kc3 Kf2 65. b4 Ke2 66. b5 Kf3 67. b6 Ke2 68. b7 Ke1 69. b8=Q Kf1 70. Qf4+ Kg2 71. Qg4+ Kf2 72. Bc5+ Ke1 73. Qg2 Kd1 74. Qd2#) 63. Kc3 Kf2 (63... Kg2 {does not solve anything} 64. b4 Kh2 65. b5 Kg3 66. b6 Kf3 67. b7 Kf4 68. b8=Q+ Kf5 69. Qb5+ Kg4 70. Qd7+ Kg5 71. Be7+ Kf4 72. Bd6+ Kg5 73. Qf7 Kg4 74. Qf4+ Kh5 75. Be7 Kg6 76. Qf6+ Kh7 77. Bf8 Kg8 78. Qg7#) 64. b4 Ke3 (64... Kg3 {doesn't do any good} 65. b5 Kg4 66. b6 Kf5 67. b7 Ke6 68. b8=Q Kf5 69. Qb5+ Ke6 70. Qg5 Kf7 71. Qg7+ Ke6 72. Qg4+ Kf6 73. Qh5 Ke6 74. Qg6+ Kd7 75. Qd6+ Kc8 76. Qc6+ Kb8 77. Bd6+ Ka7 78. Qb5 Ka8 79. Qa6#) 65. b5 Ke4 (65... Kf3 {doesn't change anything anymore} 66. b6 Kg4 67. b7 Kf4 68. b8=Q+ Kf5 69. Qe8 Kf6 70. Qh5 Ke6 71. Qg4+ Kf6 72. Qf4+ Ke6 73. Qg5 Kf7 74. Qg7+ Ke6 75. Qg6+ Kd7 76. Qd6+ Kc8 77. Qc6+ Kb8 78. Bd6+ Ka7 79. Qb5 Ka8 80. Qa6#) 66. b6 Ke5 ( 66... Kf5 {is not the saving move} 67. b7 Ke6 68. b8=Q Kf5 69. Qb5+ Ke6 70. Qe8+ Kf5 71. Qh5+ Ke4 72. Qg4+ Kd5 73. Qf5+ Kc6 74. Qe6+ Kc7 75. Qd6+ Kb7 76. Qd7+ Kb6 77. Kb4 Ka6 78. Qc8+ Ka7 79. Bc5#) 67. b7 Kf5 (67... Ke6 {cannot change destiny} 68. b8=Q Kf5 69. Qc8+ Kf4 70. Qc4+ Ke5 71. Qb5+ Ke6 72. Qe8+ Kf5 73. Qh5+ Kf6 74. Qf3+ Ke6 75. Qg4+ Kf6 76. Qh5 Ke6 77. Qg6+ Kd7 78. Qd6+ Kc8 79. Qc6+ Kb8 80. Bd6+ Ka7 81. Qb5 Ka8 82. Qa6#) 68. b8=R (68. b8=Q Ke6 69. Qc8+ Ke5 70. Qg4 Kf6 71. Qh5 Ke6 72. Qg6+ Kd7 73. Qd6+ Kc8 74. Qc6+ Kb8 75. Bd6+ Ka7 76. Qb5 Ka8 77. Qa6#) 68... Kf6 (68... Ke4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 69. Re8+ Kd5 70. Kd3 Kc6 71. Kd4 Kb6 72. Kd5 Kc7 73. Bd6+ Kb6 74. Bc5+ Kc7 75. Re7+ Kd8 76. Kc6 Kc8 77. Re8#) 69. Kd4 Kf7 (69... Kg6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 70. Ke4 Kg5 71. Rb6 Kg4 72. Rg6+ Kh4 73. Rg7 Kh3 74. Be7 Kh2 75. Bd6+ Kh1 76. Bh2 Kxh2 77. Kf3 Kh1 78. Kf2 Kh2 79. Rh7#) 70. Rb6 Kxf8 71. Rb7 Ke8 72. Kd5 Kd8 73. Kd6 Kc8 (73... Ke8 {doesn't improve anything} 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. Ke6 Kg8 76. Kf6 Kh8 77. Kg6 Kg8 78. Ra8#) 74. Rd7 Kb8 75. Rc7 Ka8 76. Kc6 Kb8 77. Kb6 Ka8 78. Rc8# 1-0