[Event "Ivory Pawn"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.07.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Stratton, Kent"] [Black "Sims, Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C40"] [WhiteElo "1456"] [BlackElo "1711"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {C40: Latvian and Elephant Gambits} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 { last book move} Nc6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. e5 Qg6 7. c4 Be6 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. g3 (9. Qa4 a6 10. Ne2 Qf7 $16) 9... a6 {Covers b5} (9... Bc5 $142 10. Be3 a6 $14) 10. a4 ( 10. Be3 $5 Bc5 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Qb3 $16) 10... h5 (10... Bc5 $1 $15 {might be a viable alternative}) 11. Be3 $11 h4 (11... Bc5 $1 $11 {is an interesting idea}) 12. Qf3 $16 Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxc3 (13... Ne7 14. Rg1 $16) 14. bxc3 $18 hxg3 15. fxg3 Qf7 16. Qe2 Nh6 17. h3 Ng4 (17... Qe7 18. Kb2 $16) 18. Bg5 $18 Rde8 (18... Rd7 19. Rg1 Rh5 20. Bd2 $18) 19. Rg1 (19. Qf3 $142 Qh5 20. Bd2 $18 (20. hxg4 { is no comparison} Qxg5+ 21. Kc2 fxg4 $17)) 19... Qg6 $2 (19... Nh6 $142 $18) 20. Bf4 (20. hxg4 $6 {is the weaker alternative} Qxg5+ 21. Kb2 f4 22. gxf4 Qxf4 $14) 20... Nh6 21. d5 Bd7 (21... Nf7 22. Qe3 Kb8 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. g4 fxg4 25. Rxg4 $18) 22. e6 Qf6 (22... Bxe6 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 23. dxe6 Rxe6 $18) 23. exd7+ Kxd7 24. dxc6+ Kc8 25. cxb7+ Kb8 26. Qb2 g5 27. Bd2 Nf7 28. c5 Ne5 29. c4 Rd8 (29... f4 {doesn't change anything anymore} 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Bc3 $18) 30. Bc3 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Qd8+ (31... Rd8+ {desperation} 32. Kc1 Re8 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 $18) 32. Kc2 Nf3 33. Bxh8 Nxg1 34. Qd4 (34. Bg2 Qg8 35. Kd3 Qd8+ 36. Bd5 Nf3 $18) 34... Qe8 35. Qxg1 Qxh8 (35... Qxa4+ {does not solve anything} 36. Kd2 Qa2+ 37. Kc1 $18) 36. Qe3 (36. c6 {and White can already relax} Qa1 37. Qc5 Qa2+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qb2+ 40. Kf3 g4+ 41. Kf4 Qh8 $18) 36... Qg8 (36... Kxb7 37. c6+ Ka8 38. Qb3 $18) 37. Qe5 f4 (37... g4 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 38. h4 f4 39. gxf4 Qg6+ 40. Bd3 $18) 38. Qf6 ( 38. gxf4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} gxf4 39. Qd5 $18) 38... Qh7+ (38... Kxb7 {there is nothing else anyway} 39. Bg2+ Ka7 $18) 39. Bd3 Qxh3 (39... Qe7 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 40. Qxa6 Qe2+ 41. Bxe2 c6 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43. Qc8#) 40. Qxa6 (40. c6 Qg2+ 41. Kc3 Qxc6 42. Qxc6 fxg3 43. Be4 a5 44. Qe8+ Ka7 45. b8=Q+ Ka6 46. Qb7#) 40... Qg2+ $18 41. Kc3 Qxb7 42. Qxb7+ Kxb7 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Be4+ Ka7 (44... Kb8 {cannot change destiny} 45. Kb4 Kc8 46. a5 Kb8 47. Bf3 Kc8 48. Kb5 Kb8 49. Bg2 Kc8 50. Bd5 Kb8 51. Ka6 Kc8 52. Ka7 Kd7 53. Kb7 Ke7 54. Kxc7 Kf6 55. c6 Ke5 56. Kb7 Kd4 57. a6 Kd3 58. c7 Ke2 59. a7 Kd2 60. a8=Q Kd1 61. Qa3 f3 62. Qb2 Ke1 63. Bxf3 Kf1 64. Qe2+ Kg1 65. Qg2#) 45. Kb4 $18 Ka6 46. a5 Ka7 47. Kb5 Kb8 48. Ka6 Kc8 49. Ka7 (49. Bd5 c6 50. Bxc6 f3 51. Bxf3 Kc7 52. c6 Kd6 53. Kb7 Ke6 54. c7 Kd6 55. a6 Ke6 56. c8=Q+ Ke5 57. a7 Kd4 58. a8=Q Ke3 59. Qa7+ Kxf3 60. Qh3+ Ke2 61. Qhe3+ Kd1 62. Qa4#) 49... c6 50. Bxc6 Kc7 (50... Kd8 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 51. Bf3 Ke7 52. a6 Kf6 53. c6 Kf7 54. Kb6 Ke6 55. c7 Kd7 56. a7 Kd6 57. c8=Q Ke5 58. a8=Q Kd4 59. Qa3 Ke5 60. Qb2+ Kd6 61. Qf6#) 51. Bf3 Kc8 (51... Kd7 {does not win a prize} 52. Kb6 Kd8 53. c6 Ke7 54. a6 Kf6 55. c7 Ke6 56. c8=Q+ Ke5 57. a7 Kd4 58. a8=Q Kd3 59. Qa3+ Kd2 60. Qd8+ Ke1 61. Qh4+ Kf1 62. Qa1#) 52. Kb6 Kd7 (52... Kd8 { hardly improves anything} 53. a6 Kd7 54. a7 Ke7 55. a8=Q Kf7 56. Qd8 Kg6 57. Qf8 Kg5 58. c6 Kg6 59. c7 Kg5 60. Qg7+ Kf5 61. c8=Q#) 53. a6 Ke6 (53... Ke7 { is not much help} 54. a7 Kf7 55. a8=Q Kg7 56. Qd8 Kf7 57. Bh5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59. Bf7 f3 60. Qg6+ Kh8 61. Qh6#) 54. a7 Kf5 (54... Ke5 {does not save the day} 55. c6 Kf6 56. c7 Kg6 57. c8=Q Kf6 58. Qg4 Ke5 59. Qg7+ Kd6 60. Qf6+ Kd7 61. Bg4+ Ke8 62. a8=Q#) 55. a8=Q Ke5 56. Qe4+ Kf6 57. Qxf4+ Kg6 (57... Kg7 { cannot undo what has already been done} 58. Qg5+ Kf8 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. Qe7 Kh8 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Be4#) 58. c6 Kh7 (58... Kg7 {does not improve anything} 59. Qg5+ Kf8 60. c7 Ke8 61. c8=Q+ Kf7 62. Bd5#) 59. Qg5 Kh8 60. c7 (60. Qh6+ Kg8 61. Bd5#) 60... Kh7 61. Be4+ Kh8 62. c8=R# (62. c8=Q#) 1-0