[Event "Amateur/Reserve"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2007.01.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Sytnytskyy, Oleksandr"] [Black "Hamelrath, Ed"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1287"] [BlackElo "1711"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ { last book move} Nc6 5. Bxc6+ (5. Ne5 $1 Bd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. O-O $11) 5... bxc6 $11 {Black has the pair of bishops} 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 Nf6 8. d3 {Secures e4} e6 9. Nbd2 (9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Qxc6+ Nd7 11. gxf3 Rc8 $15) 9... Bd6 $17 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Nd4 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qxc6+ (13. f3 $142 $5 Bh5 14. Qxc6+ Qxc6 15. Nxc6 $17) 13... Qxc6 $19 14. Nxc6 Be2 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Be3 (17. Kg1 Rc8 18. Nfd4 Bc5 $19) 17... Kd7 18. Rad1 Be4 (18... Kxc6 $6 19. Rxd3 Rhd8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rc3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 $19) 19. Ncd4 Nxe3 (19... Rab8 {and Black can already relax} 20. b3 $19) 20. Rxe3 Bf4 21. Ree1 e5 (21... Rac8 $142 $19 { Black had this great chance}) 22. Ne2 $17 Bxf3 (22... Rhe8 $5 23. Nxf4 exf4 $15 ) 23. gxf3 $15 {Black has a new passed pawn: h7} Kc6 24. Nxf4 exf4 {A double rook endgame occured.} 25. Re7 {White threatens to win material: Re7xf7} Rae8 ( 25... Rhe8 26. Rxf7 Re2 27. b4 $15) 26. Rxf7 Re2 {Black threatens to win material: Re2xb2} 27. Rxa7 Rxb2 {White has a new passed pawn: a2.} 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Rxg7 Ree2 {Black pins: Re2xf2} 30. Rg1 $2 (30. Rf1 $142 $5 $11 {would keep White in the game}) 30... Rxf2+ $17 31. Kh3 Rxa2 (31... Rxf3+ 32. Kg4 Rxc3 33. Kxf4 Rc4+ 34. Kg5 $17) 32. Kg4 {White threatens to win material: Kg4xf4} Rac2 { Black threatens to win material: Rc2xc3} 33. Kxf4 Rxc3 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 34. R1g3 h5 35. Rh7 h4 36. Rxh4 Rc4+ (36... Kc5 37. Rh7 $15) 37. Kg5 (37. Ke3 $5 Rxh4 38. Kxf2 $11) 37... Rxh4 $15 38. Kxh4 d4 (38... Kc5 $142 $15) 39. Kg4 $4 (39. Rg6+ $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} Kc5 40. Kg3 $15) 39... Kd5 $19 40. Rh3 d3 41. f4 $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (41. Rh7 Rg2+ 42. Kf5 $19) 41... Ke4 42. f5 (42. Rh1 {is still a small chance} Rxf4+ 43. Kg3 $19) 42... Rf4+ 43. Kg5 (43. Kh5 {is not the saving move} Rxf5+ 44. Kg6 d2 45. Rh7 d1=Q 46. Rh4+ Ke5 47. Kh6 Rf6+ 48. Kh7 Qd7+ 49. Kg8 Qe8+ 50. Kh7 Qg6+ 51. Kh8 Rf8#) 43... Rxf5+ 44. Kg6 Rf3 (44... d2 45. Rh1 Rf2 46. Kg5 Kf3 47. Rh6 Rg2+ 48. Kf6 d1=Q 49. Kf5 Qd5+ 50. Kf6 Qd6+ 51. Kf5 Qxh6 52. Ke5 Rg5+ 53. Kd4 Qc6 54. Kd3 Rd5#) 45. Rh4+ Ke3 46. Kg5 (46. Rh7 d2 47. Re7+ Kd3 48. Rd7+ Ke2 49. Rc7 d1=Q 50. Rc6 Qg1+ 51. Kh7 Qh2+ 52. Kg8 Qg2+ 53. Kh7 Rf7+ 54. Kh6 Qxc6+ 55. Kg5 Qf6+ 56. Kh5 Qf5+ 57. Kh4 Rh7+ 58. Kg3 Qf3#) 46... d2 47. Rh1 Ke2 48. Kg4 (48. Ra1 {does not save the day} Rf1 49. Ra5 d1=Q 50. Ra2+ Ke1 51. Ra6 Qd8+ 52. Kh6 Qh8+ 53. Kg5 Qe5+ 54. Kh6 Rh1+ 55. Kg6 Rg1+ 56. Kf7 Rg7+ 57. Kf8 Qe7#) 48... Rf1 49. Rh2+ Rf2 (49... Rf2 50. Rh1 Rf7 $19) (49... Ke1 50. Re2+ Kxe2 51. Kg5 Kd3 52. Kh4 Rg1 53. Kh3 d1=Q 54. Kh2 Qe1 55. Kh3 Qg3#) 0-1