[Event "Memphis Candidates"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.01.04"] [Round "5"] [White "Swami, Gurukumar"] [Black "Polk, Stan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1883"] [BlackElo "1630"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. dxc6 bxc6 { last book move} 5. Be2 e5 6. d3 {Controls e4} Bc5 7. Bf3 (7. Nf3 $5 $14) 7... O-O {Black has a king attack} 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. Qe2 {White threatens to win material: Qe2xe5} Re8 (9... Bd4 10. Nh3 $11) 10. Nh3 e4 11. dxe4 (11. Nxe4 $142 {is a viable option} Nxe4 12. dxe4 $14 (12. Bxe4 $143 f5 13. Ng5 Re7 $11 (13... fxe4 $2 {looks very tantalising, but} 14. Qh5 Bd7 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 16. O-O $18))) 11... Ba6 $17 12. Qd2 Bb4 (12... Nbd7 13. Na4 Qb7 $19) 13. Qe3 $11 Nbd7 14. Qxb6 axb6 (14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 axb6 16. Bg5 $11) 15. Bd2 $14 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxe4 17. O-O-O {White castles and improves king safety} Nxc3 18. Rxd7 ({ Inferior is} 18. bxc3 Ne5 19. Be4 Be2 $15) 18... Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Nb4 20. Rd4 c5 21. Rxb4 cxb4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd1 b3 24. cxb3 Rc8 25. Nf4 Kf8 26. Nd5 b5 27. b4 Bb7 28. g3 Rc4 29. b3 {White threatens to win material: b3xc4} Re4 30. Rd2 ( 30. Nc3 Re5 $16) 30... Bxd5 $14 31. Rxd5 Rxb4 {Black pins: Rb4xb3} 32. Kc2 Ke7 $4 {strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (32... Re4 33. Kd3 Re1 34. Rxb5 $16) 33. Kc3 (33. f3 $142 $18 {and White can celebrate victory}) 33... Re4 $16 34. Rxb5 Ke6 35. Rb4 Re2 36. Rf4 g5 37. Rf3 Ra2 38. Kd3 (38. g4 Ra7 $16) 38... f5 39. Re3+ Kf6 (39... Kd6 $5 $14 {is an interesting alternative}) 40. Re2 $16 Ra1 41. b4 g4 (41... Rb1 $5 42. Kc3 Rc1+ 43. Rc2 Rd1 $18) 42. b5 $18 Rb1 43. Kc4 h5 44. Kc5 h4 (44... Rc1+ 45. Kd5 $18) 45. gxh4 (45. b6 $142 { seems even better} Rc1+ 46. Kd6 Rd1+ 47. Kc7 Rc1+ 48. Kb8 hxg3 49. hxg3 $18) 45... f4 (45... Rc1+ 46. Kd6 Rb1 $18) 46. b6 Rc1+ (46... Kf5 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 47. Kc6 Rc1+ 48. Kb7 $18) 47. Kd6 Rd1+ 48. Kc7 Rc1+ 49. Kb8 Rh1 (49... Kf5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 50. b7 $18) 50. b7 Rxh2 (50... Rd1 $18 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 51. Ka7 (51. Ka7 Rh1 52. Rb2 Ra1+ 53. Kb6 g3 54. b8=Q Kg7 55. Qc7+ Kh6 56. Qxf4+ Kg6 57. h5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kh8 59. h6 Ra6+ 60. Kxa6 gxf2 61. Qg7#) (51. Kc7 Rxf2 52. Rxf2 g3 53. Rxf4+ Ke5 54. Rg4 Kf5 55. Rg5+ Ke4 56. b8=Q g2 57. Qb4+ Kf3 58. Rf5+ Kg3 59. Qf4+ Kh3 60. Qe3+ Kh2 61. Rg5 g1=R 62. Qxg1+ Kh3 63. Qg3#) 1-0