[Event "Memphis Chess Classic"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2006.10.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Childers, Scott"] [Black "Tomlinson, Darryl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "1202"] [BlackElo "1091"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {B54: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4, Unusual Lines} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O {last book move} Be7 8. Re1 { Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} (8. Be3 Ngf6 $16) 8... Qc7 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. a3 Ngf6 12. b4 (12. Nd4 Ne5 $11) 12... O-O $15 {White has an active position} 13. Nb1 b5 {White has a new backward pawn: c2} (13... Rfd8 14. c4 $15) 14. Qe2 Ng4 15. Ng5 (15. a4 $5 {should be considered} Bf6 16. Ra3 $11) 15... Nge5 $17 16. f4 Nc4 (16... Bxg5 17. fxg5 f6 18. Nc3 $17) 17. Bc3 (17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc3 $15) 17... Bf6 (17... Bxg5 $142 $5 18. fxg5 Nce5 $15) 18. Bxf6 $11 {White wins a piece} Nxf6 $2 (18... gxf6 19. Nf3 $11) 19. Bxc4 $4 {with this move White loses his initiative} (19. e5 $142 { White has the better game} Nd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 $16) 19... Qxc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. Nc3 h6 22. Nf3 d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xe4} 23. e5 { White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nd7 24. Nd4 {A comfortable square for the white knight} Rae8 25. a4 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. f5 (27. b5 $5 Kf7 28. bxa6 Bxa6 29. a5 $14) 27... e5 $15 28. a5 $2 {White gets more space} (28. Ne6 $142 $5 {should be investigated more closely} Rc8 29. Rad1 $15) 28... Kf7 (28... Rb8 29. Nf3 Rxf5 30. Ne2 $19) 29. Nf3 (29. Ne6 $5 Rc8 30. g4 $17) 29... Rxf5 $19 30. b5 d4 31. Ne4 Rf4 $4 {simply marches past the door to victory} (31... Bxe4 $142 {and the scales tip in favour of Black} 32. Rxe4 Nc5 $19) 32. Nd6+ $18 Kf8 33. Nxe8 (33. Nxb7 $5 {might be the shorter path} Rf6 34. Rab1 g5 $18) 33... Bxf3 34. gxf3 Kxe8 35. bxa6 Ke7 36. Rab1 Rxf3 $4 {but even a better move would not have saved the game.} (36... Rf6 37. a7 Ra6 $18) 37. Rb7 (37. Rf1 $142 { seems even better} Ra3 38. Rb5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Nb6 $18) 37... Kd6 {Black prepares d3} (37... Rf8 {what else?} 38. Rxe5+ Kd6 $18) 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 d3 40. cxd3 c3 41. Ke1 Nc5 42. Rb6+ Kd5 43. a7 Nxd3+ 44. Kd1 (44. Ke2 Nb2 45. a8=Q+ Kd4 46. Rd6+ Kc4 47. Qd5+ Kb4 48. Rb6+ Ka3 49. Qb3#) 44... Nb2+ 45. Kc2 ( 45. Kc2 e4 46. a8=Q+ Kd4 47. Re6 Ke3 48. Qxe4+ Kf2 49. Qe1+ Kg2 50. Qg3+ Kh1 51. Re1#) 1-0