[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2009.02.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Smith, Aaron"] [Black "Knowles, Chase"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "1836"] [BlackElo "1688"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 b6 {last book move} 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Be2 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 d5 10. Qc2 g6 11. b3 (11. O-O-O Qc7 $14) 11... Bg7 12. Rd1 (12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Qd6 $11) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qb1 Nb4 (14... Qe7 15. Kf1 $15) 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Ba6 (16... Nc6 17. b4 $15) 17. Bxa6 $11 Nxa6 18. Qd3 { White threatens to win material: Qd3xa6} Nc7 19. b4 Ne8 20. Nb3 (20. Rc1 Nd6 $11) 20... Nd6 $15 21. Nfd2 (21. b5 Qe7 $15) 21... Qd7 $17 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 (23... Qa4 24. Na1 $17) 24. Rxc8+ $15 Nxc8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nd6 ( 26... h6 27. g4 $15) 27. Nc3 (27. Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 28. Qc4 $15) 27... Nf5 $17 28. Ne2 Qa4 29. g4 Nd6 30. Nd2 (30. Na1 $5 $17) 30... Qd1+ $19 31. Kh2 b5 32. Nc3 ( 32. Qe3 h6 $17) 32... Qxg4 33. Nf3 a6 34. a4 Nf5 {Black threatens to win material: Nf5xd4} (34... bxa4 $142 35. Nxa4 Nb5 $19) 35. Ne2 $4 (35. axb5 $142 axb5 36. Nxb5 Qf4+ 37. g3 $17) 35... Nh4 $19 36. Nxh4 (36. Ne1 bxa4 37. g3 Nf5 $19) 36... Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 bxa4 38. Qxa6 (38. Qc2 {doesn't improve anything} Qh5 39. d5 Qxd5 40. Qxa4 Qc4 $19) 38... Qe4 39. Qc8+ (39. Kh2 {does not solve anything} Qc2 $19) 39... Bf8 40. Qc4 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qxb4 42. Qd3 (42. Qxb4 { doesn't do any good} Bxb4 43. Nc1 Bc3 $19) 42... a3 43. Nc1 (43. Qc2 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} h5 $19) 43... Qb2 44. Qc4 (44. Nb3 {hoping against hope} Qxf2 45. Qg3 $19) 44... Qxf2 (44... Bd6+ $142 {might be the shorter path} 45. Kg1 Bf4 $19) 45. Na2 Bd6+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ (46... Qe1+ 47. Qf1 Qxf1#) 0-1