[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howell"]
[Black "Inoue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3.
Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 {last book move} b6 9.
Na3 Qe7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. Ne5 {White threatens to win material:
Ne5xc6} Rac8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has the pair of bishops} 14. Nc2 (14. a4 Rfd8
$14) 14... e5 15. dxe5 (15. Ne3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 $14) 15... Bxe5 $11 16. Bxe5
Nxe5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 {White threatens to win material: Ne3xd5} Rcd8 (
18... Rfd8 19. Rc1 (19. Bxd5 $2 {doesn't work} Rc5 $19) 19... Rxc1 20. Qxc1 $11
) 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxd5 $2 Rd7 $19) 19... Qe6 (19... Nxd5 $5 20. Bxd5 g5 $14) 20.
e4 $16 Neg4 21. Nxf6+ (21. Qd4 g5 $16) 21... gxf6 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Bh3 f5 24.
Rae1 (24. Qb2+ $142 Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Nxf6 26. exf5 $16) 24... Qc8 $2 (24... Rh8
$142 {and Black could well hope to play on} 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. Qb2+ Kg8 $14) 25.
exf5 $18 gxf5 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Rc1 Qf5 (27... Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rc4 $18)
28. Rc4 Rfe8 29. Qxg4+ Qxg4 30. Rxg4+ Kf8 31. h4 Re2 32. a4 Rd5 (32... Rd3 33.
Kg2 $18) 33. Kg2 Rb2 34. b4 Ra2 (34... a6 35. Rf4 Rc2 36. Re1 $18) 35. b5 f5 $2
(35... Rad2 $18) 36. Rf4 Kg7 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Re8 Kf7 (38... a6 {cannot undo
what has already been done} 39. bxa6 Ra5 40. h5 Rxa6 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. R8xf5 $18
) 39. Ra8 Rad2 (39... Rd7 $18 {is still a small chance}) 40. Rxa7+ Kg6 (40...
Kf6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 41. Rc4 $18) 41. Rc7 Rd6 42. Rfc4 1-0