[Event "Summer Simul #1"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.06.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Mayall, Donald"] [Black "Palatnik, Sam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 {last book move} 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qe5 12. f3 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Qxe4+ 14. Be2 $2 (14. Qe2 $142 Qxc2 15. Bc3 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 $19) 14... Ba6 (14... Bc5 {seems even better} 15. b4 O-O 16. bxc5 $19) 15. Rf1 Rb8 (15... Bd6 16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Rb1 $19) 16. Bc3 Bb4 (16... d5 17. Rf3 e5 18. b3 $19) 17. Qd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Ke7 23. Rf3 $2 (23. Ra1 $142 $19) 23... Rb2 24. Kd3 ( 24. Rg3 {does not save the day} Kf7 25. a3 Rxc2+ 26. Ke1 a5 $19) 24... Rxa2 25. Rg3 g6 26. h4 Ra5 27. c4 Rf5 28. c3 a5 29. Kc2 a4 30. Kb2 Rf4 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rg7+ Kd8 (32... Kd6 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 33. c5+ Kxc5 34. Rxd7 Rf2+ 35. Ka3 Rxg2 36. Kxa4 $19) 33. Rxh7 Rxc4 (33... h4 {keeps an even firmer grip} 34. c5 $19) 34. Rxh5 Rg4 35. Ka3 Kc7 36. Ra5 (36. Re5 {does not win a prize} Kb6 $19) 36... d5 37. Rxa4 (37. Ra8 {is not much help} c5 $19) 37... Rxg2 (37... Rxa4+ $142 {and Black has it in the bag} 38. Kxa4 Kd6 $19) 38. Ra7+ Kd6 39. Kb4 (39. Ra8 $19 {is still a small chance}) 39... Rb2+ 40. Ka3 Rb8 41. Rf7 (41. Ra6 {does not help much} e5 $19) 41... e5 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. Rf2 (43. Ka4 $19 {is one last hope}) 43... Kc4 44. Rf6 (44. Rf3 {doesn't do any good} e4 45. Rh3 Rb3+ 46. Ka4 Rxc3 $19) 44... c5 45. Rc6 Kxc3 (45... e4 $142 {nails it down} 46. Rc7 $19) 46. Ra6 (46. Rxc5+ {a last effort to resist the inevitable} Kd4 47. Rc1 $19) 0-1