[Event "James Mitchell Memorial 8"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McCarver, Dan"]
[Black "Cole, Ronnie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1112"]
[BlackElo "838"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
{A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 {last book move} d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xe4}
5. Qe2 (5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 $14) 5... c6 {Covers b5} (5... Nc6 6. e5 Ne4 7.
Qe3 $11 (7. Nxe4 $143 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bf5 $17)) 6. Bf4 (6. e5 Ng8 $14) 6... Bg4 {
White has a very active position} 7. e5 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6
} Nbd7 $4 (7... Nh5 $142 {the only rescuing move} 8. Bd2 f6 $14) 8. exf6 $18
Bxf6 9. Bg5 $4 {gives away a clear win} (9. O-O-O Qa5 $18) 9... h6 $4 {
overlooking an easy win} (9... Bxg5 $142 {a shame that Black overlooked this
excellent chance} 10. Nd1 e5 11. dxe5 Qa5+ 12. c3 O-O $19) 10. Bxf6 $18 Nxf6
11. h3 Bf5 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qd6 13. O-O-O $18) 12. Rc1 Qd6 (12... Qb6 13.
Qe3 Qxb2 $18) 13. Nh4 (13. Qe3 $142 $18 {and White gets the upper hand}) 13...
Qf4 $14 {Black threatens to win material: Qf4xc1} 14. Rd1 (14. Qd1 Qxh4 15. g3
$16) 14... Qxh4 $17 15. Qe5 (15. g3 Qg5 $17) 15... b5 (15... Bxc2 $142 $5 16.
Rd2 Be4 $19) 16. Rd2 b4 17. Re2 Kf8 18. Qxe7+ $2 (18. Na4 $142 $5 $15 {would
allow White to play on}) 18... Kg7 $19 19. Qxb4 Qg5 (19... Rab8 20. Qc5 Rhe8
21. a3 $19) 20. Rd2 (20. Nd1 $5 {is an interesting idea} Qc1 21. Qd2 $11) 20...
Rab8 $17 21. Qa3 Rhe8+ 22. Ne2 $2 (22. Kd1 $142 $5 $17) 22... Ne4 $19 23. Rd1
Rb7 24. Qe3 (24. b4 $142 $19) 24... Reb8 $4 {what a pity, victory was in sight}
(24... Rxb2 $142 {and Black has prevailed} 25. g4 Qd8 $19) 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. b3
Nd6 (26... Re7 $142 27. g4 Bd7 $11) 27. c4 $4 {releasing the pressure on the
opponent} (27. Ng3 a5 $16) 27... Bc2 $4 {Black loses the upper hand} (27...
dxc4 $142 28. d5 cxb3 29. axb3 c5 $19) 28. Rc1 $16 Bf5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} (30. Rc5 Be6 $16) 30... Be6 (30... Rc7
31. Kd2 Rb4 32. f3 (32. Nxd5 $143 Rxd4+ 33. Ke3 Rxc1 34. Kxd4 Rd1+ 35. Ke5 Ne4
$19) 32... Rxd4+ 33. Ke3 $15) 31. Be2 (31. Bd3 $5 $16) 31... Rb4 $11 {Black
threatens to win material: Rb4xd4} 32. Rd1 f6 (32... Rc8 $142 $5 {should be
investigated more closely} 33. Rd3 Nf5 $11) 33. O-O Rc8 34. Rc1 (34. Na4 Ne4
35. Rfe1 Bf5 $16) 34... a5 (34... Rxd4 35. Ba6 Rd8 36. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 $11)
35. Rfd1 (35. Rfe1 Kf7 $14) 35... a4 $2 (35... Nf5 36. Ba6 Rc6 37. Bd3 Rxd4 38.
Bxf5 Rxd1+ 39. Rxd1 gxf5 40. Nb5 $14) 36. Bg4 (36. Nxa4 $5 Rxd4 37. Rxc8 (37.
Rxd4 $6 Rxc1+ 38. Rd1 Rc2 $14) 37... Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Bxc8 39. Bf3 $18) 36...
Bxg4 (36... f5 37. Be2 axb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Na4 Rxc1 40. Rxc1 $11) 37. hxg4
$14 Re8 $4 (37... axb3 $142 {saving the game} 38. axb3 Nb5 39. Nxb5 Rxc1 40.
Rxc1 Rxb5 $14) 38. Nxd5 $18 Rb5 (38... Rb7 {what else?} 39. bxa4 Re2 $18) 39.
Nc7 Kf7 (39... axb3 {does not win a prize} 40. Nxb5 Nxb5 41. axb3 $18) 40. Nxe8
(40. Nxb5 $142 {and White can already relax} Nxb5 41. bxa4 Nd6 $18) 40... Kxe8
41. Re1+ Kf8 (41... Kd7 {is no salvation} 42. Rc3 $18) 42. Rc5 (42. Re6 {
seems even better} Rd5 43. Rc7 Rxd4 44. bxa4 f5 45. Rf6+ Ke8 46. Rxg6 Kf8 $18)
42... Rb8 (42... axb3 {is not the saving move} 43. axb3 Rxb3 44. Re6 $18) 43.
Rc6 (43. bxa4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rd8 44. Rd5 $18) 43... Nb7 (
43... axb3 {is the last straw} 44. Rxd6 bxa2 $18) 44. Rxf6+ Kg7 45. Rb6 Kg8 46.
Re7 Kf8 47. Rexb7 (47. Rh7 Kg8 48. Rhxb7 Rd8 49. Rb8 Rxb8 50. Rxb8+ Kf7 51.
bxa4 Ke6 52. a5 Kf7 53. a6 Ke6 54. a7 Kd5 55. a8=Q+ Kc4 56. Rc8+ Kxd4 57. Qa7+
Ke5 58. Qe7+ Kd5 59. Rc5+ Kd4 60. Qe3#) 47... Rxb7 48. Rxb7 Ke8 49. Rg7 Kf8 (
49... Kd8 {does not solve anything} 50. bxa4 Ke8 51. a5 Kf8 52. Rd7 Ke8 53. Rh7
Kf8 54. a6 Kg8 55. a7 Kxh7 56. a8=Q Kg7 57. Qd8 Kf7 58. d5 Kg7 59. d6 Kh7 60.
Qc7+ Kg8 61. d7 Kg7 62. d8=Q+ Kh6 63. Qf8#) 50. Rxg6 Kf7 (50... axb3 {doesn't
improve anything} 51. axb3 Ke8 52. Rxg5 Kf7 53. Rf5+ Ke6 54. Re5+ Kf7 55. f4
Kg6 56. d5 Kf6 57. d6 Kg6 58. d7 Kf6 59. d8=Q+ Kg7 60. Re7+ Kg6 61. Qd6#) 51.
Rxg5 Ke6 (51... Kf6 {is not much help} 52. Rf5+ Kg7 53. bxa4 Kh6 54. f4 Kg6 55.
a5 Kg7 56. a6 Kh7 57. a7 Kg6 58. a8=Q Kg7 59. Qf8+ Kg6 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Rf6#)
52. Re5+ Kd6 53. g5 Kd7 (53... Kc6 {does not improve anything} 54. g6 Kb6 55.
bxa4 Kc7 56. g7 Kc6 57. g8=Q Kd7 58. Qd5+ Kc8 59. Re7 Kb8 60. Qb7#) 54. d5 Kd6
55. f4 Kd7 (55... Kc5 {does not save the day} 56. g6 Kb4 57. bxa4 Ka3 58. g7
Kxa2 59. d6 Kb1 60. Re2 Kc1 61. g8=Q Kd1 62. Qa2 Kc1 63. Qc2#) 56. g6 Kd8 (
56... axb3 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 57. axb3 Kc7 58. g7 Kb6 59. g8=Q
Kb5 60. d6+ Kb4 61. Qc4+ Ka3 62. Qc3 Ka2 63. Ra5+ Kb1 64. Ra1#) 57. g7 (57. g7
Kd7 58. g8=Q Kc7 59. Qg7+ Kb6 60. Re6+ Kc5 61. Qc3+ Kb5 62. Qc4+ Ka5 63. Qxa4#)
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