[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2005.02.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Madden, Michael"] [Black "Harbert, Carlos"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "1929"] [BlackElo "1860"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Qb6 {last book move} 6. Nb3 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 {White has an active position} 15. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xc5} (15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rac8 $11) 15... Be7 {White has an active position} (15... Bxb4 16. Rfb1 a5 17. a3 $15) 16. Rab1 {White prepares b5} Rac8 17. h3 {Black has a cramped position} Qa6 {Black threatens to win material: Qa6xc4} 18. b5 {White threatens to win material: b5xa6} (18. Rfc1 Rfd8 (18... Qxa2 $2 {doesn't lead to the expected results} 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Bc3 $18) 19. Qc2 b5 $11) 18... Qxa2 $15 19. Ra1 (19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Bc5 $15) 19... Qxc4 $17 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Rfa1 Bc5 {Black threatens to win material: Bc5xa7} (22... Nd5 $5 $17) 23. Ra8 $15 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Ra8+ Ke7 (25... Ne8 $142 26. Rb8 b6 $17) 26. Ba5 $2 (26. Rb8 $142 {and White hangs on} Nd7 27. Rxb7 $11) 26... Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Bxf2 28. Rb8 Ne4 29. Rxb7+ Kf6 30. Bd8+ Kg6 31. Nh4+ $4 {the pressure is too much, White crumbles} (31. g4 $142 Bg3+ 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kh1 $19) 31... Kh6 32. g4 f6 ( 32... Rc2 {seems even better} 33. Ng2 f6 34. Ba5 Bg3+ 35. Kg1 Rc1+ 36. Ne1 Bxe1 37. Rc7 $19) 33. Nf3 $4 {terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (33. Bb6 Bxh4 34. Be3+ Bg5 35. Bxc1 Bxc1 $19) 33... Bg3+ (33... Bc5 $142 {and Black takes home the point} 34. h4 Bd6+ 35. Kh3 Rf1 $19) 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 $4 {White falls apart} (35. Kh1 $19) 35... Rf2 36. Nd4 (36. g5+ {otherwise it's curtains at once} Kg6 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Rb6 Rxf3 39. Rxe6 $19) 36... Bh2+ (36... Bh2+ 37. Kh1 Ng3#) 0-1