[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Denton, Bradley"]
[Black "Howell, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3}
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O
8. O-O {last book move. White castles and improves king safety} Nbd7 9. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Bd6 10. h3 {White has an active
position} (10. Nb5 Nb6 11. Nxd6 cxd6 $14) 10... Nb6 $11 {Black threatens to
win material: Nb6xc4} 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Be3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Bxh3 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (15... f5 16. Qe2 $11) 16. Bxh7+ (
16. Qh5 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} g6 17. Qxh3 $18) 16... Kxh7 $14 {
Black wins a piece} 17. Qh5+ {White forks: h3+h7} Kg8 18. Qxh3 Qg5 19. Ne4 {
White threatens to win material: Ne4xg5} Qg6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Rac1 Qe6 22. Rc7
Qxh3 23. gxh3 f6 24. Rxb7 Rf7 (24... Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. b4 $14) 25. Rxf7
Kxf7 26. Rc1 Ke6 27. e4 (27. Rc7 g5 $14) 27... Kd7 (27... a5 28. Rc7 $11) 28.
Kf2 (28. d5 a5 $14) 28... Rb8 29. b4 a5 30. Rb1 d5 {Black threatens to win
material: d5xe4} 31. Kg3 (31. exd5 Kd6 $14) 31... axb4 32. axb4 dxe4 {White
has new passed pawns: b4+d4. Black has a new protected passed pawn: f6} 33. Kf4
f5 (33... Re8 34. Re1 $11) 34. Kxf5 $14 e3 35. Ke4 {White threatens to win
material: Ke4xe3} Rh8 {Black threatens to win material: Rh8xh3} 36. Kxe3 Rxh3+
37. Ke4 Rh4+ (37... Kc7 38. Rc1+ Kd6 39. b5 $14) 38. Kd5 Rh5+ 39. Kc4 Rh6 $4 {
solves nothing} (39... g5 $142 $16) 40. Rg1 $18 Rc6+ (40... Kc7 {cannot change
destiny} 41. Rxg7+ Kb6 42. b5 $18) 41. Kb5 g6 42. d5 Rf6 43. Kc5 Kc7 44. b5 Rf2
(44... Kc8 {is no salvation} 45. Rg5 $18) 45. b6+ (45. d6+ $142 {makes it even
easier for White} Kb7 46. Rxg6 Rf5+ 47. Kc4 Rf4+ 48. Kd5 Rf1 $18) 45... Kd7 (
45... Kb7 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 46. Rxg6 Rc2+ 47. Kd6 Rb2
$18) 46. Rxg6 Rc2+ 47. Kb5 Rd2 48. Rc6 Rxd5+ 49. Rc5 Rd1 50. Ka6 Kd6 51. Rc8
Kd7 52. b7 Ra1+ 53. Kb6 Rb1+ 54. Ka7 Ra1+ 55. Kb8 Rb1 56. Rc7+ Kd8 57. Rc4 Rd1
58. Ra4 Rb1 59. Ka8 Kc7 60. Rc4+ (60. Rc4+ Kd6 61. b8=Q+ Rxb8+ 62. Kxb8 $18)
1-0