[Event "Candidates Warmup #2"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davison, Edgar"]
[Black "Kernell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{A45: Trompowsky Attack} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 {last book move} 3. c3 b6 4. Nf3
Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 6. Nbd2 (6. O-O e6 $14) 6... Nbd7 7.
e4 e6 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 e6 9. O-O $14) 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Rc8 (
10... O-O 11. Nf1 $11) 11. e5 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nd5 12.
exd6 Bxd6 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Be4 (16. Bb5 $142 $5
Bxf3 17. gxf3 $16 (17. Qxf3 $6 Qxf3 18. gxf3 cxd4 $15)) 16... Bxe4 $11 17. Qxe4
Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re5 Ke7 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. b3 c4
(23... Rb7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. c4 $11) 24. Nd4 (24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Nxc4 Nd5 $16) 24...
Kd7 (24... Rc8 $142 $5 $15 {is worth looking at}) 25. bxc4 $11 a6 {
Consolidates b5} 26. Nb3+ Kc6 27. f3 {Secures e4+g4} Nd7 28. Rb1 Rb6 29. Kf2
Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xc4} 30. Ke3 (30. Na5+ Kc7 31. Rb3 Nd7
$14) 30... Nxc4+ $11 31. Kd4 {White threatens to win material: Kd4xc4} Nd6 32.
Na5+ Kc7 33. Rxb6 Kxb6 34. Nc4+ Nxc4 35. Kxc4 {A pawn endgame occured} Kc6 36.
Kb4 (36. Kd4 $5 $11) 36... e5 $15 37. g4 (37. Kc4 $5 $15 {is worthy of
consideration}) 37... f6 $17 38. Ka5 $4 {sad, but how else could White save
the game?} (38. Kc4 $5 $17) 38... g6 (38... Kc5 $142 {and the rest is a matter
of technique} 39. Ka4 Kc4 $19) 39. Kb4 Kd5 40. Ka5 $4 {terrible, but what else
could White do to save the game?} (40. c4+ Kd4 41. c5 $19) 40... f5 {Black
intends e4} (40... Kc5 $142 {seems even better} 41. Kxa6 f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43.
Ka5 $19) 41. gxf5 (41. Kb4 a5+ 42. Kb3 fxg4 43. fxg4 $19) 41... gxf5 42. Kxa6 (
42. Kb4 {is not much help} e4 43. fxe4+ fxe4 $19) 42... Kc6 43. Ka5 e4 44. fxe4
fxe4 (44... fxe4 45. Kb4 e3 $19) 0-1