[Event "Summer Simul #2"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.07.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Palatnik, Sam"] [Black "Butler, Patrick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. h3 a6 10. Bf1 Bd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 {last book move} 12. Bg5 {White has a very active position} Na5 $2 (12... h6 $142 {would keep Black in the game} 13. Be3 b5 $14) 13. e5 $18 dxe5 14. dxe5 Ne8 (14... Nh5 15. g4 h6 16. Be3 $18 (16. gxh5 $6 hxg5 17. hxg6 fxg6 $16)) 15. Nd5 (15. Re2 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nc4 16. Nd5 f6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exf6 Qd6 19. fxg7 Rf7 $18) 15... f6 $2 (15... Nc6 $142 16. Nd4 f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 $18) 16. Nxe7+ $3 {Demolition of pawn structure} Qxe7 {Decoy theme: e7} (16... Kh8 {there is nothing better in the position} 17. exf6 Nxf6 $18) 17. exf6 {Theme: Double Attack.} Qd6 (17... Qc5 {does not help much} 18. b4 $1 {A double attack} (18. Qxd7 $143 Nxf6 19. Qe6+ Kh8 $18) 18... Qxb4 19. fxg7 $18 (19. Qxd7 $6 {is a weaker possibility} Nxf6 20. Qe6+ Kh8 $14)) 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Be7 (19. Re7+ $142 {and White can already relax} Rf7 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ne5+ Kg8 22. Nxd7 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 b5 $18) 19... Qxd1 20. Bxf8+ ({Inferior is} 20. Raxd1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Bf5 $18) (20. Rexd1 $6 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Be6 $18) 20... Kxf8 21. Raxd1 ({Not} 21. Rexd1 Nf6 $18) 21... Nf6 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rd6 Rc7 (23... Kg7 $18 {what else?}) 24. Rxf6+ Kg7 25. Re6 Bf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. b3 Nc6 (27... Kf8 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 28. g3 $18) 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. Re8+ (29. a3 {might be the shorter path} b5 30. Bd5 Nd4 31. Rxa6 Kg7 $18) 29... Kg7 30. Bd5 (30. Bd5 Nb4 31. R1e7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kf8 33. Rf7+ Ke8 34. Be6 $18) 1-0