[Event "Pawn Power 3"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2006.05.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Maclin, Philip"] [Black "Bunch, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "1445"] [BlackElo "1800"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be3 d6 8. Be2 Bd7 {last book move} 9. a3 {Black has a cramped position} O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. Qd2 {White has a very active position} Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xc4} 12. b3 {White has a very active position} Nfg4 {Black has a cramped position} 13. Nd5 { White threatens to win material: Nd5xe7} Re8 (13... Qd8 $142 14. Bg5 f6 $14) 14. h3 (14. Bg5 $142 Qd8 15. Rad1 $16) 14... Nxe3 $11 15. Qxe3 {Black has the pair of bishops} Nc6 {Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 16. Rad1 $2 (16. Nb5 $142 $5 {and White can hope to survive} Bxa1 17. Rxa1 $15) 16... Nxd4 $19 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 (17... e6 18. Nb4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 $19) 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. f4 (19. Bg4 $5 $17) 19... Bxd5 $19 20. Qxd5 (20. cxd5 e5 21. Qf2 exf4 22. Qxf4 Qc7 $17) 20... Qc5+ 21. Qxc5 dxc5 22. Kf2 (22. e5 Rad8 $19) 22... Red8 (22... e5 23. f5 $19) 23. Ke3 Rd4 24. b4 b6 25. Rd1 (25. g4 Rad8 26. Rb1 Rd2 27. bxc5 bxc5 $19) 25... Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Rd8 27. Be2 a5 28. b5 Kg7 29. g4 (29. h4 Rd4 $19) 29... e6 (29... h6 {and Black can already relax} 30. h4 $19) 30. g5 (30. e5 h6 $19) 30... h6 31. h4 (31. e5 a4 $19) 31... hxg5 32. hxg5 Rh8 33. a4 (33. Bf3 { doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rh2 34. a4 Rc2 $19) 33... Rh1 34. Kd2 f6 35. gxf6+ (35. Bg4 {does not solve anything} Kf7 $19) 35... Kxf6 36. Bg4 (36. e5+ { the only chance to get some counterplay} Kf5 37. Bd3+ Kxf4 38. Bxg6 $19) 36... Rh4 37. e5+ Kf7 38. Be2 Rxf4 39. Ke3 Rd4 40. Bd3 (40. Kf3 $19 {desperation}) 40... g5 (40... Rxd3+ 41. Kxd3 g5 42. Ke3 Kg6 43. Ke4 Kh5 44. Kd3 Kh4 45. Ke2 Kg4 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. Ke2 g4 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Ke2 g3 50. Kf1 Kf3 51. Ke1 g2 52. Kd1 g1=Q+ 53. Kc2 Qa1 54. Kb3 Qxe5 55. Kc2 Qh2+ 56. Kb1 Qe2 57. Ka1 e5 58. Kb1 Qf2 59. Kc1 e4 60. Kb1 e3 61. Ka1 e2 62. Kb2 e1=Q+ 63. Ka3 Qc3#) 41. Be2 g4 ( 41... Kg6 $142 {seems even better} 42. Bf3 g4 43. Bc6 Rxc4 44. Kd2 $19) 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Bd3+ (44. Bd1 {cannot undo what has already been done} Rxd1 45. Ke2 g3 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Ke4 48. Kf1 Kf3 49. Ke1 Rd4 50. Kf1 Rd1#) 44... Rxd3+ $1 {better than holding on to the material} 45. Kxd3 {A deflection} (45. Kf2 {doesn't do any good} g3+ 46. Ke2 g2 47. Kxd3 Kxe5 48. Ke3 g1=Q+ 49. Kf3 Qe1 50. Kg4 Qf1 51. Kg3 Qe2 52. Kh4 Kf4 53. Kh3 e5 54. Kh4 Qg4#) 45... Kxe5 46. Ke3 (46. Ke2 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Kf4 47. Ke1 g3 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Ke1 Ke3 50. Kf1 Kf3 51. Ke1 g2 52. Kd1 g1=Q+ 53. Kc2 Qf2+ 54. Kb1 Qe2 55. Ka1 e5 56. Kb1 Qd2 57. Ka1 Qc1+ 58. Ka2 e4 59. Kb3 Qd2 60. Ka3 e3 61. Kb3 e2 62. Ka3 e1=Q 63. Kb3 Qee3#) 46... g3 47. Kf3 Kd4 48. Kxg3 (48. Kg2 {doesn't change anything anymore} Kxc4 49. Kh1 Kd4 50. Kg1 c4 51. Kf1 c3 52. Kg2 c2 53. Kxg3 c1=Q 54. Kg2 Qg5+ 55. Kf3 e5 56. Kf2 e4 57. Kf1 e3 58. Ke1 Qg2 59. Kd1 Qd2#) 48... Kxc4 49. Kf4 (49. Kh4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Kd4 50. Kh3 c4 51. Kg4 c3 52. Kf4 c2 53. Kg4 c1=Q 54. Kg3 Qg1+ 55. Kf4 e5+ 56. Kf3 Qf1+ 57. Kg4 Qf4+ 58. Kh5 e4 59. Kg6 e3 60. Kh7 e2 61. Kg6 e1=Q 62. Kg7 Qeg3+ 63. Kh7 Qfh4#) 49... Kb4 50. Ke5 (50. Kg5 {is not the saving move} Kxa4 51. Kf4 Kxb5 52. Ke4 a4 53. Kd3 c4+ 54. Kc2 Kb4 55. Kd2 c3+ 56. Ke3 a3 57. Ke2 a2 58. Kf3 c2 59. Kf4 c1=Q+ 60. Kg3 Qg5+ 61. Kf3 a1=Q 62. Ke2 Qg4+ 63. Ke3 Qad4#) 50... Kxa4 51. Kxe6 (51. Kf6 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Kxb5 52. Ke5 a4 53. Kd6 c4 54. Ke7 a3 55. Kf6 c3 56. Ke5 c2 57. Kf6 a2 58. Kf7 e5 59. Kg7 c1=Q 60. Kg6 Qf4 61. Kh5 Qg3 62. Kh6 a1=Q 63. Kh5 Qh1#) 51... Kxb5 (51... Kxb5 52. Kf5 a4 53. Ke4 a3 54. Kd3 a2 55. Kc3 a1=Q+ 56. Kc2 c4 57. Kd2 Qd4+ 58. Ke1 c3 59. Kf1 Qd2 60. Kg1 c2 61. Kf1 c1=Q#) 0-1