[Event "Pawn Power Open 4"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rice, Keith"]
[Black "Jaeger, Terry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 b5 {last book move} 6. Bc2 d6 7. h3 {
Consolidates g4} (7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bg4 $16) 7... Be6 (7... Qf6 $5
$11 {is an interesting idea}) 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 d5 (10... Bxc3+
11. bxc3 Bc4 12. Nd2 $16) 11. e5 (11. Ng5 $5 Nge7 12. O-O dxe4 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Bxe4 $18) 11... Nge7 $14 12. O-O {White castles and improves king safety}
Bf5 (12... Qd7 13. Bg5 $14) 13. Bg5 (13. a4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 O-O $16) 13... Bxc3
$14 14. bxc3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 16. Bd2
(16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. e6 O-O 18. exf7+ Rxf7 $14) 16... Qd7 17. a4 O-O 18. Rfb1
bxa4 (18... Na5 19. Bc1 $11) 19. Rxa4 Qf5 (19... Nc8 $5 $14) 20. Qxf5 $16 Nxf5
21. Rba1 (21. Bc1 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 $16) 21... a5 22. Ne1 Ra6 23. Nd3 Rfa8
24. Nf4 Nfe7 25. Ne2 (25. Kf1 Rb6 $16) 25... Rb6 (25... Nc8 26. Nf4 Nb6 27.
R4a2 $15) 26. f4 Rb2 27. R1a2 {White threatens to win material: Ra2xb2} Rab8 (
27... Rxa2 28. Rxa2 a4 29. Bc1 $11) 28. Kf2 $14 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Ra8 30. g4 g6 (
30... a4 31. f5 Nc8 32. Nf4 $14) 31. Nc1 a4 32. Nd3 Nc8 33. Nb4 Nxb4 34. cxb4 {
Black has a new backward pawn: c7} Nb6 35. f5 {White wins space} h5 36. gxh5
gxh5 37. Kf3 Kg7 (37... Nc4 38. Bg5 $14) 38. Kf4 (38. b5 Nc4 $14) 38... Nc4 $11
39. Bc1 Nb6 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (39... f6 $142 $11 {would keep
Black in the game}) 40. Kg5 f6+ 41. exf6+ (41. Kxh5 $142 $5 fxe5 42. dxe5 $18)
41... Kf7 $14 42. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xc7} (42. Re2 Rg8+
43. Kxh5 Rh8+ 44. Kg4 Rg8+ 45. Kf3 Kxf6 $11) 42... Rg8+ (42... c6 $142 $5 $11 {
is worthy of consideration}) 43. Kxh5 $16 Kxf6 44. Bxc7 Kxf5 $4 {causes even
greater problems} (44... Nc4 $142 45. Rxa4 Kxf5 $16) 45. Rf2+ $18 Ke4 46. Bxb6
Kd3 47. Ra2 Ra8 48. Ra3+ Ke4 (48... Kc4 {doesn't improve anything} 49. Bc5 Rh8+
50. Kg4 Rg8+ 51. Kf4 $18) 49. Bc5 Kf5 50. Kh6 Kf6 (50... Rb8 {is no salvation}
51. Kg7 $18) 51. Rf3+ Ke6 52. b5 Rh8+ (52... Rg8 $18 {the only chance to get
some counterplay}) 53. Kg7 Rb8 54. Rf6+ Kd7 55. Rf7+ Ke6 56. b6 a3 57. Ra7 (57.
Rf6+ Kd7 58. Bxa3 Re8 59. Bc5 Ra8 60. h4 Re8 61. h5 Re4 62. Rf7+ Kc6 63. Rc7+
Kb5 64. b7 Kc4 65. b8=Q Kd3 66. Qb3+ Ke2 67. Bd6 Re3 68. Rc2+ Kf3 69. Qxd5+ Kg4
70. Rg2+ Kh3 71. Rh2+ Kg4 72. Qg2+ Rg3 73. Qxg3+ Kf5 74. Qg6#) 57... a2 58.
Rxa2 Rb7+ 59. Kg6 Rb8 60. Re2+ (60. Ra7 Rb7 61. h4 Rf7 62. Re7+ Rxe7 63. Bxe7
Kd7 64. h5 Kc8 65. h6 Kb7 66. Bc5 Kc8 67. h7 Kb8 68. h8=Q+ Kb7 69. Qh7+ Ka6 70.
b7 Kb5 71. b8=Q+ Kc4 72. Kf6 Kc3 73. Qb4#) 60... Kd7 $18 61. Re7+ Kc6 62. h4
Rg8+ 63. Rg7 Re8 64. h5 Re6+ 65. Kf7 Kd7 66. b7 Kc7 67. Kxe6+ Kb8 (67... Kc6 {
does not win a prize} 68. h6 Kb5 69. b8=Q+ Kc4 70. Qb4+ Kd3 71. Qb3+ Ke2 72.
Rg2+ Kf1 73. Qf3+ Ke1 74. Bb4#) 1-0