[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.11.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Turner, Greg"] [Black "Polk, Stan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1772"] [BlackElo "1670"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 {last book move} Bc5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 (6. exf7+ Kxf7 7. Be2 Nd4 $16) 6... O-O {Black has a strong king attack} (6... Bxe6 7. O-O $11) 7. Nc3 fxe6 8. O-O e5 {White has a new backward pawn: d2. White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move:c1} 9. d3 {Black has a very active position} Bf5 10. Be3 {White threatens to win material: Be3xc5} Qe7 11. a3 {Secures b4} Rad8 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 {White has a cramped position} 13. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xc5} Qe7 { White has a cramped position} 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Ne1 (15. Qb2 $142 $5 $11 { is worth looking at}) 15... Nd4 $17 {Black threatens to win material: Nd4xc2. 'the knight is the knight!'} 16. Qb2 Bf5 (16... e4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. dxe4 $15 ( 18. Nxe4 $4 Qe5 19. Ng3 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qxb2 $19)) 17. f3 {Covers e4} (17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 $11) 17... Nh5 {White has a cramped position} (17... Bg6 18. Rd1 $17) 18. Rf2 $2 (18. g4 $142 $5 $11 {is an interesting idea}) 18... Nf4 $17 19. Bf1 Qg5 20. Ne4 $2 (20. Kh1 $142 $17) 20... Bxe4 21. dxe4 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rf6 (23... Nb3 $142 {seems even better} 24. Ra2 Rd1 $19) 24. c5 $17 Rh6 25. Rd1 Rf8 (25... b6 26. h3 $17) 26. h3 Qh5 (26... b6 27. Nc2 Ne6 28. Bc4 $15) 27. Nd3 (27. Nc2 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Qe8 $11) 27... Ne6 (27... Rd8 28. Nf4 Qg5 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Ne2 $17) 28. Kh2 (28. Qg3 Rd8 29. Be2 Rg6 30. Qxe5 Qh6 $18 ) 28... Nf4 (28... Rg6 29. c6 b6 30. b5 $17) 29. g4 $4 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (29. Nxf4 $142 {and White could well hope to play on} exf4 30. Rd7 $16) 29... Nxd3 $17 30. Rxd3 (30. gxh5 $4 {White will choke on his greed} Nxf2 31. Bc4+ Kh8 $19) 30... Qxg4 $5 31. Qa2+ (31. fxg4 {A pinning theme} Rxf2+ {A double attack}) 31... Qe6 32. Qxe6+ Rxe6 33. Rd7 {White threatens to win material: Rd7xc7} Ref6 {Black threatens to win material: Rf6xf3} (33... Rxf3 $4 {the pawn must be left alone, otherwise Black will be punished} 34. Bc4 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 $18) 34. Rxc7 Rxf3 35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. Rxb7 Rxa3 37. c6 {White advances the passed pawn} (37. Kg2 $5 $15 {is noteworthy}) 37... Rc3 $17 38. Bd5 h6 ( 38... h5 39. Rxa7 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 $17) 39. Rxa7 (39. Kg2 $5 $17) 39... Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rb2 41. Rf7 Rxb4 42. h4 (42. Rb7 Rd4 43. Rb2 g5 $19) 42... Rb2 43. h5 $2 ( 43. Rf1 $142 $19) 43... Rc1+ 44. Rf1 Rbb1 45. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 46. Kf2 Kh7 (46... g6 {keeps an even firmer grip} 47. Kg3 $19) 47. Kg3 g6 48. hxg6+ (48. Bf7 gxh5 49. Be8 $19) 48... Kxg6 49. Kh4 h5 50. Kg3 (50. Bb3 {is still a small chance} Rh1+ 51. Kg3 $19) 50... Kg5 51. Kh3 h4 52. Kg2 (52. Bg8 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Rxc6 53. Kg2 Rc2+ 54. Kf3 h3 55. Bb3 Rc3+ 56. Ke2 Rxb3 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 58. Ke3 h2 59. Kd3 h1=Q 60. Kc4 Rc2+ 61. Kd5 Kf6 62. Kd6 Qd1#) 52... Rc3 ( 52... Rc2+ 53. Kh3 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 h3+ 55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Ke2 h2 57. Kd2 Rc5 58. c7 h1=Q 59. c8=Q Qh2+ 60. Kd1 Rxc8 61. Bc6 Rg8 62. Bb5 Rg1+ 63. Bf1 Rxf1#) 53. Kh2 (53. Be6 {what else?} Rxc6 54. Bf5 $19) 53... h3 54. Be6 Rxc6 55. Bxh3 (55. Bd5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rc3 56. Be6 Kh4 57. Bxh3 Rxh3+ 58. Kg2 Kg4 59. Kf2 Rd3 60. Ke2 Rd4 61. Ke3 Kg3 62. Ke2 Kf4 63. Kf2 Rd2+ 64. Ke1 Ke3 65. Kf1 Kf3 66. Kg1 Rd1+ 67. Kh2 Rc1 68. Kh3 Rh1#) 55... Rh6 56. Kg2 (56. Kg3 { does not win a prize} Rxh3+ 57. Kxh3 Kf4 58. Kh4 Kxe4 59. Kg3 Kd3 60. Kf2 e4 61. Ke1 Ke3 62. Kd1 Kf2 63. Kc2 e3 64. Kb3 e2 65. Kc4 Kf3 66. Kd3 e1=Q 67. Kc4 Ke4 68. Kc5 Qa5+ 69. Kd6 Qd5+ 70. Ke7 Ke5 71. Kf8 Kf6 72. Ke8 Qb7 73. Kd8 Ke6 74. Ke8 Qe7#) 56... Rxh3 57. Kxh3 Kf4 58. Kg2 (58. Kh2 {cannot change destiny} Kxe4 59. Kh3 Kf3 60. Kh2 e4 61. Kg1 Ke2 62. Kg2 e3 63. Kg3 Kd3 64. Kf4 e2 65. Ke5 e1=Q+ 66. Kf5 Qe7 67. Kg4 Qe5 68. Kh4 Ke3 69. Kg4 Kf2 70. Kh4 Kf3 71. Kh3 Qg3#) 58... Kxe4 59. Kf1 (59. Kf2 {is not the saving move} Kd3 60. Kf1 Kd2 61. Kf2 e4 62. Kg3 e3 63. Kf4 e2 64. Kg5 e1=Q 65. Kf5 Qf2+ 66. Ke6 Qb6+ 67. Kd7 Qd4+ 68. Ke6 Qe4+ 69. Kd7 Qd5+ 70. Ke7 Ke3 71. Kf6 Qd7 72. Kg6 Ke4 73. Kf6 Kf4 74. Kg6 Qe7 75. Kh6 Kf5 76. Kh5 Qg5#) 59... Kd3 (59... Kf3 60. Ke1 e4 61. Kd1 e3 62. Kc2 e2 63. Kd3 e1=Q 64. Kc4 Qa5 65. Kb3 Qb5+ 66. Kc3 Ke3 67. Kc2 Qb4 68. Kc1 Kd3 69. Kd1 Qd2#) 60. Ke1 e4 61. Kd1 e3 62. Ke1 e2 (62... e2 63. Kf2 Kd2 64. Kg2 e1=Q 65. Kh3 Qe6+ 66. Kg3 Ke3 67. Kg2 Qg4+ 68. Kf1 Qe2+ 69. Kg1 Kf3 70. Kh1 Qg2#) 0-1