[Event "John Hurt Memorial 5"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.07.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Robbins, Russell"] [Black "Davison, Edgar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "1805"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh4 {last book move} Bg4 (8... dxc4 $5 9. Nxf5 exf5 $11) 9. h3 {White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bh5 10. Nf3 (10. Qb3 Qb6 $14) 10... h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 dxc4 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 $11) 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 (12. Nd3 $5 $14 { should be investigated more closely}) 12... dxc4 $15 13. a4 (13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Qb6 $15) 13... Na6 (13... Qa5 14. Bd2 $15) 14. e4 $2 (14. Nd2 $142 $5 $11 {would keep White in the game}) 14... Nb4 $17 15. b3 (15. Be3 Qa5 $17) 15... cxb3 (15... c5 $5 16. g4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bg6 $19) 16. Qxb3 $17 a5 17. Be3 Bg6 18. Rad1 {White has an active position} Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} (18... Qb8 19. Rfe1 $15) 19. Ne5 $11 {White has an active position} Bh7 20. f4 {Black has a cramped position} Nd7 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Nf6 23. Ng6 (23. Rf2 Bd6 $11) 23... Bxg6 (23... Re8 24. Ne5 Nbd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bd2 $15) 24. fxg6 $11 Qc7 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 (26... Bxf4 27. Nxf6+ (27. Rxf4 $143 Nfd5 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. gxf7+ Qxf7 $17) 27... gxf6 28. Rxf4 $11) 27. Bxe4 Kh8 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxf7 (29. gxf7 $5 Rad8 30. h4 $11) 29... Rxf7 $11 30. gxf7 Rf8 31. Qf3 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Bg6 Kg7 {Black threatens to win material: Kg7xg6} 34. Bh5 Rxf7 (34... b5 $142 $11 {and Black could well hope to play on}) 35. Bxf7 $16 Kxf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Kf3 (37. Ke3 $142 $5 $16) 37... Kd5 $14 38. Kf4 Nc2 {Attacking the isolated pawn on d4} (38... Kc4 $142 39. Kf5 Nd5 $14) 39. Kf5 $4 {a weak move, ruining a winning position} (39. Rb1 $142 $16) 39... Ne3+ $19 40. Kxf6 Nxd1 41. g4 Nf2 42. Kg6 Nxh3 43. Kxh6 Kxd4 44. Kh5 c5 45. Kh4 (45. g5 {does not solve anything} Nxg5 $1 {an unexpected blow} 46. Kg4 c4 47. Kf5 c3 48. Kf6 Nf3 49. Kg6 c2 50. Kf5 c1=Q 51. Ke6 Qc8+ 52. Kf6 Qh8+ 53. Kf7 Ne5+ 54. Ke7 Qg7+ 55. Ke6 Qf7+ 56. Kd6 Qd7#) 45... Nf4 46. Kg3 (46. Kg5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Nd5 47. Kf5 c4 48. g5 c3 49. Ke6 c2 50. Kf7 c1=Q 51. Kg6 Ke4 52. Kh6 Kf5 53. Kg7 Qxg5+ 54. Kf7 Qe7+ 55. Kg8 Nf6+ 56. Kh8 Qf8#) 46... Ke4 47. g5 (47. Kh4 {hardly improves anything} c4 48. g5 c3 49. g6 Nxg6+ 50. Kg4 Ne5+ 51. Kh3 c2 52. Kg3 c1=Q 53. Kf2 Qb2+ 54. Kg3 Nf3 55. Kg4 Qg2+ 56. Kh5 Qg5#) 47... c4 (47... c4 48. Kf2 Ng6 49. Kf1 c3 50. Ke2 Nf4+ 51. Kf2 c2 52. Kg3 c1=Q 53. Kg4 Qg1+ 54. Kh4 Kf5 55. g6 Qf2#) 0-1