[Event "Memphis Chess Classic"] [Site "Memphis, TN"] [Date "2006.10.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Baudendistel, Jeff"] [Black "Sims, Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "1552"] [BlackElo "1902"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c6 {last book move} 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. e4 e5 10. d5 { White gets more space} c5 (10... Qc7 11. Ne1 $11) 11. a3 Ng4 12. b4 f5 { Attacks the pawn chain} (12... a5 $11) 13. bxc5 (13. h3 $142 {would allow White to play on} Nh6 14. Nb3 $14) 13... Nxc5 $15 {The knight is not easily driven from c5} 14. Nh4 (14. Ne1 Nf6 $15) 14... Bf6 (14... Bd7 $5 $17) 15. h3 $15 Nh6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxh4 (17... Nf7 $5 {is worth looking at} 18. Nf3 fxe4 $11) 18. Bxh6 $14 Bf6 19. Be3 (19. Rae1 Qc7 $14) 19... fxe4 20. g4 h5 ( 20... b6 21. Bxe4 Rf8 22. a4 $11) 21. Bxe4 (21. gxh5 $5 Bf5 22. Qxb7 gxh5 23. Kh2 $16 (23. Bxa7 $2 {is nothing because of} Re7 24. Qb6 Rexa7 25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $19)) 21... hxg4 $11 22. Bxg6 {White has a king attack} Re7 23. Bh6 gxh3 (23... Rc7 24. f4 Bg7 25. Bg5 $14) 24. Be4 {The bishop feels good on e4} (24. Kh2 Bg7 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 $16) 24... Kh8 (24... Rc7 $142 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 25. Kh2 Bg7 $11) 25. Kh2 $16 Re8 $4 {further deteriorates the position} (25... Bg7 26. Bg5 Qc7 $18) 26. Rg1 $18 Rg8 27. Qf3 Rg2+ 28. Rxg2 hxg2 29. Rg1 Qe7 (29... Bd7 {does not win a prize} 30. Rxg2 Bg4 31. Qxg4 Bg5 32. Bxg5 Qxg5 33. Qxg5 b5 34. Qh6#) 30. Qh5 (30. Rxg2 Qg7 31. Bxg7+ Kg8 32. Bh8+ Kf7 33. Qxf6+ Ke8 34. Rg8+ Kd7 35. Qd8#) 30... Bg4 31. Qxg4 Rg8 32. Qh5 Qe8 33. Qxe8 (33. Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 34. Rxg2+ Kf8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Bg6 b6 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qf8#) 33... Rxe8 $18 34. Rxg2 Rg8 35. Rxg8+ (35. Rg3 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rxg3 36. fxg3 Kg8 $18) 35... Kxg8 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. f4 (37. Kg4 {makes it even easier for White} b6 $18) 37... exf4+ 38. Bxf4 Be7 (38... Ke7 {doesn't do any good} 39. Bf5 $18) 39. Kg4 Ke8 40. Bf5 (40. Kf5 $142 {and White can already relax} Kd7 41. Kg6 Bh4 42. Bf5+ Ke7 $18) 40... Kd8 (40... b6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 41. a4 $18) 41. Bg5 Bxg5 (41... a5 $18 {desperation}) 42. Kxg5 Kc7 43. Kf6 Kb6 (43... Kd8 {hardly improves anything} 44. Ke6 Kc7 45. a4 $18) 44. Ke7 ( 44. Bc8 $142 {might be the shorter path} Kc7 45. Ke7 Kb6 $18) 44... Kc5 45. Bd3 (45. Bc8 b6 46. Ba6 Kd4 47. Kxd6 Ke3 48. Kc6 Ke4 49. d6 Kf3 50. d7 Kf4 51. d8=Q Ke4 52. c5 Ke3 53. Qd3+ Kf4 54. cxb6 axb6 55. Qd2+ Kf5 56. Bd3+ Kg4 57. Qg2+ Kf4 58. Qf2+ Kg4 59. Qf5+ Kg3 60. Be2 Kh2 61. Qf3 b5 62. Bf1 Kg1 63. Qg2#) 45... b5 46. Bf1 bxc4 47. Bxc4 $1 {the logical end. .} Kxc4 {A deflection} ( 47... Kb6 {is not the saving move} 48. Kxd6 Kb7 49. Ke7 Kb6 50. d6 Kc5 51. Ba6 Kb6 52. Bd3 Kc5 53. Bf1 Kd4 54. d7 Ke5 55. d8=Q a5 56. Qxa5+ Kf4 57. Qd2+ Ke5 58. Qe3+ Kd5 59. a4 Kc6 60. Bg2+ Kc7 61. Qa7+ Kc8 62. Qb7#) 48. Kxd6 Kb3 (48... a5 {is no salvation} 49. Kc6 Kb3 50. d6 Kc2 51. d7 Kd2 52. d8=Q+ Ke2 53. Qxa5 Kf2 54. Qf5+ Ke3 55. a4 Ke2 56. Qe4+ Kd2 57. a5 Kc3 58. Qe3+ Kb2 59. Qd3 Ka1 60. a6 Ka2 61. a7 Kb2 62. a8=Q Kc1 63. Qa1#) 49. Kc5 a5 (49... Kc3 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 50. d6 Kd2 51. d7 Ke1 52. Kd4 Kd1 53. d8=Q Kd2 54. Qg5+ Ke1 55. Qg1+ Kd2 56. Qf2+ Kc1 57. Kc3 Kb1 58. Qb2#) 50. d6 a4 (50... Kc2 { doesn't get the bull off the ice} 51. Kd4 Kb2 52. d7 Kb3 53. d8=Q Kc2 54. Qc7+ Kb1 55. Qc4 Kb2 56. Qc3+ Ka2 57. Qc2+ Ka1 58. Kc3 a4 59. Qb2#) 51. d7 Kxa3 52. d8=Q Kb3 (52... Kb2 {doesn't change anything anymore} 53. Qd2+ Kb3 54. Qd3+ Ka2 55. Qc2+ Ka3 56. Qc3+ Ka2 57. Kb4 Kb1 58. Qd2 Ka1 59. Ka3 Kb1 60. Qb2#) 53. Qd3+ Ka2 (53... Kb2 {cannot undo what has already been done} 54. Kb4 Ka1 55. Qd1+ Ka2 56. Qd2+ Ka1 57. Ka3 Kb1 58. Qb2#) 54. Kb4 a3 (54... Kb2 {does not help much} 55. Qd2+ Kb1 56. Ka3 Ka1 57. Qb2#) 55. Qxa3+ Kb1 56. Qc3 Ka2 57. Qd2+ Ka1 58. Kb3 (58. Kb3 Kb1 59. Qb2#) 1-0