[Event "44th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Denton, Bradley"]
[Black "Larson, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 b6 6. Nf3
Bb7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 {last book move} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (
11. gxf3 $6 Nc6 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Qg4 g6 (12... Kf8 13. Qe4 $16) 13. Bh6 $18
Bf8 14. Bxf8 (14. Qf4 d5 15. Nb5 g5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 $18) 14... Kxf8 15. d5 (15.
Ne4 $142 $5 $18) 15... Nxe5 $16 16. Qd4 (16. Qe2 f6 $16) 16... f6 $14 17. f4
Nf7 18. Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xf6} Kg7 {Black king safety
dropped} 19. d6 {Black has a cramped position} Rf8 (19... Rc8 20. g4 h6 21. Rf2
$14) 20. g4 e5 21. fxe5 fxe5 {Black king safety dropped.} 22. Qd5 (22. Rxf7+
$142 Rxf7 23. Qxe5+ Kg8 24. Qd5 $14) 22... h6 $4 {a transit from better to
worse} (22... Qh4 23. Rxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxa8 Qxg4+ 25. Ng3 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Qxd6 27.
Re1 $11) 23. Rf2 $4 {White has a strong king attack. White lets it slip away} (
23. Rf6 $142 Ng5 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 25. Qxe5+ Kh7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Qd5+
Ne6 29. Rf1 $18) 23... Rc8 $4 (23... Qh4 $142 $14 {would be a reprieve}) 24.
Raf1 $18 Qe8 25. Nf6 Qe6 26. Qxe6 dxe6 27. Nd7 e4 (27... Nxd6 {doesn't do any
good} 28. Nxf8 Nf5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Nd7 $18) 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 (28... Nxd6 {
is one last hope} 29. Rf6 Nf5 30. Rxg6+ Kxf8 31. Rxe6 Rc4 $18) 29. d7 e3 30.
Rxf7+ $1 {decapitation} Rxf7 {Theme: Deflection from d8} 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32.
d8=Q e2 33. Kf2 (33. Kf2 b5 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qf4+ Ke7 36. Qxh6 $18) 1-0