[Event "Fall Classics 5"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davis, Jim"]
[Black "Van Doren, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1388"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{C46: 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves} 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 d6 4. Bb5 Nge7
5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O {last book move} g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Nxc6 $4 {
White is ruining his position} (9. Nd5 $142 {and White wins} Qc8 10. Bxc6 Nxc6
11. Nb5 $18) 9... bxc6 $16 10. Bc4 {Black has a cramped position} O-O {Black
castles and improves king safety} 11. Qd2 Qe8 12. Bh6 Kh8 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14.
Qd4+ f6 15. Rad1 c5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Rfe1 Nc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 (19. Qxd5 $6
Nb6 20. Qd3 Qe5 $14) 19... Qd7 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Bb3 (21. b3 Qf7 $16) 21... Nb6
22. f4 (22. Qd3 $5 $16) 22... Rbe8 {Black threatens to win material: Re8xe2}
23. Qd2 $4 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (23. Qf1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1
Re8 $11) 23... Re7 $4 {simply marches past the door to victory} (23... c4 $142
$19 {and the scales tip in favour of Black}) 24. c4 (24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Re1 Qd7
$14) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3
f5 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. Bd1 Kd7 32. Bf3 Ke7 33. a3 a5 34. Kc3 Na4+ 35. Kb3 {White
threatens to win material: Kb3xa4} Nb6 36. Kc3 (36. g4 Kf6 $14) 36... Na4+ {
Twofold repetition} 37. Kc2 Nb6 38. b3 {Prevents intrusion on a4+c4} Nc8 39. b4
(39. g4 fxg4 40. Bxg4 Nb6 $14) 39... cxb4 40. axb4 axb4 {Black has a new
passed pawn: b4.} 41. Kb3 {White threatens to win material: Kb3xb4} Nb6 42.
Kxb4 h5 43. h3 (43. c5 Nd7 44. c6 Nc5 $14) 43... Nd7 44. g4 (44. g3 $5 $14)
44... fxg4 (44... hxg4 45. hxg4 g5 46. fxg5 $15) 45. hxg4 hxg4 (45... g5 $5 46.
gxh5 gxf4 $11) 46. Bxg4 $11 Nf6 47. Bf3 1/2-1/2