[Event "Fall Classics 5"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pylant, Gary"]
[Black "Hamelrath, Ed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1839"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Nf3 Qa5 {last book move} 8.
Qc2 {White has a very active position} Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 {Black has the
pair of bishops} Nc6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {Black has a cramped position.} O-O
{Black castles and improves king safety} 13. O-O {White castles and improves
king safety} Bd7 14. a3 Bxc3 (14... Bd6 15. Rfe1 $11) 15. bxc3 $14 {White has
new hanging pawns: c3+d4} Rac8 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Rfb1 {White threatens to win
material: Rb1xb7} Qc7 18. Qg5 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 19.
Qh4 Na5 20. c4 Be8 (20... Bc6 21. Ne5 $11) 21. c5 {White has a new backward
pawn: d4. Black has a cramped position} (21. Qe4 g6 22. Qe3 Kg7 $16) 21... Ba4
(21... Bc6 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} 22. Ne5 Bd5 $11) 22. Qe4 $16 g6
23. Qh4 {White threatens to win material: Qh4xh6} (23. Qe3 Bc6 24. Ne5 Bd5 $16)
23... Nb3 $14 {Black threatens to win material: Nb3xa1} 24. Ra2 Qd7 (24... Nxd4
25. Nxd4 Qxc5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Bf1 $15 (27. Qxa4 $6 Rxd3 28. h3 Rc7 $11) (27.
Qxh6 $143 Qh5 28. Qxg6+ Qxg6 29. Bxg6 Rc3 $14) (27. Rxb7 $4 {taking the pawn
will cause White grave problems} Rxd3 28. h3 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bc6 $19)) 25. Qxh6 (
25. Qf6 $5 b5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Ne5 $18) 25... Nxd4 $14 {Black king safety
dropped} 26. Ng5 {White has a king attack} Nf5 $4 {further deteriorates the
position} (26... Rxc5 $142 27. Qh7+ Kf8 $16) 27. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 28. Bf1 (28. Rd2
$142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rc7 29. Re1 $18) 28... Rxc5 $4 {sad, but how
else could Black save the game?.} (28... Bc6 29. Re2 Rc7 $18) 29. Ne4 (29. Rd2
{might be the shorter path} Bc6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 $18) 29... Qd5 $4 {
cause more grief} (29... Rc2 $142 30. Rab2 b6 $14) 30. Rd2 $18 Qxd2 (30... Nd4
{a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33.
Nxc5 $18) 31. Nxd2 (31. Qh8+ $142 {it becomes clear that White will call all
the shots} Ke7 32. Rxb7+ Rd7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Rb8+ Rd8 35. Nxd2 Rxb8 36. Qh8+
Ke7 37. Qxb8 Rd5 38. Qxa7+ Bd7 $18) 31... Rxd2 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Rxb7+ Rd7 34.
Rxd7+ (34. Rb8 $142 {and White wins} Rcd5 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. f4 $18) 34... Bxd7
35. Qb2 Rc6 (35... Nd6 36. f4 $18) 36. Bd3 (36. Qb7 a6 $18) 36... Rb6 37. Qc3
Nd6 38. h3 Bc6 39. Kh2 Bd7 (39... Kd7 40. h4 $18) 40. g4 Rc6 (40... g5 41. Qg7
Rb3 42. Qxg5+ Ke8 43. Bf1 Rxa3 44. Qc5 $18) 41. Qd4 Rb6 42. g5 (42. Qc5 {
seems even better} Rb3 43. Bf1 Rb1 $18) 42... Ne8 (42... Bc6 43. h4 $18) 43.
Qc5+ Nd6 44. a4 (44. Bf1 $142 $18 {and White can already relax}) 44... Bxa4 45.
Qa5 (45. Qc7+ Bd7 $18) 45... Bd7 (45... Bb5 46. Qxa7+ Rb7 47. Qd4 $16) 46. Qxa7
$18 Rb2 47. Qc5 Rd2 48. Qe3 Ra2 49. Qd4 Ne8 (49... Bc6 50. Qc5 Kd7 51. Kg3 $16)
50. Bf1 Ra4 51. Qc5+ Nd6 52. Bg2 Rc4 53. Qa5 Rc2 54. Qb6 Nf5 (54... Bb5 55.
Qa7+ Kd8 56. Kg3 $16) 55. Bf3 Ra2 56. Qc5+ Nd6 57. h4 Ra4 58. Kg3 (58. Kh3 Rf4
59. Bg4 Bb5 $16) 58... Rc4 59. Qa3 Ke8 $4 {causes even greater problems} (59...
Ra4 $142 60. Qc3 Nf5+ 61. Kg2 Rxh4 $16) 60. Qxd6 $18 1-0