[Event "44th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wade, Jonathan"]
[Black "Sims, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{A52: Budapest Gambit} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6.
Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2 Ngxe5 {last book move} 8. b3 Qe7 (8... Qf6 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Ne4
Bb4+ 11. Kf1) 9. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (9. O-O Ng4 10. Bb2 d6)
9... d6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. O-O Rad8 (11... Nd3 12. Qb1 Nxf2 13. Qxf5 Qxe3 14. Kh2
Qxe2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qf6+ Kg8 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+
Kh8) 12. Nd4 {White threatens to win material: Nd4xf5} Bg6 13. N2f3
Rfe8 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Re1 (15. Bd3 f5) 15... Nb4 16. Nd4 f6 (16... Qf6
$142) 17. e4 (17. Bf1 {is a viable option}) 17... Qxe4 18.
Bf3 (18. Bg4 Qxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1) 18... Qxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 Bxd4 (20... Nd3 {would have given Black the upper hand} 21. Re7 Nxb2
$19) 21. Bxd4 Nc2 22. Rd1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 c6 24. Be4 (24. b4 Bf7) 24...
Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Kf7 26. f3 Re8 27. Rd4 Ke6 28. Re4+ Kd7 29. Rg4 Re7 30. Kf2 d5
31. c5 b6 32. b4 Ke6 33. Rd4 (33. Ke3 Kf5+ 34. Kd2 Rb7) 33... bxc5 (33...
Rb7 34. cxb6 axb6 35. Rd2) 34. bxc5 Ke5 35. Ke3 Rb7 36. f4+ Ke6 37.
a4 {solves nothing} (37. Ra4) 37... Rb3+ 38. Kf2 a5 39. Ke2 (
39. g3 {doesn't improve anything} Ra3) 39... Rc3 40. Ke1 (40. Rd1 {does
not solve anything} Rxc5 41. Rb1 Rc4) 40... Rxc5 41. Kd2 (41. Rd3 {a
fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rc4 42. Rb3 Rxf4) 41... h5 (
41... Rc4 {seems even better} 42. Rd3 Rxf4 43. Re3+ Kd6 44. Re8) 42. g4 (
42. Rd3 {does not improve anything} Kf5) 42... hxg4 43. hxg4 g5 (43... Rc4
$5 {might be the shorter path} 44. Rd3 Rxf4 45. Re3+ Kd6 46. g5 fxg5 47. Re8
$19) 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. Kd3 (45. Rd3 {desperation} Rc4 46. Rh3 Rd4+ 47. Ke1 Rxg4
48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Rh5 Re4+ 50. Kf2) 45... Ke5 46. Ke3 (46. Ke2 {does not
win a prize} Kxd4 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 c5 49. Kg3 c4 50. Kf3 c3 51. Kg3 Ra2 52.
Kf3 c2 53. Kg3 c1=Q 54. Kh3 Qc3#) 46... Rc3+ 47. Rd3 d4+ 48. Kd2 (48. Ke2 {
is no salvation} Rxd3 49. Ke1 c5 50. Kf2 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 c4 52. Kxd2 Ke4 53. Kc1
Kd3 54. Kd1 c3 55. Ke1 c2 56. Kf1 Ke3 57. Kg2 d3 58. Kg3 d2 59. Kg2 Kf4 60. Kf2
d1=Q 61. Kg2 c1=Q 62. Kh2 Qh1#) 48... Rxd3+ 49. Kxd3 (49. Kc1 {cannot change
destiny} Rd2 {puts the final touch} 50. Kxd2 c5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kc2 c4 53.
Kd2 Ke4 54. Ke1 c3 55. Kf2 c2 56. Kg3 d3 57. Kf2 d2 58. Kg2 Kf4 59. Kf1 d1=Q+
60. Kg2 c1=Q 61. Kh2 Qh1#) 49... Kd5 (49... Kd5 50. Ke2 c5 51. Kd2 Ke4 52. Kd1
c4 53. Kd2 c3+ 54. Ke2 d3+ 55. Ke1 Kf3 56. Kd1 Ke3 57. Kc1 Ke2 58. Kb1 Kd2 59.
Ka1 Kc2 60. Ka2 d2 61. Ka3 d1=Q 62. Ka2 Qb1+ 63. Ka3 Qb2#) 0-1