[Event "Friday Night Fun Returns!"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pillai, Sathyan"]
[Black "Bell, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. c4
Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 {last book move. Black threatens to win material:
Nf6xe4} 6. Bg5 (6. Qc2 $5 $14 {should be considered}) 6... h6 $11 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
{Black has the pair of bishops} 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. d5 {White gains space} (9. e5 $5
{should be examined more closely} Qg5 10. Be4 $11) 9... Ne5 $17 10. O-O Nxd3 (
10... O-O $5 $17) 11. Qxd3 $11 O-O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 (12... Be7 13. Nd4 $11) 13.
Nxc3 $14 exd5 14. exd5 d6 15. b4 c6 {Controls b5} (15... Rhe8 $5 $14 {is
interesting}) 16. a4 $16 a6 $4 {the position was bad, and this mistake simply
hastens the end} (16... Qg6 $142 17. Qd1 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Rhe8 $16) 17. b5 (17.
dxc6 {might be the shorter path} Bxc6 18. b5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. bxc6 Kc7 $18
) 17... cxb5 (17... c5 18. a5 Qg6 19. Qh3+ Kb8 20. axb6 Bc8 $18) 18. axb5 a5
19. Na4 Kc7 20. Qe3 Rb8 (20... Ra8 $18 {is the last straw}) 21. Qxb6+ Kd7 22.
Qxa5 (22. Rfe1 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qd8 23. Qa7 $18) 22... Rhd8 (
22... Qd8 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 23. Qc3 Re8 24. c5 Bxd5 25.
c6+ Kc8 26. b6 $18) 23. b6 (23. Rfe1 $142 {it becomes clear that White will
call all the shots} Qe5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Nc5+ Ke8 26. Qc7 Bxd5 27. cxd5 $18)
23... Ke8 24. Qc3 (24. Nc3 {seems even better} Kf8 $18) 24... Qg5 (24... Qxc3
25. Nxc3 Bc8 26. Rfb1 $18) 25. f4 Qf5 (25... Qf6 $18 {the last chance for
counterplay}) 26. Qg3 (26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Qe3 $18) 1-0