[Event "Mid-Summer Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bussom, Andrew"]
[Black "Hellwig, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1299"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
e6 6. Be3 Bb4 {last book move} 7. f3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 {White threatens to
win material: e5xf6} Nd7 10. f4 c5 {Black has a cramped position} 11. Bd2 c4 {
Black gets more space} 12. Nb5 Bc5 13. Qf3 (13. b4 $142 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5 15.
axb5 $17) 13... Nb6 (13... Rb8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Rxb2 $19) 14. c3 {
Consolidates b4+d4} (14. Be3 Bb4+ 15. c3 Be7 $14) 14... a6 (14... O-O 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Qxe3 $11) 15. Nd4 Bd7 (15... O-O 16. Be2 $11) 16. b4 (16. Qg3 O-O $14)
16... Bxd4 $11 17. cxd4 {White has the pair of bishops} Rc8 18. Be2 Na4 19. Bc3
(19. O-O Qb6 20. Bc3 O-O $11) 19... Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb6 (20... a5 21. O-O $11)
21. a3 Ba4 22. Bd1 (22. O-O O-O $14) 22... Bxd1 $11 23. Rxd1 Ra8 24. Rb1 Kd7 (
24... a5 25. O-O axb4 26. axb4 $11) 25. Ke2 Qc6 (25... Raf8 26. Rhf1 $14) 26.
Ke3 (26. Rhf1 Ke7 $16) 26... Rhb8 27. Ra1 (27. Kf2 $5 $14 {is an interesting
idea}) 27... a5 $11 28. Rhb1 axb4 29. axb4 (29. Rxb4 Ke8 $11) 29... Qb5 $15 30.
Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rb2 (31. Qb2 Qa6 32. Ke2 Qa2 $17) 31... Ra4 (31... Ra1 32. Kf2
$17) 32. g3 (32. Kf2 Ke8 $15) 32... Kc7 (32... Ra1 33. Kf3 $17) 33. h4 (33. Kf2
$5 $15) 33... Kb6 34. h5 (34. Kf2 $5 $17) 34... Qa6 $19 35. Qc2 Ra3+ 36. Kf2
Kb5 (36... c3 $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} 37. b5 Qa5 $19) 37.
Qxh7 Ra2 $19 38. Qc2 Rxb2 39. Qxb2 Qa4 40. Ke2 Qa8 (40... Qxb4 $4 {Black will
not be able to digest the pawn} 41. Qxb4+ Kxb4 42. Kd2 $18) 41. Kd1 Qa4+ 42.
Kc1 Qa8 43. g4 Qd8 44. g5 (44. Qa3 Qh4 45. Qa5+ Kc6 46. b5+ Kd7 47. Qa7+ Kd8
48. Kb2 $11) 44... f6 $4 (44... Qh8 $142 {was much better} 45. h6 gxh6 $16) 45.
exf6 $18 gxf6 46. h6 (46. g6 $142 {it becomes clear that White will call all
the shots} Qc7 47. Qf2 $18) 46... fxg5 $16 47. fxg5 (47. Qa3 $142 gxf4 48. h7
$16) 47... Qxg5+ $15 {Black forks: c1+h6. .} 48. Qd2 {White threatens to win
material: Qd2xg5} Qg1+ 49. Kc2 Qg6+ 50. Kb2 c3+ $4 {a transit from better to
worse} (50... Qg3 $142 $15 {this is the best way to fight back}) 51. Kxc3 $18
Qg3+ (51... Kc6 $18 {there is nothing better in the position}) 52. Qd3+ (52.
Qd3+ Kb6 53. Qxg3 Ka7 54. Qc7+ Ka6 55. h7 e5 56. dxe5 d4+ 57. Kc4 d3 58. b5#)
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