[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Swami, Gurukumar"] [Black "Bulington, Carter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "1802"] [BlackElo "1419"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 {last book move} 7. Qe2 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 {White has the pair of bishops} Ngf6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O {White has an active position} Qc7 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. c4 Bb4 {Black threatens to win material: Bb4xe1} 13. Rd1 Rhe8 14. Ne5 (14. a3 $5 Bd6 15. b4 $16) 14... Nxe5 $11 15. dxe5 (15. Qxe5 $2 Bd6 16. Qe1 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 $19 (17... Rxd4 18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 $17)) 15... Nd7 16. a3 ({Inferior is} 16. Bxh7 g6 $17) 16... Bc5 17. Bg5 {White threatens to win material: Bg5xd8} Be7 (17... f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Be3 $11) 18. Bf4 $14 h6 { Secures g5} (18... f5 19. exf6 Qxf4 20. fxe7 Rxe7 21. Bc2 $14 (21. Bxh7 $143 Rh8 $17)) 19. Bg3 $16 Nc5 (19... Nb6 20. b4 $16) 20. Bc2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 (21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qe2 Nd7 $16) ({Instead of} 21. Bxd1 Qd7 $11) 21... Rd8 22. b4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nd7 24. Be4 (24. Qh5 c5 25. Qxf7 cxb4 26. Qxe7 Qxc4 27. axb4 Qxc2 $16) 24... Nxe5 (24... c5 25. Qa4 cxb4 26. Qxa7 bxa3 27. Qa8+ Nb8 $19) 25. Qd4 $16 Bf6 26. Qxa7 Qd6 27. h3 Qb8 (27... h5 28. b5 h4 29. Bf4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 $16) 28. Qc5 {White prepares b5} (28. Qa4 Qc7 $18) 28... Qc7 (28... Nd7 29. Qh5 Be5 30. Qxf7 Bxg3 31. Qe8+ Kc7 32. Qxb8+ Nxb8 33. fxg3 c5 $16) 29. a4 {White prepares the advance b5} (29. b5 $142 {would have given White a clear advantage } Nd7 30. Qh5 $16 (30. Bxc7 $4 {materialistic play, which will be punished} Nxc5 31. Bxc6 bxc6 $19 (31... Kxc7 $6 32. Be8 $19))) 29... Nd7 $14 {Black threatens to win material: Nd7xc5} 30. Qh5 {White threatens to win material: Qh5xf7} ({Not} 30. Bxc7 Nxc5 31. bxc5 Kxc7 $15) 30... Be5 {Black threatens to win material: Be5xg3} 31. Qxf7 Qd6 $2 (31... Bxg3 $142 32. fxg3 Qxg3 33. Qxe6 Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. g3 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kh1 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2+ 43. Kh1 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ $11) 32. b5 $4 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (32. c5 Qd4 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Qg6 $14) 32... Bxg3 $19 33. b6 $4 {but even a better move would not have saved the game} (33. fxg3 $142 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Qxe4 35. Qxg7 Qxc4 36. bxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxh6 $19) 33... Qd1# 0-1