[Event "48th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gray, Donny"]
[Black "Hortillosa, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Nb6 7. Bb3 {last book move} c4 {Black threatens to win material: c4xb3} (7...
d5 8. O-O $11) 8. Bc2 $14 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O h6 {Secures g5} (10... O-O
11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 $14) 11. Qe2 $16 O-O 12. Be3 (12. Nbd2 Qc7 $16) 12... Qc7
13. Nbd2 {White threatens to win material: Nd2xc4} Na5 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 $16) 14. Ne4 (14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 Nc6 $16 (15... Qxc3 $4
{capturing this pawn is a mistake} 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxa5 $18))
14... Be7 $14 15. Ne5 Nd5 {The knight is not easily driven from d5} 16. f4 Nc6
17. Nxc4 f5 18. Ned2 (18. Nc5 b5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxe5 $16)
18... b5 $14 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. dxe5 $4 Nxe3 21. Bd3 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 Rd8
$19) 20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 b4 22. Bb3 a5 23. cxb4 a4 {Black threatens to win
material: a4xb3.} 24. Rac1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc7} Bg5 (24...
Qd7 25. Bc4 Bxb4 $14) 25. Qd3 (25. Qf2 $142 $5 Qb8 26. Bc4 Qxb4 27. Rc2 $16)
25... Qb6 $11 26. Bc4 Qxb4 (26... Rd8 $142 $5 {must definitely be considered}
27. Kh1 Kh8 $11) 27. Rc2 $16 Kh8 28. Nf3 Be7 29. Rfc1 Qb6 (29... Rb8 $142 $16)
30. b3 (30. Bb5 $142 $16) 30... Bb7 $15 31. bxa4 Be4 {Black threatens to win
material: Be4xd3} (31... Rxa4 $142 $5 {is worth consideration} 32. Qe2 Be4 $15)
32. Qb3 $14 {White threatens to win material: Qb3xb6} Qa7 33. Re2 (33. Bxe6
Bxf3 34. gxf3 Qxd4+ 35. Kf1 Qxe5 $14) 33... Bxf3 34. gxf3 Qxd4+ 35. Kg2 Bg5 {
Black threatens to win material: Bg5xc1} 36. Rd1 {White threatens to win
material: Rd1xd4} Qh4 {White king safety dropped} 37. Bb5 {'the bishop is the
bishop!'} (37. Bxe6 $142 $5 Rxa4 38. Qc2 $16) 37... Bf4 {Black threatens to
win material: Bf4xh2. A valuable piece} 38. Kh1 {White king safety improved} (
38. Qxe6 $4 {the pawn is safe and cannot be captured without dire consequences}
Qxh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qxd1 $19) 38... Rfd8 39. Rg1 Qh5 (39... Qe7 $5 $11)
40. Bc6 $14 {White threatens to win material: Bc6xa8} Rac8 {Black threatens to
win material: Rc8xc6} 41. Qxe6 Rf8 $2 (41... Rc7 $142 42. Qc4 Bg5 $14) 42. a5 (
42. Qd7 {might be the shorter path} Rg8 $18) 42... Rcd8 $2 (42... Qf7 43. Qd7
Rc7 44. Qxf7 Rfxf7 $18) 43. Qg6 (43. Qc4 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rc8 44.
Qa4 Qh4 $18) 43... Qxg6 44. Rxg6 Rd1+ (44... Rf7 45. a6 Ra7 46. e6 $18) 45. Kg2
(45. Rg1 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 $18) 45... Rfd8
46. a6 (46. Kh3 $142 Kh7 47. Reg2 $18) 46... Rc1 $4 {terrible, but the game is
lost in any case} (46... R1d2 $142 47. Bb5 Rxe2+ 48. Bxe2 Rd2 $16) 47. a7 Kh7 (
47... Rc5 {does not solve anything} 48. Rd6 $1 {Decoy: d6} Rf8 49. Bd5 $18) 48.
Rd6 $1 {the end of the story} 1-0