[Event "City Championship"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalic, Jeff"]
[Black "Davison, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+
Nbd7 6. c4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne2 e6 9. dxe6 {last book move} Bxe6 10. d5
O-O-O 11. O-O Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Nbc3 Rhe8 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Nf5
Qe5 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Bd2 Qf5 20. Qb6 Qd3 21. Qxd6+ Ka8 22. Bg5
Bb5 23. Qf4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 (24. Nxb5 $6 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 axb5 $14) 24... Bxc4 25.
Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rfd1 Re5 27. Kg1 b5 (27... Bxd5 $4 {the pawn is indigestible} 28.
f4 (28. Nxd5 $6 Rexd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11) 28... Rf5 29. Rd4 $18 (29. Nxd5 $6 {
is not possible} Rfxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11)) 28. a3 (28. f4 Ree8 29. b3 Be2 $18)
28... Kb7 (28... Bxd5 $4 {it may look tempting but Black must resist capturing
the pawn} 29. f4 (29. Nxd5 $6 Rexd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 $14) 29... Rh5 30. Rd4 $18 (
30. Rxd5 $6 {is clearly worse} Rhxd5 (30... Rdxd5 $2 31. g4 $18 (31. Nxd5 $6
Rxd5 32. Re1 Kb8 $14)) 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 $14)) 29. Rd4 Rde8 (29... Bxd5 $4 {
taking the pawn is naive} 30. f4 (30. Nxd5 $6 Rexd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 $14) 30...
Rh5 31. Rad1 $18 (31. Nxd5 $6 {is a weaker possibility} Rhxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11
)) 30. Kf2 f5 (30... Rd8 31. Rad1 $18) 31. f4 (31. Rh4 $5 h6 $18) 31... R5e7
32. Rad1 (32. Rb1 Kb6 $18) 32... Rd8 33. Re1 (33. h3 h5 $16) 33... Rxe1 34.
Kxe1 Kb6 35. b4 Kc7 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Rd2 Re8 (37... Rd7 $5 $16) 38. Nd1 $18 Ke7
(38... Bxd5 $4 {capturing this pawn is a mistake} 39. Nc3 $18) 39. Ne3 Kf6 40.
Nxc4 bxc4 41. Rc2 {White threatens to win material: Rc2xc4} (41. Rd1 $142 $18)
41... Rc8 $4 (41... Re4 $142 {saving the game} 42. Kf3 Rd4 $14) 42. Ke3 $18
Re8+ 43. Kd4 Re4+ 44. Kc5 Rxf4 (44... Ke7 {cannot undo what has already been
done} 45. a4 Rxf4 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 $18) 45. Rxc4 Rf2 46. d6 Ke6 47. Rc1 (
47. Kc6 $142 {secures the point} Rxg2 48. Rc1 $18) 47... Kd7 48. Kb6 Rxg2 49.
Rc7+ $4 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (49. Kxa6 $142 {
White clearly has the better chances} Rg8 50. Ka7 $18) 49... Kxd6 $11 50. Rxf7
Rxh2 $2 (50... Ke5 $142 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked}) 51. Rxf5 $16 Rh3 52.
Ra5 Rc3 $2 (52... h5 $5 $16) 53. Kxa6 (53. Rxa6 Rf3 54. Kb7+ Kd5 55. Rh6 $18)
53... Rc8 $4 {Black falls apart} (53... Rc6+ 54. Ka7 Rc7+ 55. Kb8 $18) 54. Kb5
(54. Rh5 $142 {seems even better} Ra8+ 55. Kb7 Rxa3 $18) 54... h5 $4 {a
blunder in a bad position} (54... Rb8+ $142 55. Kc4 Rh8 $18) 55. Ra6+ $18 Ke5
56. Rh6 Rb8+ 57. Ka4 Ra8+ 58. Kb3 1-0