[Event "City Championship"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.02.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Kovalic, Jeff"] [Black "Beasy, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1857"] [BlackElo "1631"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 {last book move} 7. Bb5+ (7. Nc3 $5 Nec6 8. Bf4 $14) 7... Nec6 $11 8. c3 a6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qb6 11. b3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rc1 h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 15. Nbd2 (15. a3 $142 $5 $11 {is an interesting alternative}) 15... Ba3 $17 {Black threatens to win material: Ba3xc1} 16. Rc2 O-O 17. Qf1 f5 (17... Nb4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qe2 $17) 18. g3 ( 18. exf6 $142 $5 {would allow White to play on} Nxf6 19. Nc4 dxc4 20. d5 $11) 18... Nb4 $17 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qh3 (20. Qe2 Qb5 21. Qxb5 axb5 $17) 20... Qd8 ( 20... Nc2 21. Rf1 Bb2 $17) 21. Bxh6 $2 (21. g4 $142 Nc2 22. Rf1 $15) 21... gxh6 $19 22. Qxh6 Qe8 (22... Nf8 23. Nf1 $19) 23. Ng5 (23. g4 fxg4 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qh4+ Kg7 26. Qxg4+ Qg6 $19) 23... Nf8 24. Ndf3 Qe7 25. Nh4 (25. h4 Bc1 $19) 25... Qg7 26. Qh5 Rc1+ $4 {a transit from better to worse} (26... Bc1 $142 { Black had this great chance} 27. f4 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Nc2 $19) 27. Rxc1 $17 Bxc1 28. Nxe6 Qf7 (28... Nxe6 $142 29. Nxf5 Qh7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 $17) 29. Qxf7+ $14 Kxf7 30. Nd8+ {White forks: b7+f7} (30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Nxf5 Nxa2 $14) 30... Ke8 $11 { Black threatens to win material: Ke8xd8} 31. Nxb7 Nxa2 (31... f4 32. Nc5 $11) 32. Nxf5 $14 {White has a new protected passed pawn: g3} Nc3 $2 (32... Ba3 33. Kg2 $14) 33. b4 (33. Nc5 $142 $5 $18) 33... Ne6 $16 34. h4 Ne2+ (34... Bb2 $5 $14) 35. Kf1 $16 N2xd4 36. Nxd4 Nxd4 37. Nc5 Nc6 $2 (37... Nf3 $142 $5 $16) 38. Nxa6 $18 Kd7 (38... Kf7 39. f4 Nd4 40. Kf2 $18) 39. f4 Ba3 (39... Nd4 40. h5 Nf5 $18) 40. h5 Ke6 (40... Ne7 {doesn't improve anything} 41. h6 Ng6 42. h7 $18 ) 41. Nc7+ Kf5 42. Nxd5 Bxb4 (42... Nxe5 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 43. fxe5 Kxe5 $18) 43. Nxb4 Nxb4 44. g4+ $1 {doomsday} Ke6 (44... Kxg4 45. h6 {Passed pawn}) 45. h6 Kf7 (45... Kd5 {hardly improves anything} 46. h7 Kc6 47. e6 Nc2 48. e7 Kb6 49. e8=Q Kc5 50. h8=Q Nb4 51. Qc3+ Kb6 52. Qb8+ Ka6 53. Qa3#) 46. e6+ $1 {sealing the opponent's fate. . . .} (46. e6+ Ke7 47. h7 Nc2 48. h8=Q Na1 49. Qg7+ Kd6 50. e7 Kd7 51. Qf8 Kc7 52. e8=Q Kb6 53. Qb4+ Kc7 54. Qbb8#) 1-0