[Event "Grand Pacific Open, Victoria BC"]
[Site "Port Townsend, WA USA"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murray, Mike"]
[Black "Moura, Edwardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "Murray,Mike"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{While Moura's CFC rating was 2112, his FIDE rating was 2237.} 1. Nc3 c5 2. e4
Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nd4 {
This early occupation of d4 has had a dubious reputation since the 1940s.} 6.
Bg2 e6 7. Nce2 Ne7 (7... Nxe2 8. Nxe2 Bxb2 9. Rb1 Bg7 ({Not} 9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2
Qxa2 11. Rxb2 Qxb2 12. Bc3 {: an old and typical trap.}) 10. Bxc5 {
and White is better.}) 8. c3 Nxe2 9. Nxe2 d6 10. Qd2 ({GM Daniel King is the
author of a well-regarded book on the Closed Sicilian. His game against Domont,
Switzerland, 1999, continued} 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 {with pressure against d6.})
10... O-O 11. Bh6 {Smyslov, in a game against Renter in 1948, probed with h4
and then broke with d4, never actually playing Bh6. So, two Grandmaster
specialists in the Closed Sicilian evidently rejected White's plan game plan
as too crude and formulaic. But formulaic moves have the merit of being
natural and easy to find.} e5 12. h4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 f6 14. Qd2 {Not, however,} (
14. h5 {?} g5 15. f4 Kh8 16. fxg5 Ng8 {
and the Queen is dead. A well-known trap in the Closed Sicilian.}) 14... Be6
15. h5 g5 16. h6 Kh8 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 {At this point, White had used only
about ten minutes, and Black was well into the second hour.} Rg8 19. Bf3 Bg4
20. Bxg4 Rxg4 21. O-O-O Qd7 22. Qe3 Rag8 23. Rdf1 Ng6 24. f5 {Trading pawns
was probably worth considering, but I couldn't see that it led anywhere.} Ne7
25. Kb1 ({
White should keep the Rooks on the board to combine with the advanced RP.} 25.
Rhg1 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 27. Qxg1 Ng8 28. Qh1 Qf7 {doesn't do anything.}) 25...
b6 {This isn't strictly necessary. A cute line, if Black were content to draw,
would be} (25... d5 26. Qxc5 dxe4 27. dxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd1 Qxf5 29. Qxe7 Rxe2+ 30.
Ka1 Rxb2 31. Kxb2 Rg2+ 32. Ka1 Rxa2+ 33. Kxa2 Qc2+ 34. Ka3 Qxc3+ 35. Ka4 Qc4+
36. Qb4 Qa2+ {and White has to agree to the perpetual, since} 37. Kb5 Qa6+ 38.
Kc5 Qc6#) 26. Rh3 {White starts to drift here, and the initiative passes to
Black. Fortunately for me, he had only about three minutes left (Time Control
was Game 2 + 30").} d5 27. Ng3 d4 28. Qf3 dxc3 29. bxc3 Qb5+ 30. Ka1 Qa5 31.
Ne2 Nc6 32. Rhh1 Qa3 ({Better was} 32... b5 {
and Fritz gives Black, who's attack is starting to roll, a nice plus.}) 33. Rb1
Na5 34. Rhf1 R8g5 {Black offered a draw here. I declined mainly in light of
his severe time pressure.} 35. Qe3 Qa4 36. Rg1 Rxg1 37. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 38. Qxg1 Qd7
39. Qg4 Qf7 40. Ng3 Qf8 41. Qh4 Nc6 42. Nh1 Kg8 43. Nf2 Kf7 44. Ng4 Qe7 {
? In time pressure, Black slips up. Correct was} (44... Qd8 {keeping the
d-pawn under observation, and not allowing the White Knight to occupy d5 with
gain of tempo. It would be hard for White to make progress after something
like} 45. Qh5+ Kf8) 45. Ne3 Qd6 46. Nd5 {White plenty of time, White misses
his chance. He should keep the Knight where it threatens to occupy d5, not
immediately go there when Black can swap it off. Correct was} (46. Qh5+ Kf8 47.
Qg4 Qxd3 (47... Qc7 48. Nd5 {
(now White gets this in with gain of tempo and an overwhelming game)} Qf7 49.
Qh4 c4 50. dxc4 Nd8 51. Kb2) 48. Nd5 Qf1+ 49. Kb2 Qb5+ 50. Kc2 Nd4+ 51. cxd4
Qa4+ 52. Kb2 Qb5+ 53. Kc1 Qc4+ 54. Kd2 Qxa2+ 55. Ke1 Qa1+ 56. Kf2 Qxd4+ 57. Kf1
Qd3+ 58. Kg1 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc2+ 60. Kg3 Qd3+ 61. Kh4 {and Black is out of good
checks and will soon be mated. Yeah, well, this is all easier for Fritz than
for me!}) 46... Ne7 47. Qg4 Nxd5 48. Qg7+ Ke8 49. exd5 Qxd5 50. Qh8+ Kd7 51.
Qxh7+ Kc6 52. Qg7 Qxd3 53. Qxf6+ Kb5 54. Qxe5 Qd1+ 55. Kb2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

