[Event "GBR-ch"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2001.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Nh5 { This is
a heavily analysed position. White keeps his Knight on e2 to sometimes block
the Black attack with Ng3. The Rook on c1 introduces ideas such as b2-b4. 
 Black has tried many ideas now,but none of them seem to quite equalise eg } ( { RR } 13... a6 14. Bh4 g6 15. Re1 $6 { He sets up 15 Bg3 and then forgets to play it! } ( 15. Bg3 $1 $14 ) 15... Nh5 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Nc3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd4 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. a3 Bd6 22. Ne2 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxe5 26. b3 Rc8 27. Bd2 Bd6 28. a4 { Zapata,A-Bradford,J/Linares 1992/CBM 33 ext/1/2-1/2 (58) } ) ( { RR } 13... Qf7 $5 14. Bb1 Bd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. h3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Re1 Bb4 21. Re2 Bb5 22. Re3 Qd6 23. Nf3 Nf7 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qxg3 27. Qb3 a5 28. a3 Bc4 29. Qd1 Bd6 30. Qe1 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Ne5 32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Nf3 Nd7 34. Nd2 Ba6 35. Kf2 Nde5 36. Rc1 Nd3+ 37. Bxd3 Bxd3 38. Rc3 Ba6 39. Nf3 Kg7 40. Rb3 Kf6 41. Rb6 Bc5 42. Rb3 Ne5 43. Nxe5 Kxe5 44. Rc3 b6 45. Kf3 Bb7 46. Kg3 Ke4 47. Kg4 Ba6 48. Kg5 Bxe3+ 49. Kf6 Bd4+ { 0-1 Kovarik,O-Moravcik,R/SVK 1998/EXT 2000 (49) } ) ( 13... Ng4 14. Ng3 g6 15. Nh4 e5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. b4 $1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. b5 Nd4 21. Nf3 $14 { Smagin-Dolmatov USSR Ch 1986 } ) ( 13... Bd7 14. Ng3 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 16. Qd2 Rf7 17. Nh5 Qd8 18. Qh6 Be7 19. h3 $14 { Frolov-Borovikov . Nikolaev 1983 } ) 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Bb1 Bd7 $146 { Getting the timber off the back rank but if Black
fails to create an initiative White simply has better placed pieces. } ( { RR } 15... Qf7 16. Rc3 Bd7 ( { RR } 16... g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Re3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. a3 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Re7 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Rb3 b6 24. Rc3 Qf6 25. Rec1 Ree8 26. b4 e5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Ba2 Kh8 31. Qe3 { Keschitz,G-Petek Medic,M/HUN-chT2 9394 1994/TD/0-1 (53) } ) 17. Qc2 g6 18. Bh6 Qf6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rd1 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rc2 Bc6 25. Rcd2 h5 26. f3 h4 27. Nf1 Kg7 28. Ne3 Bd4 29. Rxd4 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 { Murugan,K-Babu,N/IND-ch 1988/EXT 97/1-0 (45) } ) ( { RR } 15... h6 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Qd3 g5 18. Rc3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qg7 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. Bd3 Rc7 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 a6 28. a3 Kf7 29. Rh5 Rc6 30. Rh3 Ke7 31. f5 Qg5 32. f6+ Qxf6 33. Rxh6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Re1 { 1-0 Maidla,V-Carton,P/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (34) } ) 16. Re1 Rf7 17. Qc2 g6 18. Ne5 $1 { A move in the steady style of John Emms. He is acutely aware of good
and bad pieces-which and which not to exchange. } 18... Bxe5 ( 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Bb4 21. Red1 $14 ) 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Nh5 $1 Rf7 ( 21... gxh5 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ $18 { No heroics. } ) 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxh7 { Commencing a dangerous attack. the real question is : Has White anything more
than a draw ? } 23... Rxh7 24. Qxg6 Rg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rc3 Qb4 $6 { Williams ha
d a massive lead on the clock around here-perhaps he could have used the time
to find } ( 26... Qd8 $1 { Maybe the best try. } 27. Rh3 $2 ( 27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. Bh7+ Kf7 29. fxg3 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. Bg6+ Kg8 $1 $11 ( 31... Ke7 $2 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qc1 $1 Kg7 34. Rf1 $40 ) ) 27... Qg5 ) 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Bg6+ $138 { Short of time Emms repeats. The complications after 28 Bc2 + are considerable
and inconclusiveeg } ( 28. Bc2+ Kg8 29. Ree3 $1 Qxb2 ( 29... Nd4 30. Bh7+ Kf8 31. h3 $13 ) 30. Bh7+ Kh8 ( 30... Kf8 31. Rf3+ Ke8 32. h4 Nxe5 33. Qxg7 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 $13 ) 31. Rg3 $3 $18 ) ( 28. a3 { also wins the house in this position, as pointed out by Jeff Goldberg. } ) 28... Kg8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. a3 $1 { On with the game. With his clock
running down,Emms shows considerable courage. } 31... Qg4 $8 32. Rg3 Rxg6 $8 33. Rxg4 Rxg4 { This must have been the position White was mulling over. Williams
has plenty of material but his King is open to the four winds. In such a
situation,the Queen is boss } 34. Re3 $16 Ne7 $2 ( 34... Nd8 { was more of a challenge but White can win nicely eg } 35. Rh3 $1 Nf7 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rf3 Be8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Rxf7+ $1 { The killer blow. } 39... Kxf7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qxe6+ $16 ) 35. Rh3 $18 Kf7 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Rh7 { Black's Army is disjointed. } 1-0