[Event "GBR-ch"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Martin,A (game of the day)"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]

1. c4 { Notes by IM Andrew Martin } 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 O-O { A sharp choice, allowing the possibilty of Rc1,when
the White pawn structure stays intact. Instead : } ( 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bh4 Ne5 ( { RR } 8... Ne5 9. e4 ( { RR } 9. e3 Ng6 ( { RR } 9... O-O 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O d6 14. Rab1 c5 15. Nf3 b6 16. Nd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bb7 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qf6 20. Rbd1 Qe6 21. Rd2 Red8 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. Qd5 { Hanauer,M-Reshevsky,S/New York 1936/EXT 99/0-1 (65) } ) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qe4 a6 16. Rh5 Nd7 17. Qf4 Nf6 18. Ra5 Bd7 19. g4 Ne4 20. Bf3 Nc5 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. Qe4 Rb8 23. c5 Bc6 24. cxd6 Bxe4 25. dxe7 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kxe7 { 1/2-1/2 Levenfish,G-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad 1934/HCL (26) } ) 9... Ng6 10. Bg3 d6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Bd7 14. f4 Nf8 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. f5 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 N8d7 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qf2 Nc5 21. Qc2 Nfd7 22. Bf1 Ra5 23. Rbd1 { Horvath,I-Ruck,R/HUN 1993/TD/0-1 (39) } ) ) 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 Nxd4 $146 ( { RR } 8... Re8 9. e3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd1 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. h4 g4 17. Ke2 Nxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ba5 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. h5 Kg7 21. e4 Re8 22. f3 Bc6 23. Rhd1 { Yermolinsky,A-Rublevsky,S/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72/[Ribli]/1/2-1/2 (44) } ) 9. Qxd4 $146 g5 10. Bg3 c5 { This is very uncompromising. White's reply is no less combative. } 11. Qd6 $1 { Not the only move but Williams likes to fight. } ( 11. Qd3 d5 ( 11... Re8 12. e3 Ne4 13. Be2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 b6 15. O-O Bb7 $13 ) 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. h4 $14 ) 11... Re8 12. f3 ( 12. h4 Re6 13. Qd3 ( 13. Qc7 Qxc7 14. Bxc7 g4 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 d6 ( 16... b6 $1 $13 ) 17. Rd3 Ne8 18. Ba5 ) 13... Ne4 $36 ) 12... Re6 13. Qd2 { A very straightforward idea. White prepares e4 and possibly h4 as
circumstances dictate. } 13... b5 $5 ( 13... Nh5 14. Bf2 ) 14. e4 { At each stage
Williams had to calculate whether h2-h4 was good. Here,14 h4 certainly appears
possible. } ( 14. h4 Nh5 15. Bf2 g4 16. fxg4 Nf6 17. Qxh6 Nxg4 18. Qf4 $13 ) 14... bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe4 $1 { A thunderbolt which would stun a lesser
fighter. To Williams this is just upping the ante. The sacrifice is good,
sound. White must use all his ingenuity to reach a playable game. } 16. fxe4 Rxe4+ 17. Be2 Ba6 18. O-O ( 18. Nxe4 { brings only a temporary advantage in material. } 18... Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2 ( 19. Kxd2 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Qe7 21. Kd3 c4+ $3 $17 ) 19... Qe7 20. Nc4 d5 $19 ) 18... Rxe2 19. Qd5 Re6 20. Ne4 $5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 c4 22. Be5 { The thing is that White has
assumed the initiative but at a very heavy cost. Pressure certainly exists on
the Black King , however Gormally uses his extra material to plug the holes.
#i } 22... Be7 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Bc3 Rcc6 $1 $19 { Fine defense . White runs out of tricks. } 25. Qd4 f6 26. Qd5 Kh8 27. h4 Qe8 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rf3 { Hoping for Nxg5 } 29... Qg6 30. Nxg5 Bd6 { Maybe he couldn't fully calcluate the complications after } ( 30... Qb1+ { eg } 31. Kh2 Bd6+ 32. g3 Re2+ 33. Kh3 Qh1+ 34. Kg4 Bxg3 35. Rxf6 Qh4+ 36. Kf5 Rf2+ 37. Kg6 Rfxf6+ 38. Bxf6+ Rxf6+ 39. Kxf6 $13 { Instead Gormally continues
practically,sticking to a relatively safer continuation. } ) 31. Ne4 Kg7 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Bxf6+ Kf8 $19 34. Bh4 Qf7 35. Qd1 Qf4 36. Bg3 Qh6+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 { Simon Williams has got a very raw deal out of the Game of the Day. But he
has consistently been playing some of the most interesting chess of the
tournament. Gormally didn't back down either and this furious game was the
result. } 0-1