[Event "Black Knight Memorial Day"]
[Site "San Jose CA USA"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthew James Hayes"]
[Black "FM Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller and Matthew Hayes.} g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.c3 cxd4
5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.g3 Nxd5 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4
11.Be3 {ES: 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.d5 Bxf3 13.dxc6 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 bxc6 =,
Seils vs. Djeno, Germany 1994. } Rc8 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ne5! {MH: After the game, Eric said he had missed this move which seems quite reasonable for white.} Qxg2+
14.Kxg2 Bxd1 15.Rfxd1 Nb4 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.a3 Nd5 18.Nd3 Kf8
19.Kf3 Ke8 20.h3 b6 21.Ne5 Nxe3 22.Kxe3 f5 23.Nc6 Rd6 24.Ne5
Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rd5 27.f4 {ES: I had hallucinated that
this move wasn't available because in my mind the king was
still at f3. I assumed the king would have to go to f4, when I
have a clear advantage. So now the rook endgame is even, I
have to find a way to exploit White's little weaknesses.} Kd7
28.Rc4 b5 29.Rc2 Rd1 30.Rc5 a6 31.a4 {ES: ? 31.Rc3 =, drawish
position } {MH: a4 is rather dubious... I wouldn't play this move nowadays.} bxa4 32.Ra5 Rg1 33.Kf2 {ES: ? 33.Kf3 =, drawish
position } {MH: This is the move that really throws away the draw.} Rb1 34.Rxa6 Rxb2+ 35.Ke3 Rb3+ 36.Kd4 Rxg3 37.Rxa4
Rxh3 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Ra6+ Kf7
{MH: Although disappointed to have lost what should have been a drawn endgame, I was still delighted with my overall play against such a strong player. After the game, Eric and I had lunch together at a Denny's restaurant where he regailed me with tales of his dealings with Kasparov and Kramnik and his involvement in their 2000 World Championship match (Eric was Arbiter). This was very interesting to me because I had actually been in the audience for games 4 and 12. }
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