[Event "6th North American FIDE Invitational"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 c5 15.
Rb1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bxe5 18. Rxb7 Qe8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Bh5 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qg4+ {
White's clearly better, and after Black's next, he's winning.} Kf8 (23... Kh8)
24. Qe4 {White picks up a very useful pawn, but it's not over yet.} Rb8 25.
Qxh7 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rb7 27. h4 Qa4 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. g3 Rb8 30. d5 Be5 31. Re1 Rb2
32. Qh8+ ({White's still winning after the queen check, but he missed an
elegant way to finish the game immediately:} 32. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 33. d6 $3) 32...
Ke7 33. Qg8 Qxd5 34. Qxf7+ Kd6 35. Qf8+ (35. Rc1 {was best, keeping Black's
king in the box and getting the rook into the attack with tempo - 36.Qc7# is
the threat.}) 35... Kc7 36. Rd1 Bd4 {
Now Black's pieces look rather menacing, and it's now anyone's game.} 37. Rc1+
Kb6 38. Qb8+ Ka5 39. Qc7+ Ka6 40. Rc6+ $2 {What could be more natural?
Unfortunately for Muhammad, Black's slippery king survives this final
attacking flurry, leaving his own monarch helpless against Robson's
beautifully placed pieces.} (40. Rf1 $1 {leaves White with some advantage.})
40... Bb6 $19 41. Qc8+ Kb5 42. a4+ Kb4 43. Qf8+ Kb3 44. Rxb6+ axb6 45. Bg6 Qf3
{White's attack is over, he's behind in material, and worst of all, mate is
inevitable. A close scrape for the youngster!} 0-1

[Event "6th North American FIDE Invitational"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. b4 axb4
16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Be1 g4 18. Bxb4 g3 19. h3 Ng6 $146 {...Ng6 is a common move in
the Classical King's Indian, but timing is everything. White now overprotects
the vulnerable h3, g2 and f3 squares, after which his queenside counterattack
is ready to roll.} (19... Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qd7 {and now if} 21. Kg2 Ng6 22. Rh1 {
, apparently covering everything, Black has the explosive} Nh4+ 23. Kg1 Nxe4
24. fxe4 f3 {, winning.}) 20. Re1 {A good move, clearing f1 for the bishop.
This and his ensuing moves take all the sting out of the dangerous ...Bxh3 sac.
} Ne8 21. Bf1 Nh4 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. Reb1 Rg6 24. Ne1 {
How will Black ever break through this defensive array?} Bf8 25. a5 Ba6 26.
axb6 c6 (26... cxb6 {leaves Black with ugly, chronic queenside weaknesses
White can start to exploit with} 27. Ra2 {Still, it may have been better for
Black - though a lot less entertaining for the fans - than Muhammad's choice
in the game.}) 27. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 28. dxc6 $1 {Here come the pawns!} Ne6 29. Bc3
Nc5 30. Qd1 Qe8 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Rxa6 {
It might not be best, but it's not bad and it's definitely spectacular.} Nxa6 (
32... Rxa6 33. b7 {wins.}) 33. c5 (33. Ra1 $1) 33... Nc7 (33... Nxc5 $1) 34.
bxc7 {Now everything's back on track again.} Rc8 35. Rb7 Rf6 36. Bc4 Kg7 37.
Qg8+ Kh6 38. Qg4 Qxc6 39. Qxh4+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Rg6 41. Qxc8 Qxc5+ 42. Kh1 Qxc4
43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. Qxh7+ $1 Kg5 45. h4+ Kf6 46. Qh8+ Ke6 {In the King's Indian,
Black often has a chance even when almost everything goes wrong, and so it is
here. He's down a piece, his king's in a mess, White threatens the bishop on
f8 and has a passer ready to queen, but even so the threat of ...Qf1# is
annoying. Vigorito finds a convincing solution.} 47. Nd3 $3 Qxc3 48. Nxf4+ Kd7
49. Rb1 Rh6 50. Qxf8 Rxh4+ 51. Nh3 Rxh3+ 52. gxh3 g2+ 53. Kh2 1-0

