[Event "2004 World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia, USA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "GM Yury Shulman"]
[Black "FM Stephen Muhammad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Muhammad,S"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 f5 {The Dutch Defense. I played the black side of King's Indian Defense
in my last two encounters with GM Shulman and lost both games. I felt it
was time to try a new strategy.} 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 {Heading into
the Stonewall variation. I've had to face the Stonewall as white and was so
impressed with it's flexibility that I decided to add it to my repertoire.} 5.
Bf4 {This move surprised me! Almost everyone fianchetto's the King's Bishop in
the Dutch.} 5... c6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qb3 a5 10. Rac1 $6 {
My opponent could have saddled me with a difficult position by the simple pawn
exchange on d5, forcing me to recapture with the c-pawn.} (10. cxd5 cxd5 (10...
exd5 $2 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4)) 10... Kh8 {I'm happy now. I have removed my
King from the a2/g8 diagonal and can look forward to active play.} 11. c5 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rb1 {When you make a mistake, correct it!} 13... g5 {
And now the fun begins!} 14. Bd6 Nxd6 15. cxd6 Qf6 16. c4 g4 17. Nd2 f4 {
The white King will come under fire if my opponent does not act quickly.} 18.
Be2 Rg8 19. Kh1 $1 {Sidestepping black's dangerous pawn advances.} 19... b6 $1
{Preparing to complete my development. White must hurry and lock the queenside
before black becomes too active there.} 20. Qa4 Bb7 21. c5 b5 22. Qd1 {#}{Here I thought my opponent was going to sac a piece. But I was
confident that my threats against his King would triumph. One possible line is:
} (22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Ba6 24. Qxd7 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qf5 $1 {
Heading into the heart of white's position with 26...Qd3.}) 22... h5 23. a4 b4
24. Nb3 {The best blockader of a passed pawn is the Knight!} 24... Rgf8 25.
exf4 Qxf4 26. Qc2 Rf6 $6 (26... Kg7) 27. Rbe1 e5 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Qb2 Kg8 {
Time to jump back to the a2/g8 diagonal, I felt the other one was getting a
bit hot!} 30. Rd1 Rf7 31. Rd4 Qf6 32. Qd2 Ba6 $6 {I knew I had to do something
with the Bishop but trading it was incorrect. I should have posted it on f5.} (
32... Bc8 33. Qe3 Bf5 $11 34. Re4) 33. Bxa6 Rxa6 34. Qc2 Ra8 35. Rdd1 Nc4 36.
Qe2 Raf8 $6 (36... Nb2 37. Ra1 Nc4 $11) 37. Nd4 {
Now I began to worry, white's Knight is strong.} 37... Ne5 {Diagram #} 38. f4
$1 gxf3 39. Nxf3 $6 (39. gxf3 $1 {Leaves black in quite a predicament!} 39...
Ng6 40. Nxc6 Nf4 41. Ne7+ $18) 39... Qg7 40. Nxe5 Qxe5 $1 $15 41. Qd3 Rxf1+ 42.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 b3 44. h3 b2 45. d7 Qe7 46. Qb1 Qxd7 47. Qxb2 d4 48. Qb3+
Kh7 49. Qd3+ Kh6 50. Qd2+ Kg6 51. Qd3+ {
Grabbing the pawn is no better. For example:} (51. Qxa5 Qd5 52. Qe1 Qxc5 53.
Qe6+ Kh7 $11) 51... Kh6 52. Qd2+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

