[Event "Hampshire Major 2016"] [Site "Eastleigh, England"] [Date "2016.11.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Coburn, Joe"] [Black "Smith, Chris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "146"] [BlackElo "133"] [Annotator "Blake, M.J"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2016.11.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {The Exchange French, allowing Black's c8 Bishop more freedom than normally seen in the French Defence.} exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Bd6 7. O-O Nf6 (7... Nge7 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. b4 O-O 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. a4 Ng6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. g3 Nce7 15. Ra2 Nf5 16. Ng2 Bf7 17. Rae2 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 Re8 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bd3 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Nfe7 22. a5 Be6 23. Nfh4 Nxh4 24. Nxh4 g5 25. Qh5 Nc8 26. Bxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qxe6 gxh4 29. Qxc8 Qb1 30. Qd7+ Kg6 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe3 h3 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 b6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Kd1 Qf5 37. Bd2 {Leko,P (2731)-Morozevich,A (2724) Sochi 2014 1/2-1/2}) 8. Re1+ Ne7 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Kb8 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Re2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 (18. fxg3 Rde8 19. Nf3 f5 20. h3 $16) 18... Rde8 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Nc6 22. R5e3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Re8 24. Qe2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qe7 26. Kf1 $11 (26. Qf3 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qe6 28. Bf5 $14 ) 26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 Ne7 28. g4 c6 29. Kf2 Kc7 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Kd6 32. c4 b6 33. b4 f6 (33... c5 34. dxc5+ bxc5 35. a3 f6 $11) 34. Ke3 Ke6 $2 (34... c5) 35. a4 $2 (35. Bxc6 $3 f5 (35... Nxc6 36. d5+ Kd6 37. dxc6 Kxc6 38. Kd4 $18) 36. Bf3 $18) 35... a5 36. b5 $11 ({Winning for White was the line} 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Bxc6 $18 Nxc6 38. d5+ Kd6 39. dxc6 $18) 1/2-1/2