[Event "46th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cohen, Lawrence"]
[Black "Palatnik, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Nc3
d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O {last
book move} 10. Qd2 f6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. f4 exf4 13.
Bxf4 {White has new hanging pawns: d3+e2} Ne6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nf3 Ncd4 16. Nd5
Bc6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {White has the pair of bishops} 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Kh1 (19.
b4 Nxf3+ 20. exf3 cxb4 21. Bxa7 Ra8 $15) 19... b6 20. Bf2 Qb7 21. e4 (21. Bxd4
$142 $5 {is interesting} Nxd4 22. e4 $15) 21... Nxf3 $19 22. Bxf3 Rcd8 23. Qc2
Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 ({Inferior is} 24... cxd4 25. Rc1 Rd6 26. Kg1 $14) 25. Kg1
Red8 26. Re3 Re8 (26... Qd7 27. e5 Ba4 28. b3 $17) 27. g4 (27. Ree1 Qd7 28. Re3
$17) 27... Re5 $17 28. b3 Qd7 29. Qe2 (29. h4 a5 $17) 29... Bb5 $19 30. Rd1 a5
31. a4 Bc6 32. h3 (32. Rc1 Qd6 $19) 32... Qd6 (32... Rb4 33. Rc1 $19) 33. Bg2
h6 (33... Rb4 $142 34. d4 cxd4 $19 (34... Rxd4 $143 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Rxd4 Qxd4
37. Qxd4 cxd4 38. Rd3 $19)) 34. Bf1 $2 (34. Rc1 Bd7 $19) 34... Bd7 (34... Bxe4
$142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 35. Ra1 Bxd3 36. Qf3 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 $19
) 35. Qg2 (35. Kh1 Rb4 36. Qc2 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 $19) 35... Be6 36. Rb1 Rb4 37.
Qc2 Qd4 38. Kf2 h5 39. Be2 h4 (39... Rg5 $5 {and Black can already relax} 40.
Qd1 $19) 40. Bd1 Bd7 (40... b5 41. axb5 g6 42. Kf3 $19) 41. Ke2 (41. Qe2 b5 $19
) 41... f5 (41... Bc6 $5 42. Qc1 $19) 42. gxf5 Bxf5 43. Rf3 (43. exf5 Qxe3+)
43... Bg6 (43... Rxe4+ $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 44. dxe4 Bxe4 $19)
44. Kf1 Rg5 45. Qf2 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 c4 47. Bc2 (47. dxc4 $4 {White will choke
on that pawn} Bxe4 48. Rb2 Bxf3 49. Kxf3 Rg3+ 50. Kf4 Rxh3 $19) 47... cxd3 48.
Bxd3 Bxe4 49. Bxe4 Rxe4 50. Rg1 (50. Rd1 Rge5 $17) 50... Rxg1 51. Kxg1 Kh7 52.
Kf2 Kh6 53. Rd3 Kh5 54. Rd5+ g5 55. Rb5 $4 {causes even greater problems} (55.
Rd3 $142 $17) 55... Rb4 $19 56. Rxb4 (56. Rd5 {is the last straw} Rxb3 57. Kg2
$19) 56... axb4 57. Kf3 g4+ 58. hxg4+ Kg5 59. Kg2 Kxg4 60. Kf2 Kf4 (60... Kf4
61. Kg2 Ke5 $19) (60... Kf5 $142 {secures the win} 61. Kf3 $19) 0-1