[Event "46th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kernell, David"]
[Black "Harbert, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 dxc4 {last book move}
4. Na3 Be6 (4... e5 5. Qc2 Bxa3 6. bxa3 $15) 5. Qc2 g6 (5... Qd5 6. Bg2 $15) 6.
Ng5 (6. Nxc4 Bg7 $11) 6... Qd5 (6... Bd5 7. e4 Nf6 8. d3 $15) 7. Nxe6 $14 Qxe6
8. Qxc4 Qxc4 9. Nxc4 {White has the pair of bishops} Nd7 10. Bg2 Nb6 {Black
threatens to win material: Nb6xc4} 11. Na5 {White threatens to win material:
Na5xb7} (11. Nxb6 axb6 12. d4 Bg7 $14) 11... O-O-O $11 12. b4 Bg7 {Black
threatens to win material: Bg7xa1} 13. Rb1 a6 14. O-O {White castles and
improves king safety} Nf6 15. d3 {Consolidates c4+e4} Nfd5 16. Bd2 Kb8 (16...
Na4 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Nc4 $11) 17. Rfc1 $14 e6 {Secures d5} 18. Nb3 Na4 19. d4
Nc7 20. Bf4 Rd7 21. e3 Ka7 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 ({Inferior is} 23. Rxc5 Nd5
$14) (23. dxc5 $2 e5 $19) 23... Nd5 24. Bd6 Ne7 25. g4 Bf6 (25... f6 26. Bh3
$16) 26. Rc3 h5 27. gxh5 (27. h3 Nc8 28. Bh2 Re8 $18) 27... Rxh5 (27... Nf5 28.
Bg3 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Rxh5 30. Ra3 $16) 28. Ra3 Nf5 $4 {a blunder in a bad position
} (28... Rh8 $142 $16) 29. Bxc6 $3 $18 {Demolition of pawn structure} Rg5+ (
29... bxc6 30. Bb8+ {A beautiful mate combination}) 30. Kf1 Nxd6 31. Bxd7 Nc4
32. Rd3 Rd5 (32... Rf5 {does not improve anything} 33. Rb4 Na5 34. Ra3 $18) 33.
c6 Bd8 (33... Rxd7 {is the last straw} 34. cxd7 b5 $18) 34. Rxb7+ Ka8 35. c7 (
35. e4 $142 $5 {seems even better} Rb5 36. c7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7 Rb4 38. Bc6+ Kb8
39. Rxf7 Rb6 40. Rf8+ Kc7 $18) 1-0