[Event "44th Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2004.11.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Palatnik, Sam"] [Black "Smith, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "1758"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 {last book move} Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xc4} 10. Ba3 { White threatens to win material: Ba3xf8} (10. c5 Nc4) 10... Re8 11. c5 a6 { Consolidates b5} (11... Nc4 12. Qa4 d5 13. cxd6 Nxd6) 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Rab1 Na5 15. Qa4 g6 (15... Nd5 16. Rd3 Rb8) 16. Nc2 Nd5 (16... Nc6 17. Ne3) 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne3 Re4 19. Rd4 Rxd4 (19... Nc6 20. Nxd5 Nxd4 21. Nf6+ (21. Nxc7 {is clearly weaker} Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Rxa4 23. Nxa8 Rxa3 24. Kxe2 Rxc3 (24... Rxa2+ 25. Ke3)) (21. cxd4 Qd8 $18) 21... Kf8 22. Nxe4 (22. cxd4 Re6 23. Nd5 Qd8)) 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. d5 Na7 (23... Ne5 {doesn't change anything anymore} 24. Qf4 d6 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Rb6) 24. d6 (24. Qd4 {keeps an even firmer grip} f6 25. Bc1) 24... Nb5 (24... Nc6 25. Qe4 Kf8) 25. Rxb5 {Eliminates the defender b5} axb5 26. Qd4 (26. Qd4 h5 27. Bb2 f6 28. Nd5 Kh7 29. Nxf6+ Kh6 30. Qe3+ g5 31. h4 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Kg6 33. Qxg5+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. e4 Ra8 36. Qe7#) 1-0