[Event "45th Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2005.11.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Herbers, Charles"] [Black "Stewart, Doug"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1976"] [BlackElo "1958"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bc4 {last book move} Nc6 4. d3 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 5. a3 {Secures b4} (5. Nf3 Nf6 $14) 5... Nf6 $11 6. Nge2 (6. Bg5 Be7 $11) 6... d5 $15 7. exd5 exd5 8. Bb3 d4 { Black gets more space} 9. Ne4 Be7 {Black has a very active position} (9... Nxe4 $5 {is an interesting idea} 10. dxe4 Bd6 $15) 10. N2g3 $14 {Black has an active position} O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Re1 Qd7 {White has a cramped position} 14. Bf4 b5 {Black has an active position} 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Re2 Rf5 19. Rae1 h6 {Controls g5} (19... c4 20. Bg5 e5 21. Bd2 $11) 20. Bd6 Bxd6 (20... Bf8 $5 $16) 21. Qxd6 $18 Rd8 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Ng3 Rff7 (23... Rfd5 24. Rxe6 Rc7 25. f4 $18 ) 24. Rxe6 Rfe7 25. Nf5 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rc7 27. g4 Kh7 28. h4 g6 29. Ng3 a5 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5 (31. Nf5 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Nd8 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33. gxh5 b4 $18) 31... Nd8 32. Ra6 a4 (32... Nc6 33. Ne4 Kg8 34. Kf1 $18) 33. Nf5 (33. Ne4 {and White can already relax} Re7 34. Nxc5 Re5 $18) 33... Nf7 34. Rg6 b4 35. Ra6 (35. Kg2 {makes it even easier for White} Ne5 36. Rxh6+ Kg8 $18) 35... c4 (35... b3 36. cxb3 axb3 $18) 36. axb4 cxd3 37. cxd3 Rb7 38. Rxa4 Rb5 ( 38... Ne5 {hardly improves anything} 39. Nxd4 Nxd3 40. b5 $18) 39. Nxd4 Rxh5 40. b5 Rd5 41. b6 Nd6 (41... Nd8 {is not the saving move} 42. f4 $18) 42. Ra7+ Kg6 (42... Kg8 {does not help much} 43. Nc6 Rg5+ 44. Kf1 Rb5 $18) 43. Ne6 (43. Nc6 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rg5+ 44. Kf1 Rb5 $18) 43... Kf6 (43... Rb5 44. Nf8+ Kf5 $18) 44. Nc7 Rxd3 45. b4 Rb3 46. b7 (46. b7 Nxb7 47. Rxb7 $18) 1-0