[Event "Reserve"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2002.01.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Sansom, Mike"] [Black "Maclin, Philip"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1410"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] {B06: Modern Defence} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 {last book move} e5 5. fxe5 (5. dxe5 $142 $5 Ne7 6. Nf3 $16) 5... dxe5 $14 6. d5 {White gains space} a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 7. Nf3 {Black is behind in developement} Bg4 ( 7... Qd6 8. Bd3 $14) 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 (10. gxf3 $6 Bh6 11. Qd3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Ngf6 $11) 10... Ngf6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qd2 h5 13. b4 ( 13. Rad1 O-O-O $16) 13... h4 (13... Ng4 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 14. a3 Qh4 $11) 14. h3 Nh5 15. Ne2 (15. Bxh5 Rxh5 16. Rab1 f5 $16) 15... f6 { Consolidates g5} (15... f5 $5 $16) 16. c4 $18 g5 $2 (16... Ng3 $142 17. Nxg3 hxg3 $18) 17. c5 Nf4 18. Rac1 {White prepares c6} O-O 19. c6 (19. Nxf4 $6 exf4 20. Bd4 Ne5 $18) 19... bxc6 20. Rxc6 (20. Nxf4 $6 exf4 21. Bd4 cxd5 22. exd5 Rac8 $18) (20. Bxf4 $6 exf4 21. Rxc6 Ne5 $18) 20... Qd8 (20... a5 21. bxa5 (21. Nxf4 $6 exf4 22. Bc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Ra7 $18) (21. Bxf4 $6 gxf4 22. bxa5 Nb8 $18) 21... f5 22. Rxc7 $18 (22. Nxf4 $6 exf4 23. Bd4 fxe4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 $18) (22. Bxf4 $6 exf4 23. Rxc7 Be5 $18)) 21. Rfc1 (21. d6 $5 {and White can already relax} cxd6 22. Rxd6 Rf7 23. Nxf4 gxf4 $18) 21... Rf7 (21... f5 22. d6 (22. Bxf4 $6 gxf4 23. exf5 Ra7 $18) (22. Nxf4 $6 gxf4 23. Bf2 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf6 $18) 22... Nf6 23. exf5 cxd6 24. Rxd6 $18 (24. Nxf4 $6 gxf4 25. Bb6 Qb8 $18)) 22. Rxc7 (22. Bxf4 $6 gxf4 23. Bh5 Re7 24. Rxc7 Nb6 $18) 22... Bf8 23. Bg4 (23. d6 {makes it even easier for White} Kh8 $18) 23... Bd6 (23... f5 24. Bxf5 (24. Nxf4 $6 gxf4 25. Bxf5 fxe3 26. Qxe3 Rg7 $18) 24... Bxb4 25. Qd1 (25. Qxb4 $6 Nxe2+ 26. Kh2 Nxc1 $18) (25. Bxf4 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} Bxd2 26. Bxd2 Nf8 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11) 25... Rxf5 26. exf5 $18) 24. R7c6 Nf8 (24... f5 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 25. Bxf5 Bxb4 $18) 25. Bc5 Bxc5+ 26. R1xc5 (26. bxc5 $142 {seems even better} N8g6 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. Be6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6 $18) 26... N8g6 (26... Kg7 $18 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 27. Rc8 Nxe2+ (27... Rfa7 {is not much help} 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. d6 $18) 28. Qxe2 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bxc8 Nf4 31. Qc4 Kg7 32. d6 (32. d6 Rf8 33. Qc7+ Rf7 34. d7 $18) 1-0