[Event "Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis,TN"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hurt, John"]
[Black "Minor, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[Annotator "Chess Tiger 14.0 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
{C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6
4. Be3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. a3 {
last book move} b5 11. b4 (11. g3 Nd7 $14) 11... Nd7 $11 12. Bd3 Nb6 (12... Qc7
13. Ne2 $11) 13. Ne2 (13. Qd2 Be7 $14) 13... Bd7 (13... Qc7 14. O-O $11) 14. c3
{Covers d4} (14. O-O Be7 $14) 14... Nc4 $11 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O g6 (16... Be7
17. g3 $11) 17. Nfd4 {White plans f5} (17. a4 Be7 $14) 17... Be7 (17... Nxd4
18. Nxd4 (18. cxd4 $143 a5 $17) 18... Bg7 19. Nf3 $11) 18. g4 {White intends f5
} (18. g3 O-O $11) 18... f6 (18... O-O 19. Qc2 $11) 19. Nxc6 (19. f5 Nxd4 20.
Nxd4 O-O $14 (20... fxe5 $143 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. fxe6 $18)) 19... Bxc6 20. f5 $4
{not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (20.
exf6 $142 Bxf6 21. Bc5 $14) 20... gxf5 $4 {Black lets it slip away} (20... fxe5
$142 21. fxg6 d4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Kd7 25. Bxh8 Rxh8 $17)
21. Nd4 $16 Qc7 (21... Qc8 22. gxf5 fxe5 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Nxe6+ Kd7 25. Ng7 $16
) 22. gxf5 Rg8+ (22... O-O-O 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. fxe6 Rhg8+ 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. Bxd4
$14 (26. cxd4 $143 Qe7 $15)) 23. Kf2 (23. Kh1 $142 $5 O-O-O 24. Bf4 exf5 25.
exf6 $16) 23... O-O-O $14 24. Nxe6 {A classical outpost} Qxe5 25. Qf3 (25. Nxd8
Bxd8 26. Qd4 Qxh2+ 27. Ke1 Bc7 $15) 25... Rde8 (25... Qxh2+ 26. Ke1 Rde8 27.
Qf4 Qxf4 28. Bxf4 $17) 26. Qf4 (26. Bf4 $5 {has some apparent merit} Qxf5 27.
Nd4 $11) 26... Bd6 $17 {Threatening Qxc3} 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Rg1 Bd7 29. Rxg8
Rxg8 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. a4 (31. Rg1 Rxg1 32. Kxg1 Bd7 $17) 31... d4 32. cxd4 Rg2+
(32... Bxa4 $142 33. Rc1 Bb5 $15) 33. Ke1 $2 (33. Kf1 Rxh2 34. dxe5 Rh1+ 35.
Bg1 Bxe5 36. Rd8+ Kb7 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 $14) 33... exd4 $4 {gives the
opponent counterplay} (33... Bxa4 $142 34. Rc1 Bb5 (34... Bxb4+ $143 35. Kf1
Rb2 36. dxe5 $14) 35. dxe5 Bxe5 $17) 34. Rxd4 $16 Kd7 $4 {the position is
going down the drain} (34... Bxb4+ $142 35. Kf1 Rb2 $16) 35. Bf4 (35. Bf4 Ke7
36. Rxd6 $18) 1-0