[Event "46th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cohen, Lawrence"]
[Black "Qian, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 {last book move}
4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. c5 {White gains space}
b6 10. cxb6 (10. Nbc3 Na5 $11) 10... axb6 $15 11. Nbc3 Bg4 12. Be3 Bb4 (12...
Na5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 $15) 13. h3 Be6 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Bg5 $11)
14. Bg5 $14 Be7 15. Qd2 (15. Nf4 Ra5 $14) 15... Qd7 (15... Nh5 $142 16. Bxe7
Nxe7 $11) 16. Kh2 (16. Nf4 Ra5 $11) 16... Qd8 (16... Na5 $5 $17) 17. Rfd1 (17.
Kg1 $11) 17... Ng4+ (17... Qd6 $142 $5 $15 {and Black can hope to survive}) 18.
hxg4 $14 Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. f5 {White threatens to win material: f5xe6} Bg5 {
Black threatens to win material: Bg5xd2. The bishop feels good on g5} 21. Nf4 {
Pawn d5, live or die!. White threatens to win material: Nf4xd5} Bd7 22. Ncxd5
Ra4 {Attacking the isolated pawn on d4} 23. Qc3 Bf6 (23... Re8 $5 $16) 24.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nd5 Qh6+ 26. Kg1 Qd6 27. b3 Ra7 (27... Ra5 28. Nf4 Ne7 29. d5
$16) 28. Nf4 (28. f6 $142 gxf6 29. Rf1 $16) 28... Rfa8 $4 {cause more grief} (
28... Re8 29. a4 $16) 29. Rd2 (29. Rac1 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Nb4
30. Bxa8 Nxa2 $18) 29... Ra3 $2 (29... Re8 $142 $16) 30. Rc2 $4 {releasing the
pressure on the opponent} (30. Rc1 $142 $5 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33.
Qxc6 Qxd4+ 34. Kh1 $18) 30... Nxd4 $2 (30... Nb4 $142 $5 {and Black is still
in the game} 31. Re2 c6 $11) 31. Qxc7 $16 Qxc7 (31... Qf6 $142 $5 32. Bxa8 Rxa8
$16) 32. Rxc7 $18 R8a7 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Rd1 Be8 $18) 33. Rxa7 Rxa7 34. Rd1 g5
35. Nh5 (35. Rxd4 $6 gxf4 36. gxf4 h5 37. gxh5 Bxf5 $18) 35... Ne2+ 36. Kf1 1-0