[Event "Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hurt, John"] [Black "Wright, James"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] {[%evp 0,57,19,38,43,18,28,25,72,42,32,17,27,-26,-31,-37,-28,-34,-38,-41,-41, -37,-19,-193,-36,-36,-36,-41,0,2,0,0,15,29,82,58,94,67,110,64,107,82,115,119, 293,156,275,223,241,219,238,228,306,259,308,287,303,290,304,305] C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4 {last book move} g6 8. Bd3 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Nc6 9. a3 {White has an active position } h5 {Black threatens to win material: h5xg4} 10. Qh3 (10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Qf1 a6 $11) 10... a6 {Secures b5} (10... g5 11. Qg3 $11) 11. Bxg6 (11. Nf3 Qb6 $14) 11... Ndxe5 (11... fxg6 12. Qxe6+ Ne7 13. Nxd5 $17) 12. fxe5 $11 fxg6 {Black has the pair of bishops} 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qg3 {White threatens to win material: Qg3xg6} Qg7 (14... Ne7 15. Bd2 $11) 15. Bg5 $14 Be7 (15... h4 $5 16. Bxh4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxh4 18. Qxh4 Qxe5+ 19. Kd1 Kd7 $16) 16. O-O Bd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nh4 (18. Rae1 Nf5 19. Qf2 g5 $16) 18... O-O-O (18... g5 19. Rf6 O-O-O 20. Raf1 $14) 19. Rf6 (19. Qg5 Rdg8 $16) 19... Rhg8 (19... g5 $5 $14 {is worth looking at}) 20. Qg5 $16 Rdf8 (20... Kb8 21. Ne2 $16) 21. Raf1 $18 Nf5 $2 (21... Nc6 22. Na4 $18) 22. Rxg6 (22. Nxf5 $142 {seems even better} exf5 23. Nxd5 Re8 $18) 22... Qh7 $4 {sad, but how else could Black save the game?} (22... Qf7 $142 23. Qxh5 Kc7 $18) 23. Nxf5 (23. Rxf5 $142 {makes it even easier for White} exf5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Ne7+ Kc7 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. Rxg8 Qxg8 28. Qxg8 Bxg8 29. Nxf5 Kd7 $18) 23... exf5 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. Qd2 Qg7 (25... d4 26. Nd5 Qg7 27. c4 $18) 26. Nxd5 (26. Qxd5 $6 Bc6 27. Qe6+ Kb8 $16) 26... Bc6 (26... Be6 {does not save the day} 27. Nf6 Rd8 28. Qc3+ Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Nxh5 $18) 27. c4 (27. Rxf5 { might be the shorter path} Kb8 $18) 27... Qxe5 28. Re1 Qg7 29. Ne7+ (29. Ne7+ Kb8 30. Re2 $18) 1-0