[Event "44th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Palatnik, Sam"]
[Black "Smith, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "1758"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
{A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 1. c4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9.
bxc3 {last book move} Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xc4} 10. Ba3 {
White threatens to win material: Ba3xf8} (10. c5 Nc4 $16) 10... Re8 11. c5 a6 {
Consolidates b5} (11... Nc4 12. Qa4 d5 13. cxd6 Nxd6 $16) 12. Qb3 $16 Qc7 13.
Rfd1 Nc6 14. Rab1 Na5 15. Qa4 g6 $2 (15... Nd5 $142 $5 16. Rd3 Rb8 $18) 16. Nc2
Nd5 (16... Nc6 17. Ne3 $18) 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne3 Re4 19. Rd4 Rxd4 (19... Nc6
20. Nxd5 Nxd4 21. Nf6+ (21. Nxc7 {is clearly weaker} Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Rxa4 23.
Nxa8 Rxa3 24. Kxe2 Rxc3 $15 (24... Rxa2+ $143 25. Ke3 $14)) (21. cxd4 $6 Qd8
$18) 21... Kf8 22. Nxe4 $18 (22. cxd4 $6 Re6 23. Nd5 Qd8 $18)) 20. cxd4 Nc6 21.
Nxd5 Qd8 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. d5 Na7 (23... Ne5 {doesn't change anything anymore}
24. Qf4 d6 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Rb6 $18) 24. d6 (24. Qd4 $142 {keeps an even
firmer grip} f6 25. Bc1 $18) 24... Nb5 (24... Nc6 25. Qe4 Kf8 $18) 25. Rxb5 $1
{Eliminates the defender b5} axb5 26. Qd4 (26. Qd4 h5 27. Bb2 f6 28. Nd5 Kh7
29. Nxf6+ Kh6 30. Qe3+ g5 31. h4 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Kg6 33. Qxg5+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke6
35. e4 Ra8 36. Qe7#) 1-0