[Event "Tennessee Open"] [Site "Nashville"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Long"] [Black "Hurt, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2308"] [BlackElo "2150"] [Annotator "Shredder 9 (10s)"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1969.??.??"] {C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. Nf3 h5 7. Qxe6+ Bxe6 8. Nxd4 Bxc3 (8... Bd7 9. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Bd3 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {1/2-1/2 Ilincic,Z (2536)-Farago,I (2534) /Budapest HUN 2006/The Week in Chess 597}) 9. Bxc3 Nf6 10. Nb5 $146 {White threatens to win material: Nb5xc7} (10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Bc4 Kf7 13. Rhe1 Rae8 14. h3 h4 15. f4 exf3 16. gxf3 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rh5 18. Be5 c5 19. c3 c4 20. Bc2 Nbd5 21. f4 Rg8 22. Rd4 b5 23. Rg1 g6 24. Kd2 Rh6 {Neukirch,D-Golz, W/Gera 1962/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Kf7 $14) 10... Na6 11. Be2 {Black has an active position} (11. O-O-O h4 $11 (11... Bxa2 $2 { fails because of} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b3 $18)) 11... Ke7 {Black loses the right to castle} (11... Nd5 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Be5 $11) 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. Bxg4 (13. f3 $5 {has some apparent merit} exf3 14. gxf3 $14) 13... hxg4 $15 {Black has new doubled pawns: g4+g7} 14. O-O Rh5 15. Nd4 (15. Bxf6+ Kxf6 16. Nc3 Re8 $15) 15... Rah8 (15... Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 $19) 16. Rfe1 Nc5 (16... c6 17. Ne2 Rxh2 18. Ng3 $17) 17. Ne2 (17. f3 gxf3 (17... Rxh2 $6 18. Nf5+ Ke8 19. Nxg7+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ Ke6 21. Ng7+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Ke6 23. Nd4+ Ke7 24. b4 $11) 18. Nxf3 a6 $17) 17... Rxh2 $19 18. Bxf6+ $2 (18. Ng3 Ke6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. b4 $17) 18... Kxf6 19. Ng3 g5 20. Rd5 Ne6 (20... b6 $142 $19 {and Black can already relax}) 21. Nxe4+ $4 {White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position.} (21. Rxe4 $142 R2h4 22. a4 $17) 21... Kg6 22. f3 (22. Ng3 {doesn't do any good} Nf4 23. Rxg5+ Kxg5 24. Re5+ Kg6 $19) 22... gxf3 ( 22... gxf3 23. Rd2 Nf4 $19) 0-1