[Event "45th Mid-South Open"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2005.11.26"] [Round "4"] [White "McNaughton, Ralph"] [Black "Johnson, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1358"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c6 8. d4 {last book move} Bg4 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bf4 Be4 12. g4 (12. Be5 f6 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 $15) 12... Nc6 13. e3 e6 14. a3 {Consolidates b4} (14. Qb3 Qe7 $15) 14... f5 (14... Qb6 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxb2 17. Nd3 $15) 15. Ng5 {White threatens to win material: Ng5xe6} ( 15. g5 $11) 15... Qe7 $4 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 17. Rc1 $15) 16. Nxe4 (16. f3 $142 $5 h6 17. Nxe4 (17. fxe4 $143 hxg5 18. exd5 exd5 $15) 17... dxe4 18. fxe4 $16) 16... dxe4 17. b4 (17. gxf5 exf5 18. Qe2 Rae8 $11) 17... a6 (17... e5 $5 {is an interesting alternative} 18. dxe5 Rad8 $17) 18. Rc1 $11 Rad8 19. g5 (19. gxf5 $5 {is worth looking at} gxf5 20. Qh5 $11) 19... e5 $17 {Black threatens to win material: e5xf4} 20. Qb3+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Rfd1 Rfd7 $4 {Black has let it slip away} (23... Bxf4 $142 {would hold out} 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. exf4 Ne6 $15) 24. Rxd7 $18 Rxd7 25. Bf1 $4 {Loses material. White loses the upper hand} (25. Rxc6 $142 {a pity that White didn't try this} bxc6 26. Bxe5 $18) 25... Bb2 {Black threatens to win material: Bb2xc1} 26. Rb1 {White threatens to win material: Rb1xb2} (26. Rc2 Bxa3 27. Bxa6 Kf7 $15) 26... Bxa3 27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Rd5 $4 {lets it slip away} (28... Kf7 $142 $15 {was much better}) 29. Bc4 $18 Nb4 ( 29... Ne7 {does not improve anything} 30. Rb5 $18) 30. Bd6 Kg7 (30... b5 { there is nothing else anyway} 31. Bb3 Kg7 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. Bxd5 Be7 34. Rxb5 Bxg5 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxg5 Kf6 $18) 31. Bxd5 (31. Rxb4 $6 {is easily refuted} Rxd6 32. Rxb7+ Kf8 33. Rf7+ Ke8 34. Rxh7 Kf8 $14) 31... Nxd5 32. Bxa3 (32. Bxa3 Kf7 33. Rxb7+ Ke6 34. Rxh7 $18) (32. Rxb7+ $5 {seems even better} Kg8 33. Bxa3 Nc3 $18) 1-0