[Event "Birmingham Open"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Momic, Milan"]
[Black "Hurt, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "Shredder 9 (10s)"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
{A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4.
d4 (4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 O-O 10. d3 Rd8
11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bd2 Rac8 13. Rac1 b6 14. Bc3 Nd4 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4
17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 {Heiberg,T (2250)-Ogaard,L (2445)/Baerum 1980/MCD/0-1
}) 4... c6 $146 {Secures b5+d5} (4... Nxc3 5. bxc3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Rc1 b6 13. Bb5 Be4 14. Bc6
Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Nb8 16. Rc4 Nd7 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rd4 {Regedzinski,
T-Makarczyk,K/Lodz 1930/EXT 2001/0-1 (37)}) (4... Bf5 5. Qb3 Nb6 (5... Nxc3 6.
bxc3 b6 7. f3 Nd7 8. e4 Bg6 9. Bb5 e6 10. Bc6 Rb8 11. Qa4 a5 12. Ne2 e5 13. O-O
exd4 14. Rd1 Bd6 15. cxd4 Qe7 16. e5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 {1-0 Buechel,
L-Tubis,R/GER 1995/EXT 2001}) 6. e4 Bg6 7. Nf3 a6 8. h4 f6 9. Bf4 Bf7 10. Qd1
N8d7 11. Bd3 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Bc2 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. O-O Bc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Bf7 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. d6 {Quiring,J-Skylar,M/Edmondton 2000/EXT 2002/1-0
(31)}) (4... Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. a3 Be7 9. Nge2 Nc4 10. Bc1 f6
11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Be8 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Bb2 Bf7 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Qc2
Qe7 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nf4 {Igaz,P-Racz,R/HUN 1995/EXT 99/1-0 (33)}) (4... e5 $5
$11 {is worthy of consideration}) 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nd7 (6... Bf5 7. Nd2 $14)
7. e3 $16 g6 8. Bc4 Nb6 (8... Bg7 9. O-O Qa5 10. Qb3 $16) 9. Bb3 $16 Bg7 10. h4
(10. e4 O-O $16) 10... h5 (10... c5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Ng5 $11) 11. Ng5 e6 {
Controls d5} (11... Rf8 $5 $14 {is noteworthy}) 12. Ba3 $16 Nd5 13. Rc1 Bf8 (
13... Qa5 $5 14. Bc5 b6 $18) 14. Bxf8 $18 Kxf8 (14... Rxf8 15. e4 f6 16. exd5
fxg5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qe2 $18) 15. Qf3 (15. e4 Nb6 16. e5 Kg7 $18) 15... Qe7 (
15... f6 16. c4 Nb4 17. O-O $18) 16. e4 Nf6 17. Qg3 (17. e5 $5 {makes it even
easier for White} Ng4 $18) 17... Kg7 18. O-O (18. e5 Ng4 $18) 18... Re8 (18...
Ng4 19. e5 $18) 19. f4 (19. e5 Ng4 $18) 19... Ng4 (19... b6 $142 $18) 20. e5 (
20. f5 $142 $5 gxf5 21. Rce1 $18) 20... Nh6 (20... b6 21. Bc4 $16) 21. Qf3 Nf5
22. g3 (22. Rfe1 Rb8 $16) 22... b6 $14 23. Kh2 (23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Nf6 Bb7 $14)
23... Bb7 $11 24. Rfd1 (24. Bc2 c5 25. Qe2 Nh6 $11) 24... Rad8 (24... c5 25. d5
$11) 25. Rd2 (25. Qe2 c5 26. Bc2 Nh6 $11) 25... Rd7 (25... c5 26. Qd1 $15) 26.
Rcd1 (26. Qe2 Rc8 $14) 26... Red8 (26... c5 27. Qe2 Red8 $11) 27. Kh3 (27. Qe2
c5 28. Ba4 Rc7 $11) 27... a5 (27... c5 $5 28. Qf2 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4
Nxd4 $17) 28. Bc2 {The knight intends Nb3-c2-e4-f6} (28. Qe2 Qa3 $14) 28... c5
$11 29. Be4 (29. Qe2 cxd4 30. Bxf5 exf5 (30... gxf5 $143 31. Qxh5 Rh8 32. Qe2
$16) 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Bd5 $11) 29... Bxe4 (29... Bd5 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31.
Rd3 $15) 30. Nxe4 $11 cxd4 31. Nf6 {White threatens to win material: Nf6xd7.
The knight dominates} Rc7 32. cxd4 Qb4 33. d5 Rc3 34. Rd3 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 (35.
Qxd3 $5 {is interesting} Qb2 36. Rd2 $11) 35... exd5 $15 36. Nxh5+ $4 (36. Rxd5
$142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} Rxd5 37. Qxd5 $15) 36... gxh5 $19 37.
Qxh5 Qe4 38. Rd2 (38. Qg5+ {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Kh7 39. Qh5+ Nh6
$19) 38... Qh1+ (38... Rg8 $142 {and Black can already relax} 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40.
Qh5+ Nh6 $19) 39. Kg4 $4 {White falls apart} (39. Rh2 Qf1+ 40. Rg2 $19) 39...
Ne3+ 40. Kg5 Qe4 (40... Rd6 41. Rc2 Qb1 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rc8+
Kd7 45. exd6 Qf5+ 46. Kh6 Qf6+ 47. Kh7 Kxc8 48. g4 Nxg4 49. a3 Qf7+ 50. Kh8 Nh6
51. d7+ Kxd7 52. a4 Qg8#) 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. g4 Re8 43. Qh5 (43. Rxd5 {hardly
improves anything} Qf3 44. Qh5 Nxd5 45. Qg6+ fxg6 46. f5 Ne3 47. Kf6 Qxg4 48.
fxg6 Qxh4#) 43... Rxe5+ $1 {Mate attack. . . .} (43... Rxe5+ 44. f5 Rxf5+ 45.
gxf5 Qxf5+ 46. Kh6 Qf6+ 47. Qg6+ Qxg6#) 0-1