[Event "Double Reserve"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogle, Allan"]
[Black "Sytnytsky, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
{A02: Bird's Opening} 1. f4 Nc6 {last book move} 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 {Covers d4} e5
(3... Be7 $5 $11 {must definitely be considered}) 4. fxe5 $16 Bc5 (4... d6 $5
$16) 5. Bb5 Nge7 (5... a6 6. Ba4 Nh6 7. d4 $18) 6. b3 (6. d4 $5 Bb6 7. O-O $18)
6... a6 $16 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Bb2 (8. O-O Bb6 $16) 8... Bf5 (8... Ng6 9. O-O $16)
9. O-O Qd7 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. Kh1 (12. c4 Bd3 13. Rf2 Nf5 $18) 12...
Nd5 (12... h5 13. e4 Bg4 14. c4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd1 17. Raxd1 (17.
Rfxd1 $143 Rxd4 18. Nf3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ng6 $15) (17. Rxf7 $6 Rxd4 18. Rxd1 Ng6
$11) 17... Rxd4 18. Rxf7 $11) 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 $142 Bxc2 14. e4 $16) 13... Nb4
$2 (13... Ne7 $142 $16) 14. e4 $18 Bg4 15. a3 Bxf3 $2 (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4
17. axb4 Qxb4 $18) 16. Nxf3 (16. gxf3 $6 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 $14) (16. Qxf3 $2 {
springs to mind, but} Nxc2 17. Nc4 Nxe1 18. Rxe1 Bxd4 19. Nd6+ cxd6 20. Bxd4
Qe6 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Bxg7 Rhd8 $19) 16... Nxc2 (16... Nd5 {does not help much}
17. exd5 cxd5 18. c4 $18) 17. Qxc2 g5 (17... Rhf8 {does not solve anything} 18.
Rac1 $18) 18. Rad1 (18. Nxg5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qe7 19. Nf3 Rhg8 $18)
18... g4 19. Nh4 g3 20. hxg3 (20. h3 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Rhg8
$18) 20... Qg4 21. Qf2 Kb8 22. Qf4 Qe6 23. Rd3 c5 (23... Rhg8 {does not
improve anything} 24. Rf1 $18) 24. d5 Qb6 (24... Qd7 {cannot change destiny}
25. Rf3 Bb6 26. Qxf7 $18) 25. e6 $1 {Clearance to allow b2-h8} c4 (25... Qxe6
26. dxe6) 26. Rdd1 (26. Bxh8 $142 {seems even better} cxd3 27. exf7 Qf2 $18)
26... Rhf8 (26... fxe6 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 27. Bxh8 Rxh8
$18) 27. e7 Qxb3 28. exd8=Q+ (28. d6 $142 {nails it down} c5 29. exf8=Q $18)
28... Rxd8 29. Be5 (29. d6 $142 {and White has it in the bag} c6 30. d7+ Ka8
$18) 29... Bb6 30. Rb1 (30. Rb1 Rd7 31. Qf5 $18) 1-0