[Event "Mid-Summer Open 3"]
[Site "Memphis,TN"]
[Date "2006.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bunch, John"]
[Black "Vogt, Natan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Annotator "Chess Tiger 14.0 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
{A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2
e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 {The pressure on the isolated
pawn grows} Nc6 8. Qa4 Bc5 {last book move} 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 (10... d4
11. Nb5 $11) 11. Qb3 (11. Bg5 Nd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 $14) 11... d4 12. Na4 (12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb6 $11) 12... b6 {Secures c5} (12... Be7 13. Bd2 $11) 13. a3 {
Controls b4} (13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Bf4 Re8 $16) 13... Rc8 (13... Be7 14. Bg5 $15)
14. Bg5 (14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bf4 Be6 $14) 14... h6 (14... Be7 15. Rfc1 $15) 15.
Bf4 (15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bf4 g5 $11) 15... Be6 (15... Be7 16. Rfc1 $11) 16. Qd3
Qd7 (16... Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 $11) 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. b4
Bf5 (19... Nb3 20. Ne5 Qa4 21. Rab1 cxb4 22. Nc6 bxa3 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8
Rxc8 25. Be5 $15) 20. Qa6 (20. Ne5 Qe6 21. e4 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Nb3 $14) 20... Nb3
$11 21. Ne5 (21. Ra2 Nd5 22. Nd2 $11) 21... Qe8 (21... Qe7 $142 $5 {is worth
consideration} 22. Rab1 Bc2 $11) 22. Ra2 $14 Be4 (22... cxb4 $142 $5 {might be
a viable alternative} 23. axb4 Ne4 $16) 23. Rb2 $18 (23. Qxa7 {is much weaker}
Bxg2 24. Kxg2 g5 $19) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 ({Worse is} 24. Rxb3 Bd5 25. Rb2 Qe7
$15) 24... c4 25. Nxc4 Rc6 26. Qb5 a6 27. Qf5 (27. Qa4 $142 $5 Rxc4 28. Qxb3
Qc6+ 29. Kg1 $14) 27... Rxc4 $11 28. Rxb3 Qe4+ $2 (28... Qxe2 $142 {and Black
hangs on} 29. Rbd3 Ne4 $11) 29. Qxe4 $16 Nxe4 30. f3 (30. Be5 $5 $18) 30... Nc3
$16 31. Rd2 Re8 32. Kf2 g5 33. Bd6 Nb5 (33... Re3 $142 $5 {should not be
overlooked} 34. Rbb2 Nb5 $14) 34. Bc5 $16 a5 35. a4 axb4 (35... Nc7 $142 $18)
36. axb5 Rxc5 37. Rxb4 Rb8 38. b6 Rc6 (38... Rb7 39. Ra2 Rc6 40. Ra6 $18) 39.
b7 Rc7 40. Rdb2 Rd7 41. R2b3 Kg7 42. Rb6 f6 43. Ke1 h5 44. Kd2 Kf7 45. R3b5 Kg7
(45... Ke7 46. Kd3 $18) 46. h4 g4 (46... Kf7 {hardly improves anything} 47. Kd3
$18 (47. hxg5 $6 fxg5 48. Rf5+ Ke8 $18)) 47. f4 Kg6 48. Kd3 Kg7 49. Rxh5 (49.
Kc4 $142 $18 {finishes off the opponent}) 49... Rdxb7 50. Rxb7+ Rxb7 51. Kxd4
Rb3 52. e3 Ra3 (52... Rb4+ $142 53. Kd3 Rb2 $18) 53. Rc5 Ra1 54. e4 (54. Rc3 {
and White can already relax} Kf7 $18) 54... Rg1 $2 (54... Rd1+ $142 55. Kc4 Rg1
56. Rc7+ Kh6 $18) 55. Rc3 Kf7 56. e5 fxe5+ (56... f5 $18 {what else?}) 57. Kxe5
Re1+ (57... Kg6 {does not save the day} 58. f5+ Kh6 59. Rc6+ Kh5 60. Rc8 $18)
58. Kf5 1-0