[Event "Mitchell Memorial 2008"] [Site "Memphis"] [Date "2008.12.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Thompson, Kenn"] [Black "Beatty, Jonathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1607"] [BlackElo "1674"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {A00: Irregular Openings notes by Kenn Thompson} 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 f6 4. Bb2 b6 5. e3 g6 {Black's kingside pawn structure is weak.} 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. c4 Be7 8. Be2 Nh6 9. O-O Nf7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d4 Nc6 12. Rc1 a6 13. a3 d6 14. Bd3 {White begins focusing on g6.} Re8 15. Qc2 {White's pieces are all well developed. Black's position is a little cramped. While no pawn or piece has crossed the mid-line white controls much more space.} Kg7 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Nf4 Rh8 18. Rfd1 {Advancing the pawn to d5 was more aggressive. I did not want to remove my defenses from the e5 square. In retrospect, this was a mistake.} (18. d5 Ncd8 (18... Nce5 19. Ne6+ Kg8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bxg6) 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Nde6+ Kg8 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Nxg6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Qf5 Kf7 25. Nxh8+ Rxh8 26. Qxe6+ Kxe6) 18... Ncd8 19. e4 $2 {My whole plan was to attack the g6 square. Moving the pawn to e4 disrupted this plan. This would be like having heavy guns aimed at an enemy positions only to discover that your own infantry had moved into your line of fire.} (19. Nh4 Ng5 20. f3 Ndf7 21. Nf5+ Kg8 22. c5 dxc5 23. h4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Rf1 Bb7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. e4 c4 28. Bxc4 Bxe4 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qb3+ Ke8 31. Rfe1 f5 32. Nd5 Qd6 33. Nxc7+ Kd7 34. Rxe4) 19... Ne6 20. Nd5 (20. Nxe6+ {Taking the knight would have been better. After moving the pawn to e4 white should now push e5 taking squares away from black's light colored bishop.} Qxe6 21. d5 Qg4) 20... Rhe8 21. Re1 Bxd5 {Black exchanges a weak bishop for a strong knight.} 22. cxd5 Nf4 23. Bf1 Qg4 24. Re3 Rac8 25. Rc3 $2 {All of white's attention should be on the center and on the kingside. This move was detrimental to white's defense.} (25. Ne1 f5 26. h3 Qh5 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. Bb7 Rab8 29. Bc6 Bg5 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rb1 fxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qe2 34. Qxe2 Nxe2+ 35. Kf1 Nf4) 25... f5 26. Ne1 $2 { This would have been fine earlier; now, it's too late.} (26. Ne5 dxe5 27. Rg3 Qh4 28. dxe5 fxe4 29. e6+ Bf6 30. exf7 Kxf7 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Bxa6 Rcd8 33. Qxc7+ Kg8) 26... fxe4 27. Rg3 Qf5 28. f3 $2 (28. Bxa6 Bg5 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd1 Nxd5) 28... Bg5 29. fxe4 Qxe4 30. Nd3 Ne2+ 0-1