[Event "47th Mid-South Open"]
[Site "Memphis, TN"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Turner, Greg"]
[Black "Davison, Edgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 {
last book move} 5. b3 Bg4 6. Bb2 Nc6 (6... Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 $15) 7. Be2 (
7. Bb5 $5 $11 {should be investigated more closely}) 7... O-O-O $15 8. O-O e6 {
Controls d5} 9. a3 {Secures b4} Qf5 10. b4 Bxf3 (10... Bd6 11. d3 $17) 11. Bxf3
$15 {White has the pair of bishops} Nd4 12. d3 {Controls e4} Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3
Qxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Kh1 Bf6 (16... Rhg8 $142 $5 $15 {has some
apparent merit}) 17. Nxf6 $14 Nxf6 ({Not} 17... gxf6 18. c4 Ne7 19. Bxf6 $16)
18. Rg1 {White threatens to win material: Rg1xg7} Rhg8 19. Rg2 (19. Rxg7 Rxg7
20. Bxf6 Rg6 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 $14) 19... Nh5 $11 20. Rag1 g6 21. Rg4 Rd5 22. Bc1
Rf5 23. f4 Rd8 24. Rg5 Rdd5 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 ({Inferior is} 25... gxf5 26. Rg5 Nf6
27. Rg7 $16) 26. Rg5 Kd7 27. Rxf5 exf5 {A minor pieces endgame occured.} 28.
Kg2 Kc6 29. Kf3 Nf6 30. Bb2 Ne8 31. c4 a6 32. Ke3 Nd6 33. Kd4 {White prepares
c5} (33. a4 Nc8 $14) 33... b5 $11 34. c5 {White threatens to win material:
c5xd6} Ne8 35. Ke5 Kd7 36. f3 c6 37. Bc3 f6+ 38. Kd4 Nc7 39. Be1 Nd5 {Black
threatens to win material: Nd5xf4} 40. Bh4 $2 (40. Bd2 $142 $17) 40... Ke6 $19
41. Bg3 Kd7 $4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (41... h6 42. h4 $19) 42. h4 $4
{throwing away the advantage} (42. Bh4 Ke7 43. Bg3 $19) 42... h5 43. Bh2 Kc7 (
43... Kc8 $142 $19 {and Black is on the road to success}) 44. Bg1 $17 Kb7 (
44... Nxf4 $4 {taking the pawn will bring Black grief} 45. Bh2 $18) 45. Be3 Kc7
(45... Kc8 46. Bd2 $17) 46. Bc1 (46. Bg1 $5 $11 {is an interesting alternative}
) 46... Kd7 $17 47. Bd2 Ke6 48. Bc1 1/2-1/2