[Event "1st MCC Team Open"]
[Site "Memphis"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knowles, Chase"]
[Black "Pylant, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{B06: Modern Defence} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 a6 {last book move. Black has
a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 4. Bf4 (4. Nc3 d6 $16) 4...
b5 (4... c5 5. dxc5 Bxb2 6. Nbd2 Bxa1 7. Qxa1 $14) 5. c3 {Black is behind in
developement} Bb7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Qb3 (7. a4 Nf6 $16) 7... Nf6 $14 8. Bd3 (8. a4
Nc6 $14) 8... O-O 9. O-O (9. a4 e5 10. Be3 Nbd7 $14) 9... c5 $14 10. dxc5 dxc5
11. Qc2 (11. c4 $5 Nc6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 $14) 11... c4 $15 {Black
threatens to win material: c4xd3} 12. Be2 Nc6 (12... Nbd7 13. Rfd1 $15) 13.
Rad1 (13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Na5 $11) 13... Qc8 14. h3 {Consolidates g4} Rd8 15.
Ne5 (15. Rfe1 $142 $5 $11 {should be investigated more closely}) 15... Nxe5 $17
16. Bxe5 Qe6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bf4 Nxe4 18. Bf3 Nxd2 19. Bxb7 Nxf1 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. Kxf1 Re8 $15) 17... Bxf6 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. Bg4 (19. Bf3 Be5 $15) 19... Qc6 (
19... Qe5 20. Nf1 $17) 20. Bf3 $15 Qc7 (20... Be5 21. Nf1 $15) 21. Be2 (21. e5
$5 $15) 21... Rd7 22. Nf3 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nd2 $2 (24. Bd1 $142 $5 $17)
24... Qf4 $19 25. Rd1 $4 {White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (25. Nf3
$142 Bxe4 26. Qc1 Qxc1 27. Rxc1 $19) 25... Bh6 26. Nf1 (26. Nxc4 {is still a
small chance} Bxe4 27. Qb3 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 $19) 26... Bxe4 27. Bd3
(27. Qa4 {does not improve anything} bxa4 28. Rxd7 Qe5 $19) 27... Bxd3 28. Qd2
Qxd2 29. Nxd2 Be2 30. Re1 Rxd2 31. f3 0-1