(1) Bø,Odd (1628) - Strand,Håkon (1694) [A25]
Randaberg Vår 2006 (4), 14.03.2006
[Fritz 9 (300s)]

A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0 0-0 8.e3 [8.Na4 Bd7 9.e3 a6 10.Nxc5 dxc5 11.b3 Qe7 12.Ba3 b6 13.Qc2 a5 14.Bb2 Rae8 15.Bc3 Ng4 16.Rae1 e4 17.Nd2 exd3 18.Qxd3 Nb4 19.Qb1 Qg5 20.h3 Nf6 21.Nf3 Qh5 22.a3 Nc6 Petran,P (2300)-Bohosjan,S (2400)/Rimavska Sobota 1977/EXT 98/1/2-1/2 (107)]

8...Qe8 9.d4N [9.a3 a5 10.Na4 Ba7 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.Nc3 e4 13.dxe4 fxe4 14.Ng5 Ne5 15.Nd5 Bg4 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Qd5+ Be6 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Bxe4 c6 20.Qxe6+ Rxe6 21.Bg2 Nxc4 22.b3 Ne5 23.b4 Nc4 Muller,P-Gold,L/Guernsey 2001/EXT 2005/1/2-1/2 (50)]

9...Bb6 10.d5 White gains space [10.a3 e4 11.Nd2 Ne7=/+ ]

10...Ne7-/+ 11.h4 [11.Bd2 Qh5=/+ ]

11...Ng6 12.Ne2 Ne4 13.Ne1 a5 14.Nd3 Bd7 15.b3 c6 16.Ba3 Rf6 17.Rc1 Qf7 [17...cxd5!? 18.cxd5 a4-/+ ]

18.c5=/+ Nxc5 [18...Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxc6 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 bxc6 23.Rxc6= ]

19.Nxc5 [19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.Rxc5 a4= ]

19...Bxc5 [19...dxc5 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.dxc6=/+ ]

20.Bxc5 [20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 (‹21...Bxa3 22.Bd5 Re6 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Rc7+/- ) 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.Rxc5 Re6= ]

20...dxc5=/+ 21.Rxc5 f4 [>=21...Qf8!? would allow Black to play on 22.Qc2 b6 23.dxc6 bxc5 24.cxd7 e4=/+ ]

22.exf4+/= exf4 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.h5 White threats to win material: h5xg6

25...Qe7 Black threats to win material: Qe7xc5

26.Qc2 f3 27.Nd4 [27.hxg6 Qxe2 28.gxh7+ Kh8 29.Qxe2 fxe2+/- ]

27...Ne5? [27...Nf4!?= has some apparent merit]

28.Re1 [28.Qc3 Qd6+/- ]

28...Qd7 29.Rcxe5 1/2-1/2