[Event "Utah Open"] [Site "Salt Lake City (UT)"] [Round "6"] [White "Buckendorf Glen (ID)"] [Black "Chappuis Gaston (UT) (+)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern"] 1. e4 {Notes by Glen Buckendorf, Jr.} g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 {White has severa l lines at his disposal here, depending on what type of game he wishes to play. Either 3. c4 or 3. f4 leads to control of the center with pawns. White has served notice that he will attempt rapid development of pieces.} Bg7 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Bc4 c5 {5. ... e5 is also good. Black must hit at the White center or submit to a very passive game.} 6. dxc5 {6. Nf3 would transpose into the Sicilian Defense with the Black queen's Knight misplaced.} Bxc3+ {I view this move with mixed emotions -- it leaves Black with a weakness on the dark squares -- a lack of development -- and a lack of cooperation of his pieces; and a strict defensive game for many moves to come in trade for a permanent weakness of White's queenside pawns.} 7. bxc3 dxc5 8. Nf3 {If 8. Bxc5 , expecting 8. ... Nxc5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 and then 10. Qxd8! However, Black could win by 8. ... Qc7.} (8. Bxc5 Nxc5 (8... Qc7) 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qxd8 {!}) 8... Qc7 9. Bxf7+ {The sacrifice is sound but not necessary. Perhaps 9. O-O and await further developments is best.} Kxf7 10. Qd5+ Kg7 {Regardless f where the Black King goes, White recovers his piece with a big lead in development.} 11. Ng5 Ne5 {The only move to prevent both 12. Ne6+ and 12. Qf7+} 12. f4 e6 {12. .. . h6 is the only move by which Black can survive, with best play by White, of course.} 13. Qxe5+ Qxe5 14. fxe5 b6 {14. ... h6 is better, and then ... b6.} 15. Rf1 {? Here 15. O-O allows White to double his Rooks on the open f-file. The only possible excuse White could have for 15. Rf1 instead of 15. O-O is to leave this King near his weak queenside paws, but remember, once you have committed yourself to a line of play, as in this case, White has a horrible pawn position, but he does have control of the open files, better development, and an outpost for the Knight. By leaving the King in the center of hte board, White will not be able to connect the Rooks. Time is working for Black and even the extra pawn is of no use to White. The loss of a tempo or two will enable Black to get his pieces into play and then it is just a matter of time.} Nh6 16. h3 Re8 17. Rf6 Re7 18. Rd1 {If White could only play 18. Raf1 which he could at this point if he had played O-O at move 15.} Ng8 19. Rf4 h6 20. Nf3 Ba6 21. Rd6 Bb5 22. Nd2 Be8 23. Nc4 {White does not have time to carry out his plan of placing a Knight on d6.} g5 24. Rg4 Bh5 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. h4 g4 27. Bg1 Kh7 28. Rgd3 Bg6 29. Nd2 h5 30. g3 Nh6 31. Be3 {? The weak pawns are becoming impossible to defend.} Nf7 32. Rd7 Nxe5 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rd8 Nf7 35. Rb8 Nd6 36. e5 Re8 37. Rxe8 Nxe8 38. Kd1 Nc7 39. c4 Na6 40. c3 Nb8 41. Bf4 Bd3 42. Ke1 Kg6 43. Kf2 Nc6 44. Ke3 Bc2 45. Ne4 {After this exchange it is just a case of a bad Bishop and a good Black Knight. Note how the Bishop has very little scope as it is on the same color as the White pawns. On the other hand, the Black Knight has a large number of strong squares to rest upon. Its just a matter of time and the Black strategy on move 6 paid off. A very good game by Gaston.} Bxe4 46. Kxe4 Na5 47. Bg5 Nxc4 48. a4 Kf7 49. Bd8 Ke8 50. Bg5 Na5 51. Bf6 Kf7 52. Kf4 Kg6 53. Bd8 Nc6 54. Bc7 Ne7 55. c4 Nc6 56. Ke4 Na5 57. Bb8 Nxc4 58. Bxa7 Nb2 59. a5 bxa5 60. Bxc5 Nc4 61. Kd4 Nd2 62. Bd6 Kf7 63. Kc5 Ne4+ 64. Kb5 Nxg3 65. Kxa5 Ne2 {#R} 0-1