Jonathan D Sarfati vs Ryan Stevens - Logan City Chess Club champs 2008.05.09

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Jonathan D Sarfati vs Ryan Stevens
Logan City Chess Club champs Logan City Chess Club, Australia round 6 2008.05.09
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Hübner Variation 1-0

[Event "Logan City Chess Club champs"]
[Site "Logan City Chess Club, Australia"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan D Sarfati"]
[Black "Ryan Stevens"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jonathan Sarfati.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3
c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Bxc3+ {?! not so good here with White's
center mobile. Against 6.Nf3 it's the Huebner variation, a
sound line, but then White's f-pawn is blocked.} 7.bxc3 d6
8.O-O e5 9.e4 O-O {Taking the pawn would open the game for
White's bishop pair. But one advantage of having the bishops
is discouraging pawn exchanges, so the side with the bishops
can gain more space.} 10.f4 h6 11.d5 Nb8 12.f5 Nbd7 13.h3 Nh7
14.Qe1 f6 15.g4 Nb6 16.Be3 Qe8 17.Ng3 Qa4 18.Qe2 Kf7 {Although
White's doubled pawns are supposed to be Black's target, it's
hard to get at them. Meanwhile, Black sensibly tries to run
his king away from White's pawn advance.} 19.Nh5 Rg8 20.h4 Ke7
21.Rf2 Bd7 22.Rg2 Be8 23.Nxg7 {! Not exactly calculated, but
it seemed that Black would have a hard time stopping this
passed pawns with only 2 ranks to work with.} Rxg7 24.Bxh6 Rg8
25.g5 Qa5 26.Rc1 Na4 27.g6 Nf8 { 27...Nxc3 28.Qd2 } 28.h5 Bd7
29.Bd2 Be8 30.h6 Bxg6 {Desperation.} 31.fxg6 Nxg6 32.Qg4 Nf4
33.Qxg8 Rxg8 34.Rxg8 Nxc3 35.h7 Nce2+ 36.Bxe2 Qxd2 37.Rg7+ 1-0

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Updated: 2 February, 2022
Created: 2 February, 2022