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B00 Uncommon King's Pawn

Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation. Paulsen Attack

Kevin Spraggett vs Fred South, 1976

1-0, 19 moves

[Event "05 Turkey Bowl"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Charles Galofre"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. e4 {Notes by Charles Galofre.} Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Qf6 {!? I wanted to avoid a queen exchange. My opponent is known to be talented in those types of positions. 4... Bb4+ 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 7. Bc4 Qf6 [is the usual...]
} 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 d6 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nc3 Ng4 11. Qe1 a6 12. h3 h5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. e5 {He wants to take advantage of my king being in the center but I had a interesting sacrfice in mind.} dxe5 15. Ne3 {This is the core of the plan, gaining a tempo by threatning to capture a piece on g4.} Kf8 {!! Now, black will have the initiative for a looooong time.} 16. hxg4 hxg4+ 17. Kg1 exf4 {!} 18. Rxf4 Qd6 {! It's very important to place the queen here. First, it defends the bishop and therefore white cannot gain a tempo on his defense by attacking it. Second, it threatens Qh6. Third, it eyes h2. Russians call this a "multipurpose move".} 19. Qf2 Be6 {No hurry. a la stein.} 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Re1 g5 22. Rf6 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 g3 {My opponent was low on time now.} 24. Qf3 Rh4 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Ke2 Rf4 27. Qxb7 Qh5+ 28. Qf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Qh2+ 30. Kd1 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 g2 0-1

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