[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Zeigler"]
[Black "Mine Sweeper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "...,."]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.30"]
[TimeControl "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 {. . Black's
position looks cramped. But in reality, it's completely in the spirit of the
Caro Kan defense, which emphasizes a solid French structure with the Bishop
developed outside the pawn chain. B the play c5, and this guarantees his
counter play. . .} 7. f4 {. . The move 7.Nf4 is much more commonly played in
this position. However ... I have found an attractive idea, which I'll reveal
shortly. . .} c5 8. h4 {All these moves work together.} (8. f5 exf5 9. g5 Bh5 {
[%csl Rd4,Re2,Gh5][%cal Gh5d1,Gc5d4]}) 8... h5 {Black doesn't want to allow
White to play h5.} 9. f5 exf5 10. g5 Nbc6 11. Bf4 Nc8 {[%csl Gc8] . . We're
only on move 11, and Black already has trouble finding natural moves. . .} 12.
a3 {. . THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPHYLAXIS . It would be ideal if we could make a
threat every single move. However, that's not the true nature of chess ...
even in great attacking games, we must usually take time to counter our
opponent's threats. . The move 12.a3 stops Black from playing cd, followed by
Bb4. This is an equalizing maneuver in several variations of the advance Caro
Kan, and I did not want to allow it. . .} Be7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 {
[%csl Gc5]} 15. b4 Be7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O 18. c4 {. . White has
recovered his pawn, with a more active position, and a majority on the Queen
side. I played c4 for three reasons:   .  * Mobilize the majority. .  *
Protect the Bishop. .  * Open an active diagonal for my Queen. . .} Re8 {
[%csl Ge3,Re5,Gh1][%cal Rh1h3,Rh3e3,Re3e5,Rh3b3]} 19. Rh3 $1 Qb6 20. Qd3 $1 {
[%csl Gb4,Rb5,Rb6,Gc4,Gd3][%cal Ra7a5,Rd3b5,Rc4c5,Rc5b6] . . Another strong
preparatory move ... it prepares c5 by controlling b5, which would be the most
active square for Black's Queen after I advance the pawn. . .} Rad8 21. Rd1 a5
22. c5 Qa7 23. Qb3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 {[%csl Ga8]} (24... Bf8 25. Re3) 25. Nd4 {
. . Suddenly c6 is under pressure ... . This is important because it adds
value to my light square bishop. After Black captures on d4 ... his b pawn
becomes very weak.  . The contest ends with a tactical sequence, as Black
tries hard to break out of the box.  . However, as might be expected, White
emerges with a large advantage. . Although I'll create a couple of diagrams to
show the geometry involved ... I won't comment on the tactics because they
really distract from the true nature of the contest.  . Instead ... I'll
diagram this position and comment upon the logical continuation of events. . .}
Nxd4 26. Rxd4 {[%csl Gb4,Rb7,Gc5,Rg6][%cal Rd5b7] . . The contest ends with a
tactical sequence, as Black tries hard to break out of the box.  . However, as
might be expected, White ends up with a large advantage. . I won't comment on
the tactics because they really distract from the true nature of the contest. 
. Instead, I'm going to show a logical conclusion based on White's activity
advantage combined with his Queen side majority.} Qa1+ (26... Bf8 {Black plays
a waiting move, since he doesn't have any active prospects.} 27. Rhd3 Qa1+ 28.
Kf2 Qa6 29. Bc4 Qc6 30. Rd1 {Propylaxis.} Be7 31. Bd5 Qb5 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33.
R1xd3 Ra7 34. Bf3 Kf8 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Rd7 {etc.}) 27. Rd1 Qa4 28. Bxb7 {
The weakness falls.} Bxc5 {[%csl Ra4,Ra8,Gb3,Gb7,Rd8,Gf1,Rg6,Gh3][%cal Gh3b3,
Rd1d8,Rb3a4,Rb7a8,Ga8a4,Rd8a8,Ge1f1,Yc5b4,Yb4e1]} 29. Bxa8 (29. bxc5) 29...
Bxb4+ 30. Kf1 Rxa8 {[%csl Ga8]} 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qxb4 Qa1+ 34.
Kf2 Qa2+ 35. Qd2 Qa7+ 36. Kg2 Qb7+ 37. Kh2 {[%csl Rg6,Gh3]} 1-0

