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(9) MacDonald,J - Miles,T
can op, 2001
1.e4 d6 Miles plays everything, including 1...a6 (which he used to beat Karpov in a notoriously famous encounter) 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6!? This is somewhat risky. I wanted to play this move myself several years back but was unable to find a satisfactory line against 4.f4. So I gave he line up 4.a4 This justifies Black's little opening experiment. [4.f4! Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3ƒ Black has scored dismally from this position in practice.] 4...Qa5! 5.Bd2 e5 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Bc3 Nd7 9.Ne2 I think that it is clear that white has some problems bringing his pieces into play 9...g6 10.Nc1 Bg7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4 0-0 13.0-0 Qe7?! [13...Nc5!?; 13...Nb6 14.Bb3 Be6!?] 14.Nd3 The white knight actually stands well here 14...b6 [14...Kh8!? …Pf6,Rd8,Nf8; 14...a5!? 15.Qd2 b6] 15.Kh1 Bb7 [15...a5] 16.a5 Rab8 17.axb6 axb6 18.Ra7 Qd8 Can white be worse here? 19.Bb3 [19.Ba6!? Bxa6 20.Rxa6 Ra8 21.Qa1„] 19...Qc8 20.Qf3 [20.f4!ƒ Give me white any day! 20...c5 21.Bd5 (21.Ba4!?) ] 20...c5! Perhaps white underestimated this move. 21.Bc4 Bc6 22.Re1 Ra8 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 Now the worse is over for black 24.Qh3 b5 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.Qxd7 Bxe4 27.f3 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 b4 29.Bd2 Rd8 One gets the impression that white was in time trouble. In anycase, Miles does not allow the point to escape 30.Qe2 e4! 31.fxe4 Bxb2 32.Bg5 Re8 33.h3 Bc3 34.Rf1 Qxe4 ugh 35.Qf2 Qc4 36.Qf3 Qxf1+ ditto the last remark 37.Qxf1 Re1 38.Qxe1 Bxe1 39.Be3 White fell on time (?). The ending is completely hopeless [39.Be3 c4 40.Bd4 Bd2 41.g4 Bc1 42.Kg2 b3] 0-1
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