[Event "GBR-ch"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miles, Tony"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]

1. Nf3 { notes by IM Andrew Martin } 1... Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Qb6 $5 { I can't say that I have seen this move before. Ledger throws down thegauntlet. } 5. Qc2 { Miles reacts calmly } 5... Bg4 { Not having anything to go on I have
one suggestion that can be rejected immediately and a Fritz-fuelled pawn grab.
 Actually 5...dxc4 isn't too clear. } ( 5... g6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nxd5 ) ( 5... dxc4 6. e4 ( 6. e3 Be6 7. Ng5 Bg4 8. Bxc4 e6 ) 6... Bg4 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qb4 $5 ) 6. c5 Qc7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. h3 Be6 { An important moment in the game.I'm
sure that Andrew Ledger sensed that his Bishop on f8 might have problems but
what to do about it ?. I think that 8...Bh5 was a better choice: } ( { RR } 8... Bh5 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qc8 { Here Black might be able to improve eg } ( 10... Qa5 $5 11. e3 ( 11. b4 Qxb4 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Rxb7 Ne4 14. Rb3 f6 15. Bh2 Bg6 ) ( 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. e3 Bg6 13. Qd2 b6 $1 $13 ) 11... Nd7 ( 11... Ne4 12. Bd3 Bg6 ) 12. Bg3 Bg6 13. Qb3 O-O-O { At least he doesn't end up chronically passive,as happens here. } ) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 e5 13. Be2 Bg6 14. Qd2 Be7 15. O-O Qe6 16. b4 O-O 17. f4 e4 18. b5 Kh8 19. Rab1 Rg8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rb7 f5 22. Rfb1 Bd8 23. Na4 Qf6 24. Qe1 Qg7 25. Qf2 Qh6 26. Kh2 Bh5 27. Bf1 Bg4 28. g3 Qh5 29. Rd7 Rg6 30. Rbb7 Rh6 31. h4 Bf6 32. Rxa7 Rg8 33. Nb6 Bf3 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Nxa8 Bxh4 36. gxh4 Qg4 37. Bh3 Qg6 38. Qg3 Bg4 39. Nc7 Bh5 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nf6+ Ke7 43. Rd6 { 1-0 Dambrauskas,V-Lasinskas,P/Vilnius 1999/EXT 2000 (43) } ) 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qc8 11. Bxf6 $1 $146 { An excellent move,producing a Trompowsky-like pawn
structure. Whearas White has the comfortable plan of b4-b5 etc,Black toils to
get his pieces into he game. With such a structure ,Miles is deadly . } ( { RR } 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bh2 g6 13. e4 Bg7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Be2 b6 16. Na4 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bxa2 20. O-O Qe6 21. Bf3 Qc4 22. e5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Bc4 24. Rf2 Bh6 25. Bxc6 Rac8 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bd7 gxf4 28. c6 Rc7 29. b4 Rb8 30. Rb1 Bd5 31. b5 f3 32. gxf3 Be3 { 0-1 Dobias,J-Hromadka,K/Prague 1926/EXT 99 (32) } ) 11... gxf6 ( 11... exf6 12. e3 h5 $5 { Trying for ...g6,...h4,...Bh6,...f4. } ) 12. e3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 { This is just so unpleasant for Black-he has
to sit and watch White play.Any attempt to get active rebounds in his face eg } 14... f5 ( 14... e5 $2 15. e4 $1 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe6 17. O-O-O $16 ) 15. b4 $16 Rg8 16. O-O Qe6 17. f4 Rg3 18. Kf2 $1 { Psychological byplay. As Graham Lee puts
it ' Miles plays a move you cannot expect ' It's unsettling. Ledger's hopes
of a draw momentarily rise only to be immediately dashed. In its own way 18
Kf2 is a very special little move. } 18... Rg8 19. Kg1 Rg3 20. Rf3 $1 { And on with the game. Of course,exchanging off Black's only active piece is a
very good idea. } 20... Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qg6+ 22. Kh2 Qh5 23. b5 { Black can do
nothing against the Queenside invasion. He tries a last desperate trick but
nothing is working. The Bishop is entombed. } 23... Rc8 24. Qe2 $1 f6 25. Rb1 Kf7 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rb7 Bh6 ( 27... Qh4 28. Nd1 ( 28. Rxa7 $2 Bh6 29. Nd1 Rg8 $1 30. Qf2 Bxf4+ 31. exf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kh1 Rg3 $19 { would be a good example of the trick Black is aiming for. } ) 28... Bh6 29. Qf2 { Careful play snuffs out the attack } 29... Bxf4+ 30. exf4 Qxf4+ 31. Kh1 $18 ) 28. Qf2 $1 { Preventing ...Qh4 and thus any ...Bxf4 cheapo. Game over. } 28... a5 29. Na4 Rg8 30. Rc7 Rg6 31. Nc3 Kf8 32. Rxc6 e5 33. Nxd5 e4 34. Qb2 { High-level technique from Tony Miles. } 1-0