[Event "Begonia Open"]
[Site "Ballarat"]
[Date "1998-03-09"]
[White "Darryl Johansen"]
[Black "Jochen Terhorst"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "1-0"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 {The German player from Cologne who is enjoying his Australian holidays chose the great Akiba Rubinstein system} 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.d3!? {A rare continuation. More common is 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O} e5 7.Qb3!? {Also possible 7.f4 trying to attack Black's central pawn.} Nc6 8.Bxc6+!? {White is surrendering his light squared bishop which is normally not advisable in fianchetto type positions, but chronic weaknesses on the c file plus the semi-closed character of the position is enough justification for Darryl's decision.} bxc6 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Nf3 f6 11.Be3?! {(11.O-O) Darryl wants to score a goal very early, so now he threatens to win the c5 pawn, but Black played...} Nd5 {Swapping the remaining White bishop.} 12.Rc1 {Bd2 Nb6!?} Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qb6 14.Kf2 Be7 {Of course the b2 pawn is poisoned 14...Qxb2 15.Rb1 Qxc3 16.Rhc1 loses the queen.} 15.Qc4 Rb8 {If 15...Qxb2 White can play 16.Rab1 Qa3 17.Rb3 and Rhb1 with complete domination.} 16.b3 Qa5 17.Qa4! {Inviting Black into a hopeless endgame} Qc7 18.Qc4 Rb4? {(diagram) A tactical oversight. After 18...Qa5 the Black position is not too bad.} 19.Nd5! {A nice petite combination a-la Capablanca.} cxd5 20.Qxb4 {White wins the exchange, but Black's two bishops can do some damage if White is not careful.} f5? {Too active. Castling was a good alternative.} 21.Qc3! {The Grandmaster is on the way to winning more material.} d4 {21...Bd6 22.d4!} 22.exd4 f4 {Desperation. 22...exd4 23.Qxd4!} 23.dxe5 fxg3+ 24.hxg3 O-O 25.Qc4+ Kh8 26.b4 {(notes by Leonid Sandler)} {#r}