0001 Modern Defense 
Midtown Club V, 7-22-98
NM L. Fuerstman (2052) F. Newton (2007) 
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f3 c5!? 
6 d5 (6 dc dc 7 Qd8 Kd8 is notoriously equal) 
6…0-0 7 Be3 a6 8 Qd2 Bd7 (this blocks the 
development of the Queen’s Knight which 
subsequently hinders Black’s defense) 9 h4
Qa5 10 g4 h5 11 gh Nh5 12 Nge b5 13 Nf4
Kh7 14 Rg Bf6 15 Nh5 gh (not 15…Bh4 16 
Ng3!) 16 Bd3! Be5 (not 16…Bh4 17 Ke2 
connecting the White rooks and threatening 
Rh1!) 17 Bh6 Re 18 Bg7!! (And mate follows!)
This move is a Candidate for "Move of the 
Month") 18…Bg7 19 Rg7 Kg7 20 Qg5 Kf8
21 Qh6 Kg8 22 0-0-0 Bg4 23 e5 f5 24 fg hg
25 Bf5 e6 26 Bh7 Kf7 27 Qf6#                 1-0
(Notes by Fuerstman)