0048 MODERN DEFENSE
Wendy's XVIII, May 22, 1999
NM Leland Fuerstman (2022) Robert Spurrier (2024)
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 d6 4 Be3 Nc6 5 f3 e5 6 d5 Nce 7 Qd2 f5 8 0-0-0 f4 9 Bf2 Nf6 10 h4 0-0 11 g3 fg 12 Bg3 Nh5 13 Qg2 Kh8 14 Nh3 Bh6 15 Kb Ng8 16 Be2 Ngf6 17 Be1 Bh3 18 Qh3 Nf4 19 Qf1 N6h5 20 Rg Qf6 21 Bb5 a6 (21...Rf7 is better) 22 Bd7 Rf7 23 Bg4 Raf 24 Bd2 Qh4!? 25 Rh Qg5 26 Be1 (Badgering the Black Queen) 26...Nd5?! 27 ed! (The only move that wins a piece) 27...Qg4 28 fg Rf1 29 Rf1 Rf1 30 gh gh 31 Bh4 Rd1 32 Nd1 Kg7 (This ending should be simple enough.  All White must do is walk the King over to the Kingside to stop the "weakling" doubled Black Rook pawns) 33 Bd8?! (What did I just say?  Pawn hunting at a time like this is extremely risky.  The White King doesn't get to move, and the Bishop becomes misplaced) 33...c6 34 dc bc 35 Bc7 e4 36 Bd6 Bd2 37 Be5 Kg6 38 Bc3 Bf4 39 Bd4 h4 40 Be3 Kf5 41 Kc1 h3 42 Kd2 Bg3 43 Bg1 Kf4 (Patience) 44 Ke2 h2 45 Bh2 Bh2 46 Ne3 Bg1 47 Nf1 h5 (Here comes the other "weakling"!) 48 c4 h4 49 b4 h3 50 a4 h2 (Badly mishandled by White; well played by Black!)  0-1