0054 SICILIAN DEFENSE
Wendy's VI, July 21, 1999
FM Luigi Vacca (2525a)  NM Leland Fuerstman (2000)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 c3 Nf6 4 Be2 Nc6 5 d3 g6 6 0-0 Bg7 7 Nbd 0-0 8 Re e5 9 Bf1 Be6 10 Qc2 Rc 11 a4 Nh5 12 Nc4 f5 13 Ng5 Qe7 14 Ne6 Qe6 15 Ne3 f4 16 Nd5 Nf6 17 Qb3 Nd5 18 ed Qf7!= 19 Be2 b6?! (19...h5 is recommended, or 19...Rc7) 20 Bg4! Rce 21 Be6 Re6 22 de Qe7 23 Qd5 Nd8 (Black gets some booty for his trouble; First, winning the "e" Pawn, and then making good use of the active Knight vs. the passive Rook.)  24 d4 Ne6 25 de Be5 26 f3 Kh8 27 Bd2 Ng7 28 Re4 Nh5 29 Qd3 Nf6 30 Re2 Qf7 31 Rae c4! (Now, the route for the Knight becomes clear.  This motif is often seen in Benoni type positions) 32 Qc2 Nd7 33 Qe4 Nc5 34 Qc6 Nd3 35 Rb Re 36 Kf1 Re7 37 a5 ba 38 Ra Nb2 39 Ra5 Nd3 40 Rb5 Rc7 41 Qe4 Kg7 (Here, W.F. Newton II suggested 41...Qg7!) 42 Rd5 h5 43 Rb5 Qd7! 44 Rb1?? Qa4? (In critical time trouble, Black misses 44...d5! winning the Queen) 45 Be1 a5  (Black misses 45...Qa5! but, the simple 45...Ne1 46 Re1 Bc3-+ is also very promising) 9 46 g3 Qc6  (Here, scoresheets abandoned, after one final flurry, Black lost on time). 1-0  (Notes by Fuerstman)