0065 MODERN DEFENSE
Wendy's VII, Rd:4, 9-1-99
NM Leland Fuerstman (2018) Frankie Newton (2165)
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Be3 Nf6 5 f3 b6!? (Rare; restricting the scope of the Queen on the Black squares) 6 Qd2 Bb7 7 g4 c5 8 Nge Nc6 9 0-0-0 a6 10 Bg2 Rc 11 g5!? (Tactically speaking, this is a bad idea, shutting off the black diagonal, but it prepares for White's next)  Nd7 12 f4! (Controlling Black's natural K.I. springboard square "e5"!) Na5 13 b3! (Foiling Black's plan) Qc7 14 Nd5 Bd5 15 ed 0-0 16 Bh3! (Trading the bad Bishop for the good Knight!) Rfd 17 Bd7 Rd7 18 dc bc 19 c4= Rb 20 Qc2 Qb6 21 Rd3 Rdb 22 Bd2 Qc7 23 h4 (23 f5! is vastly stronger) 23...e6 24 de? (Messing up a good thing, for if  White does not capture and Black continues with 24...de then 25 Rd5 is perfectly sufficient) 24...fe 25 h5? (Here, with both players in time trouble, White misses 25 Ba5! Qa5 26 Rd6 winning!) d5 26 hg? (Here, White should simply play 26 Re3 for if 26...dc 27 Ba5 Qa5 28 Qc4 Qa2 29 Re6! and White should be able to weather the storm) dc 27 gh? (Here White can still emerge victorious with 27 Ba5! for if 27...Qa5 then 28 Qc4+/= and if  27...cd 28 Bc7 dc 29 Bb8 Rb8 30 Rh7 is clearly winning)  27...Kh 28 Rc3? (28 Ba5!) cb 29 ab Nb3 30 Rb3 Rb3 (Here, White adjourned, and offered Draw...White may have a surprise in store!) (Notes by Fuerstman)