0071 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
Wendy's IX, Rd:1, 10-27-99
Patrick McCartney (1771)  NM L. Fuerstman (2005)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cd ed 5 Bg5 c6 6 e3 Bd6 7 Qc2 Be6 8 Bd3 Nbd 9 Nge Qc7 10 Nf4 0-0 11 0-0-0 h6 12 Ne6 fe 13 Bf6 Rf6 14 f4 a6 15 g4 Raf 16 h4 c5 17 g5 Rf7 18 Bg6 Re7 19 gh gh 20 Rhg! Kh8! (Not 20...Rg7?? 21 Bh7!!) 21 Bh5 cd 22 Rd4 Nf6 23 Bg6 Rg7 24 f5 e5 25 Rdd1 Rc8 26 Kb1 Qa5 27 Qb3 Rc5 28 h5 Rgc 29 Rc e4 30 Qa4 Qa4 31 Na4 Rc1 32 Rc1 Rc1 33 Kc1 b5 34 Nc3 Bc5 35 Kd2 Kg7 36 a3 b4 37 ab Bb4 38 Kc2 Kf8 39 Kd2 Ke7 40 Kc2 Kd6 41 Nd1 Ke5 42 Nc3 [Ng4] 43 Nd1 d4 44 ed Kd4 45 f6 Nf6 46 Nf2 e3 47 Nd3 Bd6? (47...e2!-+) 48 Nc1 Bf4 49 Ne2 Ke5 50 Kd3 Bg5 51 Kc4 Nd5 52 Kd3 Ne7 53 Be4 Ng8 54 Bg6 Ne7 55 Bh7 Nc8 56 Be4 Nd6 57 Bh7 Nc8 58 Bg6 Nb6 59 Bh7 Nd7 60 Bg6 Nc5 61 Kc4 Be7 62 Bh7 Ne6 63 Kd3 Bc5 64 Bg6 [a5] 65 Be8 Ng7 66 Bg6 Kf6 67 Ng3 Ke5 68 Ne2 a4! 69 Kc4 Ne6 70 Bd3 Bd4! 71 Kb4 Bb2 72 Bc4 a3 73 Ng3 Nf4 74 Kb3 Kf6 75 Kc2 Kg5 76 Ne2 Be5 77 Kd1 Nh5 78 Bf7 Ng3 79 Ng1 h5 80 Be6 Kf4 81 Bd5 h4 82 Nh3 Kg4 83 Be6 Kf3 84 Bd5 Kg4 85 Be6 Nf5 86 Ng1 Kg3 87 Ne2 Kf2 88 Nc1 Ng3? 89 Nd3 Kg2 90 Ne5 h3   91 Ng4 e2 92 Ke1 h2 93 Bd5 Kg1 94 Nf2 Ne4!? (Wow! What a resource! The only way to avoid the immediate Draw) 95 Be4?! (Here,  White must play accurately. Post mortem analysis by NM Liu & McCartney attempts to Draw by 95 Nh3 Kg2 96 Nf2!= a2! 97 Ba2 Nf2-+ 98 Ke2 hoping that the White Bishop can stop the passed pawn. However, Black can eventually place his Knight on h4 threatening Ng2!! leaving White with no choice other than Bh1!?? which fails to ...Ng2, Kf3 Kh1, Kf2 Ne3!!-+) h1(Q)! (Not 95...a2?? 96 Nh3#) 96 Nh1 a2 97 Ke2 a1(Q) 98 Ke3? (98 Ng3! puts up far more resistance and may even be equal!?!) 98...Qc1 99 Kd4 Qd2 100 Ke5 Kh2 101 Kf5 Kh3 102 Ke5 Qe3 103 Kf5 Kh4 104 Ke5 Kg4 105 Kd6 Kf4 106 Bc6 Qe5 107 Kd7 Kf5 108 Kc8 Qd6 109 Kb7 Ke6 110 Kb6 Ke7 111 Kb5 Qd4 112 Bb7 Kd6 113 Ka6 Kc7  0-1 (An interesting game, rich in vicissitudes!) (Note: Brackets denote adjourned moves) Notes by Fuerstman, McCartney and Liu