Curious Games of Yesteryear! SICILIAN DEFENSE, Crwth I, 9-17-86, Charlotte, NC, NM Leland Fuerstman (2163) - Eugene Tyma (1843) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 g6 3 Bc4 e6?! 4 Nc3 Bg7 5 d4 cd 6 Nd4 Qc7?! 7 Ndb5 Bc3 8 bc Qc6 9 Nd6! Kf8 10 Ba3! Kg7 11 Ne8! Kh6 12 Bf8! with quickmate to follow! 1-0
MODERN DEFENSE, circa 1975, Leland Fuerstman (appx.1750) - Bill Wall (1750) 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 c6 4 Be3 d6 5 Bc4 Nf6 6 f3 Nbd7 7 g4 b5 8 Bd3 Nb6 9 h4 Nfd7 10 Qd2 h5 11 gh Rh5 12 Nge2 e5 13 d5 Rh4 14 0-0-0! Rh1 15 Rh1 cd 16 ed a6 17 Rh7 Bf8 18 Bg6!! fg 19 Qd3! Qf6 20 Ne4 Qf3 21 Nd6 Bd6 22 Qg6 Kd8 23 Bb6 Nb6 24 Qd6 Wow! 1-0
SICILIAN DEFENSE, tmt#XXIV, 6-8-91, Charlotte, NC, NM Leland Fuerstman (2150) - Clarke Brosi (1800) 1 e4 e6 2 c4 c5 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 Nf3 g6 5 d4 cd 6 Nd4 Bg7 7 Nc6 bc 8 Be3 Bc3 9 bc Qc7 10 f4 Ne7 11 Qd4 0-0 12 Qf6 Re8 13 Bd4 1-0
PIRC-ROBATCH DEFENSE, tmt#XXV, 6-22-91, Charlotte, NC, NM Leland Fuerstman (2150) - Randy Lovelace (2050) 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 0-0 5 e4 d6 6 Bg5 c5 7 Be2 Nc6 8 d5 Ne5 9 Ne5 de 10 Qd2 Ne8 11 h4 f6 12 Be3 b6 13 h5 g5 14 h6 Bh8 15 Bg5! fg? 16 Qg5 Kf7 Bh5 1-0
CARO-KAHN DEFENSE, Equality Open, 6-11-77, SC, Leland Fuerstman (1779) Robert C. Moore (1418) 1e4 c6 2 h4!? d5 3 e5 h5 4 d4 e6 5 Bd3 Nd7 6 Nf3 c5 7 Ng5 Qe7 8 c3 cd 9 cd Qb4 10 Nc3 Qd4 11 Nf7 Ne5? 12 Bb5 Nc6 13 Qd4 1-0
MODERN DEFENSE, RR, 3-15-86, Charlotte, NC NM Leland Fuerstman (2167) Tim Loesch (2000) 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 f3 Bg7 5 Be3 0-0 6 Qd2 Nbd 7 g4 e5 8 d5 c6 9 dc Nc5 10 0-0-0 Ne8? 11 Bc5 1-0
MODERN DEFENSE, F.G.H.I, 10-29-83, Columbia, SC Cliff Hyatt (1946) - Leland Fuerstman (2164) 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 Be2 Bg7 5 Be3 0-0 6 g4 c5 7 h4 Qa5 8 f3 cd 9 Bd4 Nc6 10 Be3 Bg4 11 Qd2 Be6 12 0-0-0 Ba2 13 f4 Be6 14 f5 Ne4! 15 Qd3 Bc3! 0-1
GOERING GAMBIT, Airspace II, 11-9-83, Charlotte, NC Leland Fuerstman (2154) - Robert C. Moore (1850) 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 Nf3 Bb4 4 c3 dc 5 bc Bc5 6 Bc4 Nf6 7 e5 Qe7 8 0-0 Ng8 9 Bg5 Qf8 10 Re h6 11 e6!! de?? 12 Qd8X 1-0 (Is White's 11th move sound?!)
SICILIAN DEFENSE, CDRR, 2-23-84, Leland Fuerstman (2146) Larry Goldberg (1846) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 c3 Nc6 4 d4 cd 5 cd Nf6 6 Nc3 g6 7 Be2 Bbd 8 Nc3 g6 9 0-0 Bg7 10 Be3 Ng4 11 Bd4 Nge5 12 Ne5 Ne5 13 f4 1-0
SICILIAN DEFENSE, Lancaster, 1-19-80, Leland Fuerstman (1823) Robert C. Moore (1665) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 c3 Nf6 4 h3 Ne4? 5 Qa4 1-0
GORING GAMBIT, Raleigh, 9-6-82, Leland Fuerstman (2044) Steve Morgan (1888) 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 Nf3 Bb4 4 c3 dc 5 bc Be7 6 Bc4 d6 7 Qb3 Be6 8 Be6 fe 9 Qe6 Qd7 10 Nd4 Nc6 11 Qb3 0-0-0 12 Nbd Bf6 13 Rb Na5 14 Qd5 Nc6 15 Qb5 1-0
SLAV DEFENSE, Statesville, 4-23-88, NM Leland Fuerstman (2224) Rymuza (2075) 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d5 3 Nc3 c6 4 cd cd 5 Bf4 Qa5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 e3 Bg4 8 h3 Bh5 9 g4! Bg6 10 Ne5 Ne4 11 Qb3 Qb4 12 Qd5 Rd 13 Nc6! 1-0
SICILIAN DEFENSE, Charlotte, 6-20-87, NM Leland Fuerstman (2160) Jim Simms (1750) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Bc4 e6 5 Nd4 Nf6 6 Nc3 a6 7 Bb3 Be7 8 Be3 0-0 9 Qe2 b5 10 a3 Bb7 11 f3 Qa5 12 Be6!? fe 13 Ne6 Re8 (Does anybody see this coming?) 14 b4! 1-0
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE, Charlotte, 9-9-87, NM Leland Fuerstman (2189) Mark Brodie (2000) 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f3 0-0 6 Be3 e5 7 d5 c6 8 Qd2 cd 9 cd a6 10 Nge Nbd 11 g4 b5 12 Ng3 h5 13 gh Nh5 14 Nh5 gh 15 Rg Kh7 16 Bh3! Qh4 17 Rg3! (Threatening Bg5!) 17...Qd8 18 Bf5 Kh8 19 Bh6! (19...Qh6 fails to Bg5!) 1-0
CENTER COUNTER, Virginia Open, 1-27-80, Leland Fuerstman (1823) McCormick (2035) 1e4 d5 2 ed Nf6 3 c4 c6 4 d4 cd 5 Nc3 e6 6 Nf3 b6 7 cd nd5 8 Bd3 Be7 9 0-0 Nd7 10 Nd5 ed 11 Bf4 0-0 12 Rc1 Nf6 13 Bc7 Qd7 14 Ne5 Qe6 15 Rc6 1-0
GORING GAMBIT, Atlanta, 8-10-80, Leland Fuerstman (2006) Pyla (1429) 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 Bc4 d5 5 Bd5 Nge7 6 c4 dc 7 Nc3 Nd5 8 ed Ne7 9 Qb3 g6 10 0-0 Bg7 11 Bg5 f6 12 Bf4 Bf5 13 Rfe Qd7 14 Rad 0-0-0 15 Qa3 1-0
SICILIAN DEFENSE, Atlanta, 8-17-74, Leland Fuerstman (1681) McLemore (1388) 1 e4 c5 2 d4 cd 3 Nf3 d6 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Bc4 (The Kitces Gambit) 5...Ne4 6 Qh5 g6 7 Qd5 e6 8 Qe4 d5 9 Bb5 Bd7 10 Bd7 (10 Qe5!) 10...Nd7 11 Qe2 Bc5 12 Be3 Ne5 13 Qb5 Nd7 14 Ne6!? a6 15 Bc5! ab?? 16 Ng7 X 1-0