J. Schmidt (1600) - P. McCartney (1674)
LPO
Round 5
1.e4 e6 2.d3
d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3
Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7
7.
10.c3
a5 11.d4 Ba6
12.Nf1 cxd4 13.cxd4
b4 14.Qa4 Qb6
15.Be3 Bb5 16.Qd1
a4 17.Rc1 Rac8
18.N1d2 Na5 19.h4
Rc7 20.Rxc7 Qxc7
21.Qb1 Rc8 22.Nf1
Qc2 Black offers to trade Queens, figuring
the spatial advantage would favor her in the endgame
23.Qa1
Nc4 24.Rc1 Qg6 The
Queen may now seem slightly out of place, but by going to g6, it will quickly get back to the Queenside.
Note that 24…Qb2?? Loses to 25 Qb2 Nb2 26 Rc8+-
25.b3
Ncb6 26.Rxc8 Nxc8
27.Qc1 Ncb6 28.N1d2
f6 29.Bh3 f5
30.Qc7 Qe8 31.Bg5 31
Ng5 is an interesting alternative
31...Bf8 32.Bf1
Bxf1 33.Kxf1 axb3
34.axb3 Qc8 35.Qxc8
Nxc8 36.Ne1 Na7
37.Ke2 Nc6 38.Kd3
h6 39.Be3 Be7
40.Nc2 Kf7 41.h5
Ndb8 42.f3 Na6
43.Ne1 Nc7 44.Ng2
Nb5 45.Kc2 ?! Nc3 45…Nbd4
46 Bd4 Nd4 is an alter- native that should also win for Black
46.Nf4
Bg5 ! 47.Kd3
Nd1 This was the point behind Black’s
45th move. Now White’s next move is just about forced
48.Ng2 This
is the only way to prevent Black from getting a passed pawn. For example If 48 Ke2, Black has 48…Ne3
49 Ke3 Bf4 50 gf4 [50 Kf4?? Nd4-+] g6 51 hg6 Kg6 and the passed "h" pawn should lead to
a win for Black. 48 Nf1 has the same basic effect
48...Nxe3
49.Nxe3 f4 50.gxf4 Forced!
50 Nf1 fg3 51 Ng3 Bd2 52 Kd2 Nd4 wins for Black
50...Bxf4
51.Ng4 ?? 51 Ndf1 is better. 51 Nc2
is even better than that, but it still loses LF
51...Bxd2
52.Kxd2 Nxd4
53.f4 Nxb3
54.Kc2 Nd4 Notes
by McCartney
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