D. Jaap (1906) - F. Newton (2054)
Midtown VI
Round 2

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Rb1 b5 8.b3 d6 8...Bc3 9 dc bc may not be good strategy but it does win a pawn. LF 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.Ng5 Na5 = 11.e4 Bd7 12.f4 h6 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.e5 Bf5 15.g4 Bxb1 16.Qxb1 Nf6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.f5 g5 19.Bd5 Kg7 = 20.Ne4 bxc4 21.h4 Nxb3 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Nxg5 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.Kg2 Rxb1 26.Ne6 Kf6 27.Nxd8 Rxf1 28.Nf7 Rg1 29.Kf3 Rh3 30.Ke2 Rh2 That was the 30th move for both sides and here White resigned. 21... Nb3 may have been the key point in the game; not that the game wasn’t already exciting! Notes by Newton 0-1