Patrick McCartney (1891) - Richard Stancil (1689)
Midtown XVII

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e4 Bg4 Taking the e-pawn is best 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 O-O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.Ne4 Nd4 11.Neg5 ?! Nxf3 Black should have considered 11...h6. White would have to basically put the Knight right back on e4. After 12 Ne4 Nf3, White must deal with doubled isolated pawns 12.Nxf3 Nf6 13.Qe2 Nd5 14.a4 Nb4 15.d3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 White gets stuck with the doubled pawns, anyway 16...Qd4 17.Be3 Qh4 18.c3 Nc6 19.Qf1 Qf6 20.Qg2 Ne5 21.f4 Nxd3 22.Red1 Qxc3 23.Ba6 !? Qxb3 24.Rab1 Qxb1 ?? 24...Nb2 and Black should be able to survive, and maybe win at that 25.Rxb1 Rd5 ? Black falls apart. White has had less than a minute since move 22 to make it to move 30. Black tried to run White's clock out rather than spending his 9 remaining minutes finding the best moves to get to move 30 26.Bxb7 Kc7 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Qxd5 Nb4 29.Qc4 Bd6 30.Qxf7 White made time control with about 10 seconds to spare 30...Kb6 ? 31.Rxb4 Notes by McCartney 1-0