Frankie Newton (2150) - FM Dr. Luigi Vacca (2525)
Wendy's VI
Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 c6 6.Qb3 b6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rfd1 a6 = 12.a4 Rab8 13.Rac1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.axb5 cxb5 16.Be2 Rfc8 17.Nh4 Bg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Nf3 Ngf6 20.e4 Qf4 21.e5 Ne4 22.Ne2 Qf5 23.h3 23 Qa3! provides White with a large, quite possibly winning, positional edge 23...Nb6 24.Qd3 h5 25.Nc3 Nxc3 26.Qxf5 exf5 27.bxc3 Nd5 28.Rd3 Rc6 29.Nd2 = Rbc8 30.Ra1 Nf4 31.Rf3 Ne2 32.Kh2 Nxc3 33.Rxf5 g6 34.Rf3 Kg7 35.Nb3 Na4 36.Re1 Rc3 37.Nd2 Rxf3 38.Nxf3 Nc3 39.Ra1 Rc6 40.Nd2 Kf8 41.Nb3 Na4 42.f4 Rc3 43.Nc5 = Draws for White; Black has no way to win except for the clock! 43...Nxc5 44.dxc5 Rxc5 45.Rxa6 Rc3 46.Rb6 Rb3 47.Kg1 Rb2 48.Kf1 h4 49.Kg1 Rb4 50.Kh2 Rxf4 51.Rxb5 Ke7 52.Rb3 Ke6 53.g3 hxg3 54.Kxg3 Rf5 55.Rb6 Kxe5 And Black won on time with 1 minute remaining on his clock. Notes by Newton 0-1