0028 Sicilian Defense
Midtown XVI, 3-27-99
NM L. Fuerstman (2032) R.
Stancil (1689)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4
Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 0-0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 0-0-0 d5 10 Nc6 bc 11 ed Nd5
12 Nd5 cd 13 Qd5 Qd5?! 14 Rd5 Be6 15 Ra5 Rfb 16 b3 Bc3 17 Ra6 Rb7 18 Bd3
Bd5 19 Bd2 Rc7 20 Bc3 Rc3 21 Kb2 Rc7 22 Rd1 Rac 23 c4 Ba8 24 Re h5 25 Kc3
h4 26 Be4 Kg7 27 Ba8 Ra8 28 Re4 h3 29 gh Rh 30 h4 Rh5 31 Rd4 Rf5 32 f4
Rh5 33 Rd8 Rh4 34 Ra8 Rf4 35 R8a7 Ra7 36 Ra7 e5 37 c5 Rf1 38 b4 Rc1 39
Kd3 Kf6 40 Ke4 Re1?! 41 Kd5 Rd1 42 Kc6 e4 43 b5 e3 44 Ra3 e2 45 Re3 e1(Q)
46 Re1 Re1 47 b6 Re6 48 Kb7 48...Re7 49 Ka8 Re8 50 Ka7 Ke7 (The
critical position. Here, White should simply play 51
b7 which Draws after 51 ...Kd7 52 b8(Q) Rb8 53 Kb8 Kc6 54 a4!= Kc5 55 a5!
Kb4 56 Kb7! Ka5 57 Kc6= f5 58 Kd5 Kb4 59 Ke5 Kc3 60 h4! Kd3 61 Kf4=) 51Kb7?
f5 0-1