0040 Queen's Pawn Game
Midtown XVII, 5-1-99
Samuel Christopher (1150) Copeland Blackwell (1050)
1 d4 d5 2 e3 e6 3 Nf3 Bb4 (Losing a tempo) 4 c3 Bd6 5 Nbd2 Nbd7 6 Bd3 e5 7 Ne5 Ne5 8 de Be5 9 0-0 Qh4 10 Nf3 Qh5 11 Be2 (Unnecessary) 11...Nf6 12 Ne5 Qe5 13 f4 Qe4 14 Bf3 Qg6? (14...Qf5 saves the pawn) 15 Re1(?) (Why not take the pawn of d5?) 15...Bh3 16 g3 0-0-0 17 Qa4 Rhe (Dropping a critical pawn and allowing invasion of the camp? The standard response 17...Kb8 is required) 18 Qa7 d4? (Further exposing the Black camp to assault) 19 cd(?) (Why not play 19 Qb7 Kd7 20 Bc6 winning a pawn and the exchange?) 19...Qd3 (Still overlooking the threat) 20 Bb7 Kd7 21 b3 Qe4?? (No comment) 22 Be4 Ne4 23 Qa4 Ke7 24 Ba3 Kf6 25 Rac g5 26 d5 (Why?) 26...Rg8? (Losing yet another piece?) 27 Qe4 Bf5 28 Qe5 Kg6 29 Rc6 Kh5 30 Qf5 Rg6 31 Qh3# 1-0 (May I suggest that the second player should have paid a bit more attention to his opponents threats!) (Notes by Fuerstman)