0053 London System
Wendy's VI, Rd:2, 7-14-99
Frankie Newton (2150) FM Dr. Luigi Vacca (2525a)
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 d5 3 Bf4 Bf5 4 e3 e6 5 c4 c6 6 Qb3 b6 7 Nc3 Bd6 8 Bd6 Qd6 9 Be2 0-0 10 0-0 Nbd 11 Rfd a6= 12 a4 Rab 13 Rac dc 14 Bc4 b5 15 ab cb 16 Be2 Rfc8 17 Nh4 Bg4 18 Bg4 Ng4 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 Nc3 26 Qf5 ef 27 bc Nd5 28 Rd3 Rc6 29 Nd2= Rbc 30 Ra Nf4 31 Rf3 Ne2 32 Kh2 Nc3 33 Rf5 g6 34 Rf3 Kg7 35 Nb3 Na4 36 Re Rc3 37 Nd2 Rf3 38 Nf3 Nc3 39 Ra 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...Nc5 44 dc Rc5 45 Ra6 Rc3 46 Rb6 Rb3 47 Kg1 Rb2 48 Kf1 h4 49 Kg1 Rb4 50 Kh2 Rf4 51 Rb5 Ke7 52 Rb3 Ke6 54 g3 hg 55 Kg3 Rf5 56 Rb6 Ke5 (And Black won on time with 1 minute remaining on his clock.) 0-1 (Notes by Newton)