0096 FALKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT
Match Game #1, 2-13-00, Charlotte, N.C.
Patrick McCartney (1861)  NM Daniel Liu (2000)
1 e4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e5 3 f4 d5 4 ed e4 5 d3 (We now have a direct transposition to a variation of the Falkbeer Counter-Gambit that normally arises via the move order 1 e4 e5 2 f4 d5 3 ed e4 4 d3 Nf6 5 Nc3) 5...Bb4 6 Bd2 Qe7 7 de4 Bc3 8 Bc3 Qe4 9 Qe2 Qe2 10 Ne2 Nd5 11 0-0-0 Nc3 12 Nc3 0-0 13 Nd5 Na6 (Knowing that Black is about to in an endgame down a pawn, worthy of consideration was 13...Nc6 14 Nc7 Rb8.  Another possibility would be 13...Bg4, counter-attacking White's rook.  Instead here, White gets a passed pawn, and Black's pawns get doubled on the a-file). 14 Ba6 ba 15 Nc7 Rb8 16 Rd6 a5 17 Re1 Bb7 18 g3 Rfd 19 Rd8 Rd8 20 Re8 Re8 21 Ne8 Kf8 22 Nd6 Ba6 23 b3 Ke7 24 Nf5 Kf6 25 Nd4 g5 26 Kd2 gf 27 gf Bb7 28 Ke3 Ke7 29 c4 a6 30 Ne2 Kd6 31 Kd4 Bf3 32 Ng3 Bd1 33 Nf5 Kc6 34 Ne3 Bh5 35 a4! Bf3 36 c5 Be2 37 Nc4 Bd1 38 Na5 Kd7 39 Ke5 Ke7 40 Nc6 Kd7 41 Nd4 Ke7 42 c6 a5 43 Nf5 Kd8 44 Kd6 Bb3 45 c7  1-0 (Notes by McCartney)