0114 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME
Wendy's XIV, Rd:4, 5-10-00, Charlotte, N.C.
Patrick McCartney (1879)  David Jaap (1809)
1 d4 d5: 2 c4 Nf6? (3 cxd Qxd: 4 Nc3... gives white a very good game--I should pay more attention to move order) 3 Nc3 e6: 4 cxd Nxd!?: 5 e4 NxN: 6 bxN c5: (Woodpushers all around the world frequently debate the pros and cons of various openings. This debate is healthy and instructive if not taken too seriously. I have found that many dubious lines I have ventured into have also been visited by notable GMs. I found a gem in the Rebel 10 database in annotating this game-- from 1963 H. Berliner vs. R. Fischer (ECO E00)continued: 7 Nf3 cxd: 8 cxd Bb4+: 9 Bd2 BxB+: 10 QxB 0-0 11 Bd3 b6: 12 0-0 Bb7: 13 Rd1 Nc6: 14 Qb2 Qf6:
15 Rac Rfd: 16 Bb5 Rac: 17 Ne5 NxN: 18 dxN Qf4:
19 Rxc RxR: 20 Qd4 g5: 21 f3 g4: 22 Be2 gxf:
23 gxf Kh8: 24 Kh1 Ba6 (nice tactic): 25 Qf2 BxB
26 QxB Qe5: 27 Rg1 f5: 28 Qd3 fxe: 29 fxe Rf
30 Qc2 Qf6: 31 Rg2 Qd4: 32 h3 Qa1+: 33 Rg1 Qe5
34 Qg2 b5:(Now the 2:1 Queenside majority becomes
a factor) 35 Qc2 b4: 36 Qg2 a5: 37 Qc2 Qf6:
38 Qc4 Qf3+: 39 Kh2 Rd8: 40 Qc2 Qc3: 41 QxQ cxQ:
42 Rc1 Rd3: 43 Rb2 Kg7: 44 Rb5 a4: 45 Rc5 a3:
46 Kg2 Re3: 47 Rc4 Kf6: 48 h4 Ke5: 49 Kf2 Rh3:
50 Kg2 Rd3: 51 h5 Kf4: 52 h6 Ke3: 53 Rc7 Kd2:
White resigns--nice to see R. Fischer and I see
some merits to blacks position after move 6.) 7 d5 (not usually played) exd: 8 exd Bd6: 9 Qe2+ Qe7:10 QxQ KxQ: 11Rb1 Nd7: 12 Nf3 Nb6: 13 c4 Bf5: 14 Rb3 Rhe: 15 Re3+ Kf8: 16 Be2 Bb1: 17 a3 Ba2: 18 Nd2 Bf4: 19 Rc3 BxN: 20 KxB Re4: 21 f3 Nxc4+: 22 BxN RxB: 23 Rd Rd4+: 24 Kc2 Bb1+! (a tactic similar to Fischer's move 24 above--uncanny how Fischer and I play like each other...): 25 Kxb RxR: 26 Rxc Rad: 27 Rc7 R8xd: 28 a4 Rd7: 29 Rc8+ ke7: 30 Kc2 R1d4: 31 Ba3+ Ke6: 32 Re8+ Kd5: 33 Bb2 Rxa: 34 Bxg Ra2+?! (this doesn't accomplish anything really--white is correctly playing on in hopes black will blunder which is easy to do when up substantially.): 35 Bb2 Kc4: 36 Re4+ Kb5: 37 Kb3 Ra6: 38 Rb4+ Kc6: 39 Rc4+ Kd6: 40 Ba3+ Kd5: 41 Rc5+ Kd4: 42 Rc4+ Kd3: 43 Rc3+ Ke2: 44 Rc2+ Rd2: 45 Rc7 Rd3+: 46 Kb4 RdxB: 47 Rxf Ra1: 48 Rxh Rc6: 49 Kb3 Rb1+: 50 Ka2 Rb5: 51 Re7+ Kf2: White resigns. (Notes by Jaap)