0149 BISHOP'S OPENING
Wendy's XIX, Rd:5, 11-8-00, Charlotte, NC
NM Leland Fuerstman (2027) Jon Pietras (1824)
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f4 ef4 5. Nf3 h6 6. e5 d5 7. ef6 dc4 8. fg7 Rg8 9. d4 Rg7 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. O-O Qe2 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Bf4 Bg4 = 14. Bc7 Kd7 15. Bg3 Re8 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. c3 Bf4 18. Bf4 Re2 19. Rf2 Bf3 = 20. Rf3 Rgg2+ 21. Kf1 Rb2 22. Bg3 Nd8 23. Rf6 Ra2 24. Rh6 Ra1+ (24... Rh2 = 25. Rd6+ Kc8 26. Ra2 Ra2 27. Rd5 b6 28. Re5 Kd7 29. Rd5+ Ke8 30. Re5+ Kf8 = 31. d5 Nb7 32. Bh4 Rc2 33. Re7 Nc5 34. Rxa7 Rxc3 35. Be7+ Ke8 36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. =Rc7 This line may have been the best draw possibility.) 25. Kg2 Ne6 26. h4 a5 27. h5 Ra2+ 28. Kh3 a4 29. Rf6 = Ke7
30. Be5 Rc2 31. d5 Ng5+ 32. Kg4 Rg2+ 33. Kf5 a3 34. Bd6+ Ke8 35. Ba3 = Nh7 36. Rb6 Rg5+ 37. Ke4 Rh5 38. Kd4 Rh4+ 39. Kc5 Ng5 40. Rb7 Ne4+ 41. Kc6 = Rh6+ 42. d6 Nc3 ?? 43. Rb8# 1-0 (Notes by Pietras)