0189 SICILIAN DEFENSE
Wendy's XXX, Rd:5, 12-5-01, Charlotte, NC
NM Leland Fuerstman (2009) Ralph Lombard (1886)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Bc4!? Nf6 5 Nd4 e6! (Sidestepping the Kitces Gambit) 6 Nc3 a6 7 Be3 b5 8 Bd3 Be7 9 0-0 0-0 10 f4 Bb7 11 Qf3 Nbd 12 Rad Rac 13 g4 Nb6 14 Qh3 Rc3 15 bc Ne4 16 g5 Nc4 17 Bf2 Bg5!? 18 Be4 Be4 19 fg (19 Ne6! fe 20 Qe6 Kh8 21 Qe4 Rf4 22 Qg2 and White is the exchange up) 19...Qg5 20 Qg3 Qg3 (This is a difficult endgame for both) 21 hg d5 22 Rfe e5 23 Nc6 Re8 24 Ne7 Re7 25 Re4 f5 26 Rh4 Rd7 27 a4 h6 28 ab ab 29 Rb Nd2! 30 Rb5 Nf3 31 Kg2 Nh4 32 gh Kf7 33 c4! dc 34 Re5 Rd2 35 c3 Kf6 36 Rc5 g5 37 Rc6 Ke5 38 Rc4 f4 39 hg hg 40 Rc5 Kd6 41 Rg5 Rc2 42 Rg6 Kd5 43 Rg5 Kd6 44 Kf3 Rc3 45 Kf4 (This classical position referred to as "Philador's Position" can be found in Rubin Fine's Basic Chess Endings, p.509 whereby some variations win for White) 45...Rc4 46 Ke3 Rc5 47 Rg6 Kd5 48 Kd3 Rc6 49 Rg5 Ke6 50 Bd4 Kd7 51 Bc5 Ke6 52 Ke4 Kf6 53 Rh5 Kg6 54 Re5 Kf6 55 Be7 Kf7 56 Kd5 Ra6 57 Bc5 Kf6 58 Re2 Kf5 59 Rf2 Kg6 60 Bd6 Kg5 61 Ke5 Ra5 62 Ke6 Kg4 63 Rf4 and White ultimately won on time. 1-0