0197 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
Match, Rd 1, 10/14/01, Charlotte, NC
Patrick McCartney (1917)   Daniel Tapia (1921)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 Be3 f5 11 f3 f4 12 Bf2 g5 13 a4 a5 14 c5?! (Against the main response of 13...Rf7, this sacrifice discovered by Korchnoi has been shown to give Black a number of problems.  Here, however, it's probably not assound, as the rook is not in the line of fire of the White bishop when it comes to c4) 14...Nc5 15 Bc5 dc5 16 Bc4 Kh8 17 Nb5 c6 18 dc6 Nc6 19 Nd6 Qe7
20 Qd5 Nd8?! = (This slows down Black's counterplay.  Better is 20...h6! =/+) 21 Qc5 Be6 22 Be6? =/+ (Best here is 22 Rd1, after which 22...Rc8 can be answered by 23.Qb5! =) 22...Ne6 23 Qa3 (Forced, as any move to the
d-file results in a fatal pin on d8 and 23 Qb6? Ra6 is winning for Black.) 23...Nd4 24 Rf2 Rfd8 25 Nc4 Qc7 (Stronger here is 25...Qe6 26 Rc1 Rac8 27 b3 =/+) 26 Rc1 Bf8 27 Qa2 (Again forced, as 27 Qc3? is refuted with 27...Bb4 28 Qd3 Bc5 followed by the discovery with the knight winning at least an exchange) 27...Bc5 28 Kf1 Nc6 29 Re2 Nb4 30 Qb3 =/+(30 Qa1 =) 30...b6? = (Too passive.  Black can keep the advantage with 30...Ba7
=/+) 31 Rd1 Rd1 32 Qd1 Rd8 33 Rd2 Bd4 34 b3 Qg7 35 Nc2 (35 Nb6 looks bad for White after 35...Qh6, but it actually leads to a more or less forced  draw after 36 Nd5 Nd5 37 ed5 Qh2 38 Rd4 ed4 39 Qd4 Kg8 40 Qb6 Qh1 41 Kf2 Re8 42 Qa5 and Black has nothing better than perpetual check.) 35...Nc2 36 Qc2 Rg8 +/= (Black can maintain equality with 36...Rf8, 36...Qf8, or 36...Qe7)
37 Nd6 Qg6?! (Black's position begins to fall apart.  Best here is 37...Qd7 38 Nf5 Rc8 +/=) 38 Qc7 Rf8 39 Nf5 g4? +- (39...Qf6 +/-) 40 fg4 Qg4?? (A fatal blunder in what was already a lost position) 41 Rd4! (Black can't take the
rook because it's mate after 41...ed4 42 Qe5 Kg8 43 Nh6#, not to mention it also forks the king and queen.) 1-0 (Notes by McCartney)