0247 FRENCH WING GAMBIT
LPO-29, Rd: 5, 8/18/2002, Burlington, NC
Tom Waymouth (1897)  P McCartney (1884)
1 e4 e6 2 Nf3 d5 3 e5 c5 4 b4 cb4 5 a3 Nc6 6 d4 Nge7 7 ab4 Nb4 8 c3 Nbc6 9 Bd3 Ng6 10 h4 Be7 11 h5 Nf8 (11...Nh4? 12 Nh4 Bh4 13 Qg4 is almost winning for White) 12 h6 g6 13 Ba3 Nd7 14 Be7 (I don't particularly like this idea for White, as Black is somewhat cramped, and all trades pieces does is alleviate the crampedness.) Qe7 15 Nh2 (Better is 15 Qa4 0-0 =/+) 0-0 16 0-0 f6 17 f4 fe5 18 fe5 Nde5!? (A somewhat thematic sacrifice often seen in the French.  Black sensed that lines are beginning to open up and that he needed to develop his remaining pieces.  Black was up a pawn already, and now gets 2 more for the piece, and it is likely that the h-pawn will eventually fall.  This conbined with knocking out all of White's center pawns and taking over control of certain key squares, especially dark squares, should give Black the advantage.) 19 de5 Ne5 20 Ra4 Qc5 21 Kh1 Bd7 22 Raf4 Rf4 (22...Nd3?! 23 Qd3 Rf4 24 Rf4 gives Black fewer winning chances as White gets more time to consolidate, and perhaps even hold on to the h-pawn) 23 Rf4 Rf8 24 Rf8 Qf8 25 Qd2 Nd3 26 Qd3 Qh6 27 Nd2 Qf4 28 Nhf3 Bc6 (Better was the immediate 28...a5 -/+) 29 Qd4? (While this Queen trade does take over the central dark squares, and causes Black's center pawns to be immobile, it also trades the key piece away that could cause Black a few problems.  White could hold Black's advantage to a minimum by playing 29 Qe2 where Fritz gives 29...Qf6 30 Nb3 as a slight advantage for Black) 29...Qd4 30 cd4 (After this trade, Black will use his queenside passed pawns, and create a kingside passed pawn to in order to overwork the knights.) 30...a5 3 Ne5 a4 32 Nb1 Kg7 33 Nc3 Be8 (Or 33...a3 34 Nd3 Bb5 Nb4 -+) 34 Kh2 b5 35 Nd3 Kf6 36 Kg3 Kf5 37 Kf3 h5 38 g3 g5 39 Nd1 g4 40 Ke3 Kg5 41 Nc3 (41 Nc5 h4 42 Ne6 Kf5 43 Nc5 is still winning for Black) 41...h4 42 gh4 Kh4 43 Kf4 g3! (This move only works because of the upcoming skewer on move 45) 44 Kf3 Kh3 45 Ne2 Bh5 46 Ke3 Be2 47 Ke2 g2 (White could safely resign here) 48 Nf4 Kh2 49 Ne6 g1=Q 50 Nc5 Qd4 51 Nd3 Qe4 52 Kd2 d4 53 Nf2 Qe3 0-1 (Notes by McCartney)