0250 CHIGORIN DEFENSE
Wendy's XXXVIII, Rd:4, 9-11-02, Charlotte, NC
P McCartney (1933) NM Frankie Newton (2236)
1 Nf3 d5 2 d4 Nc6 3 c4 Bg4 4 cd Bf3 5 gf3 Qd5 6 e3 e5 7 Nc3 Bb4 8 Bd2 Bc3 9 bc3 Qd6 10 Qb3 0-0-0! (Patrick, who also has played the Chigorin, said that he always played Nge7 instead of 0-0-0. Castling is a very agressive move, leading to a quick attack on the white king. Of course, castling also makes Black's own king a target, and the play gets VERY sharp soon!) 11 Rb1 b6 12 Bd3 Nge7 13 Ke2 Rhe8 14 Rhc1 Kb8 15 c4!? ed (This double pawn sac by white is designed to get to the Black king.  It does serve to weaken the Black king position fairly severely, but for the time being it still holds, while Black continues his own king hunt.) 16 c5 Qxh2 17 cb cb 18 e4 Ne5 19 Ba5 Nd5!!  (This, and Black's next move, constitutes a winning DOUBLE Knight Sacrifice. White is SO close to breaking through to Black's king, but Black's attack comes first! Remember the old adage, "answer a flank attack with an attack in the center," thats what I did here.) 20 ed5 Nf3!!  (If White takes the Knight it's forced mate after Qh3+. There is no defense for White here.)21 Kd1 Qg1+ 0-1 (Its mate in 4.) (Notes by Newton)