0254 ZUKERTORT SYSTEM
Smokehouse XXXI, 9-21-02, Charlotte, NC
David Jaap (1829) NM L. Fuerstman (2000)
1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 e3 e6 4 Bd3 c5 5 c3 Nbd 6 Nbd Bd6 7 0-0 b6 8 e4 de 9 Ne4 Ne4 10 Be4 Rb 11 dc Nc5 12 Bc6 Ke7!= 13 Re Qc7 14 Nd4!? Bh2 15 Kh1 Be5 16 Qf3 Bd4 17 cd Nd3! 18 Qd3 Qc6 19 Bf4 Bb7 20 f3 Rbd 21 Rac Qd5 22 Rc7 Rd7 23 Qa3! Kf6! 24 Be5 Kg6 25 Qd3 f5= (25 Qa7 may have been better) 26 Rd7 Qd7 27 f4 h6! (Creating the escape square h7) 28 Rc Rc 29 Rc8 Bc8 30 Qc3 Bb7 31 Qc7= Qc7 (Black will use his extra pawn to create a K-side passer which must be contained. In the mean time, the Black King invades the weak Queen side pawns) 32 Bc7 Kh5 33 Kh2 Kg4 34 b4 b5 (Of course, fixing the pawns on the same color as the Bishop) 35 Be5 g5 36 fg hg 37 Kg1 f4 38 Kf2 Kf5 39 a3 g4 40 g3 fg! (The only way to attempt to win for 40...f3 draws instantly after 41 Ke3) 41 Kg3 Bf3 42 Kh4 Ke4 43 Kg5 a6 44 Kf6 Kd5 45 Ke7 Kc4! (The e-pawn may now be abandoned. Now, the marauding Black monster can not be stopped!) 46 Ke6 Kb3 47 d5 Ka3-/+ 48 Bd6 g3 49 Bc5 g2 50 d6 g1(Q) 51 Bg1 Kb4-+ 52 d7 Bg4 53 Kd5 (Attempting to catch the pawns) 53...Bd7 54 Bc5 Kb3 55 Bb6 Ka4 56 Kd4 b4 57 Kd3 Bf5 (Cutting off the King and controlling the queening square) 58 Kd2 b3 59 Kc1 Ka3 60 Bd4 Ka2 61 Bb2 a5 (If 61 Bc3 a5! "You see, Grasshopper, not all OCB endings are Draws!!") 0-1 (Notes by Fuerstman)