0274 DUTCH DEFENSE
Wendy's XL, Rd: 4, 11-20-02, Charlotte
Daniel Tapia (2114) Patrick McCartney (1987)
1 d4 e6 2 Nf3 f5 3 c4 Nf6 4 Nc3 Be7 5 g3 0-0 6 Bg2 d6 7 0-0 Qe8 8 Re1 Nc6 9 d5 Nd8 10 e4 fe4 11 Ng5 e5 12 Nge4 Ne4 13 Ne4 Bf5 14 b4 Qf7 15 f3 a5! (Breaking up White's Queenside just in time before White gets in either c5, or a bishop move that would protect his rook on c1, and allow him to protect the b-pawn with his a-pawn.) 16 Ba3 ab4 17 Bb4 b6 18 a4 Nb7
(Black works on plugging up the Queenside before doing operation on the Kingside) 19 Nc3 Na5 20 Ba5 Ra5 21 Qe2 Bf6 (White had threatened to play f4.) 22 Ra3 Rfa8 23 Rea1 Qg6 24 Bf1 Bd7 25 Nb5 e4 26 Ra2 ef3 27 Qf3 Rf8 (After dragging the White Rooks over to the Queenside, Black returns one of his to the
Kingside with tempo as 28...Bd4 is a threat) 28 Bd3 Qg5 29 Qe4 Qc1 30 Kg2 Qh6 31 g4 (Preventing 31...Bh3, but this does create other weaknesses) 31...Be5 31 h3 Rf4 33 Qe3 Bg4!! (33...Rg4?? 34 hg4 Qe3 loses to 35 Bh7!) 34 Be2 (34 hg4? loses immediately to 34...Rg4 35 Kf2 Qh2 36 Ke1 Qh1 37 Ke2 {37 Bf1 Re4 and 37 Kd2 Bf4 both net Black the queen} 37...Rg2 38 Kf3 Qh3 39 Ke4 Rg4 40 Kf5 Rf4 41 Kg5 Qg4 mate) 34...Bf5 35 Nc7 (White should probably have kept the knight covering the d4-square) 35...Be4 36 Kg1 Bd5 37 Rd2 Bc6 38 Nd5 (38 Qb6?? Bd4 39 Rd4 Rg5 40 Bg4 {40 Kh2 Rf2 mate} Rg4 41 hg4 Qh1 mate) 38...Bd5 39 cd5 Qg6 40 Kh1 Ra8 (Black finally gets his last piece into the attack.) 41 Bd3 Qg5 42 Rg2 Qh6 43 Rg4 Raf8 44 Rf4 Rf4 45 Bb5 Qf6 46 Qb6 h5 (Building an escape for the Black King) 47 Qb8 Kh7 48 Bd3 Kh6 49 Qh8? (Putting his Queen completely out of the game, and removing all chances at a miracle draw) 49...Kg5 50 Ra2 (This move allows mate in 2, but the only real way to avoid was to give up the Rook with 50 Ra1, but then it is merely a matter of a few extra moves before Black ultimately finishes on top) 50...Rf1 0-1 (Notes by McCartney)