0280 FRENCH DEFENSE
Wendy's XLI, Rd:2, 12-18-02, Charlotte, NC
Chris Mabe (1886) Slobodan Sinanovic (1734)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Qg4 Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc3 $2 {Incorrect. Black is just down a pawn now. O-O was the move.} 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Qh5 $1 d4 $6 {This just helps White.} 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Be4 f5 17. Bf3 Nxf3+ {All the trading is good for White.  e5 is weak and so is the d-file.} 18. Nxf3 Bd7 19. Ne5 Bc6 20. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 21. O-O-O Rfd8 22. Rd6 {The point of move 20. White dominates the d-file or gets a protected passer on d6.} 22... Rxd6 23.
cxd6 {The rest is just technique.} 23... Rd8 (23... Kf7) 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. b4 e5 26. c4 Ke6 27. c5 Kd7 28. Kd2 Rb8 29. Re1 Re8 30. h4 g6 31. Kd3 a6 32. f3 Ke6 33. Kc4 Rb8 34. Re3 Rb7 35. Rb3 h6 36. a4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. b5 axb5+ 39. axb5 cxb5+ 40. Rxb5 Rh7 41. Rb8 Rh4+ 42. Kb5 Kd5 43. d7 Resigns. (O.K. Dudes, I don't quite understand the "$" associated with his notation either; I just copied it from his E-mail?! Ask him...LF)