0285 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
Land of the Sky, Rd:4, 2-3-03, Asheville
NM Frankie Newton (2246) GM Julio Becerra (Rivero) (2572)
1 d4 g6 2 Nf3 Bg7 3 Bf4 Nf6 4 e3 0-0 5 Be2 d6 6 h3 Nc6 7 0-0 Qe8 8 c4 e5 9 Bh2 ed 10 ed Qd8 11 Nc3 Re8 12 Re1 Bf5 13 Bf1 Re1 14 Qe1 Qd7 (Tempting me to play g4 to win a piece, but black would gain THREE pawns for the piece [the h, g, and d pawns], and leave my king rather airy, so I found a much better move) 15 d5! Nb4 (15 Nb4 was forced, because if the knight simply retreats then g4! wins a piece for only 2 pawns) 16 Qd2 h5 17 Nd4 a5 18 Re1 Na6 19 Ncb5! b6 (Preventing Nc5 because of Nxf5 and gaining a positional concession in the process)20 Nc6 Re8 21 Re8 Ne8 22 f3 h4 23 Bf4 f6 24 Bd3 Bd3 (Trading my worst minor piece for one of his best ones) 25 Qd3 f5  26 Qe2 Bf6 27 Qd2 Ng7 28 Bg5 Qf7 29 Qe3 Bb2 30 Bh4 Bf6 (Here, with about 30 seconds left until my 35th move, I played what could be described as the winning move) 31 Nd8! Qf8 32 Ne6 Qe7 33 Bf6 Qf6 34 Nbc7 Nc7 35 Nc7 Qa1+  36 Kh2 Qa2 37 Qb6 Qc4 38 Qd6 a4 (Here I'm up a pawn, but Black has that threatening outside passer. I need to act quickly)39 Ne6 Qc8 40 Ng7 Kg7 41 Qe7 Kh6 42 Qh4 Kg7 43 Qa4 Qc7 44 f4 Qc5 (White is just winning, up 2 pawns. Black will set up one more tricky defensive position however) 45 Qd7 Kh6 46 Qe6 Qf2 47 Qe5 Kh7 48 d6 Qd2 (OK, so here is the final tricky position. How does white proceed with simultaneously being able to advance the d pawn, and defending the f pawn?  My answer was, by first breaking down the remaining black kingside) 49 h4 Qf2 50 Qe7+ Kg8 51 Qg5 Qd2 52 Qg6+ Kh8 53 Qf5 Kg7 54 d7 Kh6 55 d8/Q 1-0 (Notes by Newton)