0311 French Defense
World Open, Rd: 2, 7/3/03, Philadelphia
Patrick McCartney (1931)   Glen Rudelis (1822)
1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bg5 e6 (This leads to an immediate transposition to the French Defense.  If Black chooses to stay in the "Richter-Veresov Proper," then his best move is 3...Nbd7.) 4 e4 Be7 5 e5 Nfd7 6 Be7 Qe7 7 f4 a6 8 Nf3 c5 9 dc5 Nc5 (It's better for Black not to commit yet, and to play 9...Nc6. White isn't going to be able to hold the extra pawn, and if White plays 10 Bd3, then Black can take back with the Queen, preventing White from castling Kingside, which lately has been shown to give Black more problems than the lines where White castles Queenside.) 10 Bd3 Nc6 11 O-O h6 12 Kh1Bd7 13 Ne2 (This shows the other problem with the immediate knight recapture.  It's now a lot simpler for White to cement a knight onto d4 which can't be harassed.) 13...O-O 14 c3 Nd3 15 Qd3 Na5 16 Ned4 Rac8 17 Rae1 Nc4 18 Rf2 Qc5 19 g4 (White goes about his attack on the Black King as Black really has nothing other than 1 minor threat on the White Queen the following move, as otherwise, all Black will ever have is control of a few light squares on the board, and nothing else.) 19...Bb5 20 Qb1 Rce8 21f5 ef5 22 gf5 (The opening of the g-file will prove fatal for Black.) 22...Bd7 23 Rg2 Kh8 24 Qc1 Kh7 25 Reg1 Rg8 26 Ng5 Kh8 (Black gets mated after 26...hg5 27 Qg5 g6 28 Qh4 Kg7 29 f6 Kf8 30 Qh6 Rg7 31 Qg7#.)  27 Nf7 Kh7 28 Rg6 (It turns out that White has a much quicker mate with 28 Rg7 Rg7 29 Qh6 Kg8 30 Qg7#, but all this does is prolong the agony for Black.) 28...Qf8 29 e6 Bc3 30 f6 Re6 31 Rg7 Qg7 32 Rg7 Rg7 33 Qh6 Kg8 34 Qg7# 1-0