0005 Slav Defense
Midtown Club V, 8-5-98
NM L Fuerstman (2052) T. Trower (2026)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 dc 5 a4
Bf5 6 Bf4 (Rare) Nd5 7 e3 Nb4 8 e4 Bg4
9 Bc4?! Bf3 10 Qf3 (If 10 gf then Qd4!) Nc2
11 Kf1 Nd4 (Avoiding 11…Na1? 12 Bf7!
Winning) 12 Qg3 Na6 13 Rd Qb6 14 Be3 Rd
15 Qe5 f6 16 Qh5 g6 17 Qh3 Qb4 18 Rd4!
Rd4 19 Qc8 Rd8 20 Qe6! (Not 20 Bf7? Kf7
21 Qd8 Qb2 -+)(Here, with 10 moves to make
and only 4 minutes left on my clock, I offered
Draw. My worthy opponent chose to play on)
20…Qd6 21Qf7 Kd7 22 g3! (This innocuous
move threatens 23 Bf5!! while providing the g2
square for the King) 22…g5 (Forced) 23 Kg2
Kc8 24 Ba7 Nc5 25 Bb6! Nd7 26 Be6 Kb 27
Rd Ne5? (Considering White’s time trouble, a
reasonable counter-move. Here White misses 28
Qh5!!+-) 28 Rd6 Nf7 29 Rd8 Nd8 30 Bd8 Bg7
31 Be7 and White won on move 45. 1-0
(Notes by Fuerstman)