This is my 7th tournament game against club mainstay, John Beydler. He's beaten me in every previous game, sometimes embarassingly quickly
1.d4
f5
2.f4
I've played the Dutch myself, and am therefore familiar with the pawn structures. I decided to go for a symmetrical response, the Reverse Stonewall
2...Nf6
3.Nf3
g6
The Leningrad Variation
4.e3
Bg7
5.c3
d6
6.Bc4
c6
7.Ng5
I know this is premature, but I wanted Black to commit his pawns
7...d5
8.Bd3
Nbd7?
Black should have simply castled, or tried the thematic Ne4
9.Ne6
Qb6
10.Nxg7+
Kf7
11.Nxf5
gxf5
12.Bxf5
e6
13.Bc2
Rg8
14.Qf3
Nf8
15.e4
trying to exchange pieces and open lines against Black's weakend king; better would have been 15.Nd2, developing, but otherwise keeping the status quo
15...Ng6
here I saw Black's threat of ...Nh4 followed by ...Nxg2, and therefore decided to play it safe. Fritz of course found the following variation:
16.g3
[16.e5!
Nh4
17.Qh3
Nxg2+
18.Kf1
Nxf4
(18...Ne4
19.Rg1
Qb5+
20.Bd3
Qb6
21.Rxg2
) 19.Qf3
N6h5
20.Bxf4
Nxf4
21.Qxf4+
Ke8
]
16...dxe4
17.Bxe4
Bd7
18.Nd2
Nxe4
19.Qxe4
Qb5
20.Nf3
Rg7
21.Ne5+
Nxe5
22.fxe5
Kg8
23.Rf1
Be8
24.b3
Bg6
25.Qe3
Bf5
26.c4
Qb4+
27.Qd2
Qe7
28.Rf4!
Rd8
29.Qe2
Qf7??
30.g4
Rxg4
31.Rxg4+
Bxg4
32.Qxg4+
Kh8
I did see 33.Bg5 Rg8 34.Bf6+ Qxf6 35.Qxg8+ Kxg8 36.exf6, when I would have been up a rook, but I was distracted by 33.Bg5 h6, and didn't see the perfectly obvious 34.Bxd8
33.Qf4?
Qd7??
much bette r, comparatively, for Black would have been 33...Qxf4 34.Bxf4 Rxd4 35.Bg3, when White would only have been up a piece
34.Qf6+
Kg8
35.Bh6
and it's mate in 5. The Black king is in stalemate, so a check that doesn't release him would be mate. Since Black's queen and rook are severely restricted, White has 0-0-0 followed by Rg1+. 1-0