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(3) Condon,F (1660) - Greene,D (1627) [B70]
Dumont Fall Quads '02 Dumont, NJ, 30.09.2002
[Condon,Frank]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 MCO-13 gives 6. Be3 (p. 272), 6. Be2 (p. 276), 6. f4 or 6. g3 (p. 278), or 6. Bc4 (footnote on p.279). After 6. Bg5, however, Black must move so as to avoid getting doubled pawns on the f-file. 6...Bg7 7.Qd2 0-0 8.Bh6 Nc6 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.0-0-0 Bd7 11.f4 Qa5 [ 11...Bg4 might have been more irksome to White.] 12.Nb3 Qd8 13.h3 Rc8 14.g4 a6 15.Bg2 b5 16.Rhe1 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Na5 19.Qxb4 Nc4 20.Bf1 Bb5 21.Rd4 Qc7 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Qc3 Diagram

White sets a trap.23...Kg8 Black evades it. [ If, for example, 23...Bxb3 24.Rc4+ wins Q for R. 24...Kg8 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Qxc7] 24.Na5 Bb5 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.a4 Be8 27.Rc4 Rc5 28.Rxc5 dxc5 29.b3 e6 30.dxe6 fxe6 31.Rxe6 Bd7 32.Re7 Be8 33.Kd2 Bf7 34.Ke3 Rd8 35.Nc6 Rd1 36.Ke2 Rd6 37.Ne5 Bd5 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.Nxd7 Bg2 40.h4 c4 41.b4 Bc6 42.Nb6 Kf7 43.a5 Ke6 44.Ke3 1-0