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D02 Queen's Pawn (Barry Attack)

Queen Pawn Game: London System

C Watson vs Jose Raul Capablanca, 1922

0-1, 32 moves

[Event "London ENG"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C Watson"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1.Nf3 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qc1 {6 Qb3 seems preferable for after c4 7 Qxb6 axb6 White has the strong move 8 Na3! e.g. e5 9 Nb5 Ra5 10 Nc7+ Kd7 11 dxe5 Nh5 12 Nxd5 Rxd5 13 Bxc4 Ra5 14 Bxf7, etc.} Bf5 7.Nh4 Be4 8.Nd2 e6 9.f3 {A harmless innovation, but Black gets the initiative.} Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nb3 {This knight loses alot of time; Bg3 was the right move.} c4 12.Nd2 Nh5 13.Be2 Nxf4 14.exf4 Bd6 15.g3 g5 {! Ingenious winning a pawn.} 16.Qc2 gxf4 17.O-O-O Qa5 18.Bxc4 {An unsound sacrifice, but White has a lost game anyhow.} dxc4 19.Nxc4 Qd5 20.Qb3 O-O-O 21.Nxd6+ Qxd6 22.g4 Rh3 23.Rhf1 Rxh2 24.Qa4 Rdh8 25.Qb5 Qd5 26.Qa4 Rg2 27.Qa3 Rhh2 28.Rd3 Rc2+ 29.Kd1 Qc4 30.Qf8+ Kc7 31.Qxf7+ Kb6 32.Qg6 Qxa2 0-1

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