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BENONI/BENKO  GAMBIT



White: Patrick McCartney (1891)
Black: Andrew Miller (1564)
Event: LPO, Round 1
ECO: A58
Year: 1999

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 d6 9.e4 Bxf1 10.Rxf1 0-0 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Ng4 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Qe2 Nb6 15.h3 Nh6 16.Rd1 Na4 17.Kf2 Qb6 18.Rd2 Nf5 19.g4 Nd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Nxa4 Rxa4 22.Qd3 Rxa2 23.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24.Rxd4 Rxb2+ 25.Ke3 g5 26.Bxg5 Bxe5 27.Rd3 Bd6 28.Rc1 Ra8 29.Bf4 Bxf4+ 30.Kxf4 Ra4+ 31.Kg5 Rb5 32.Kh6 Ra8 33.Rc7 Rd8 34.Rxe7 Rd6+ 35.Kg5 Rbxd5+ 36.Rxd5 Rxd5+
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White: Patrick McCartney (1763)
Black: Gary Newsom (1954)
Event: Midtown XXV, Round 3
ECO: A69
Year: 1999

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 c5 6.d5 0-0 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qd2 Bxg5 15.Qxg5 Qxg5 16.Nxg5 Ne3 17.Kf2 Bf5 18.Bf3 Na6 19.Nge4 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxd5 21.Rad1 Nac7 22.Nxc5 Re5 23.Rhe1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 b6 25.Ne6 Re8 26.Nxc7 Nxc7 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.Ke3 Kf7 29.Kd4 Ke6 30.Bc6 Nf6 31.h3 Kd6 32.Be4 Nd7 33.h4 Nf6 34.Bf3 Nd7 35.h5 g5 36.h6 Nf6 37.Be2 Ng8 38.Bd3 Nxh6 39.Bxh7 Ng4 40.Bd3 Nf6 41.Be4 Nh5 42.Bf3 Nf4 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.Bg4+ Kf6 45.Bf3 Ne6 46.Kd5 Kf5 47.g4+ Kf4 48.Kxe6 Kxf3 49.Kf5 Ke3 50.Kxg5 Kd2 51.Kf6 Kc2 52.g5 Kxb2 53.g6 Kxa2 54.g7 a5 55.g8=Q+ Kb2 56.Qb8 a4 57.Qxb6+ Ka2 58.Qb4 a3 59.Ke5
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White: Patrick McCartney (1917)
Black: Gary Branton (1831)
Event: LPO, Round 3
ECO: A57
Year: 2000

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.a4 Qxb6 11.Nd2 a5 12.Nc4 Qb8 13.0-0 Ba6 14.Na3 Qb4 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Qe2 Qb7 17.Nab5 Rc8 18.f4 c4 19.Be3 Nb6 20.f5 Nfd7 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Qf2 Rf8 23.Qh4 Nc5 24.Rf3 f6 25.Bh6 Rf7 26.Rh3 Ra8 27.Nd4 Qd7 28.Ncb5 e5 29.dxe6 Nxe6 30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Nxe6 Qxe6 32.Nc7 Qe5 33.Nxa2 Qxb2 34.Rf1 Nxa4 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Rh7 Qd4+ 37.Kh1 Rxh7 38.Rxh7 Qxh7+ 39.Qxg6 Ke7 40.Qg7+ Kd8 41.Qf8+ Kd7 42.Qf7+ Kc6 43.Qc7+ Kb5 44.Rb1+ Nb2 45.Qb7+
1-0


White: Patrick McCartney (1917)
Black: Daniel Summers (1730)
Event: Carolinas Open, Round 2
ECO: A57
Year: 2001

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nd2 e6 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Nxd6 Nbd7 14.0-0 Nb6 15.e5 Nfd7 16.f4 Qc7 17.Nce4 Rfd8 18.Qc2 Nd5 19.Nc4 f6 20.exf6 N7xf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Bd2 Bf5 23.Qc1 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Qg7 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Qxe5 27.Bc4 Kh8 28.Bxd5 Qxd5 29.Bc3+ Kg8 30.Qh6 Qb7 31.Rxf5 gxf5 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qxf5+ Qf7 34.Qxc5+ Kg8 35.Qe5 Kf8 36.Qc5+ Kg8 37.Qe5 Kf8 38.Qh8+ Qg8 39.Rf1+ Ke7 40.Qf6+ Kd7 41.Rd1+ Kc8 42.Qc6+ Kb8 43.Be5+
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