MIDDLEGAMES
KCN Practice Chess Games 2000-2002
Game 33 White – Black,
Hunter, March 10, 2002.
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B22: Sicilian: 2 c3 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 d6 Black should exchange pawns on d4 - that is why he played the Sicilian move ...c5! 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb5 Bg4 8.0-0 dxe5 9.dxe5 Qxd1 [9...Qc7 10.Bf4 keeps a balanced game.] 10.Rxd1 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Be3 e6 [ Black could immediately play 12...Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nc4 with advantage. Next turn White sets his defenses and avoids this line.] 13.Nbd2 Be7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Re1 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Nc4 17.Bc1 0-0 18.b3 Nb6 19.c4 White has played very well since move twelve, setting up a strong blockade on the queenside and consolidating his space advantage. Nd7 [19...a5 20.a4 doesn't help Black.] 20.Bf4 f6 |
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| Black blunders pawn here. The move is natural, struggling to break White's bind, but such moves in an inferior position generally backfire. 21.exf6 Nxf6 [21...Rxf6 22.Rad1 Nf8 23.Bd6 maintains White domination.] 22.Rxe6 Rf7? Black puts his rook in an awkward position. [22...Rfe8 or 22...Rae8 are better.] 23.Ne5 Now black loses more material. 23...Raf8 24.Nxf7 Rxf7 25.Rxc6 Ne4 26.Re1 Rxf4 27.Rc8+ [ Simpler is 27.f3 Rf6 28.Rc8+ Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Rxe4 with a winning endgame for White.] 27...Kf7 [ Black should remove his bishop from the open file 27...Bf8 28.g3 Nd6 29.Rxc5 Rf6 hangs onto the piece. White keeps an advantage with rook plus three pawns against bishop and knight, but Black can keep fighting.] 28.Rc7 Kg6 [28...Kf8 29.f3 Bd6 30.Rd7 rounds up one of the black pieces.] 29.Rxe7 Nf6 30.R1e6 a5 31.Ra7 Kf5 32.Re3 Kg6 33.Rxa5 Rf5 34.Ra7 h6 35.Rg3+ Kh7 36.Rgxg7+ Kh8 37.Rg6 h5 |
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