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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Blitzing Out The Moves in a Sicilian (ICC)

[Event "ICC 15 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "HCAMP"]
[Black "Terlizzi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[Opening "Sicilian: closed"]
[ECO "B23"]
[NIC "SI.44"]
[Time "13:08:16"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 (2 ...Nc6 is more common in the Closed Sicilian) 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O (last book move) 9. Bd3 Bg4 (provoking White's next move which weakens his Kingside) 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Be2 Qb6? (better is moving the Knight back to c6 to prevent 13. e5) 13. a3 (stronger is 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Qxd7 and White wins a piece) Nc6 14. Qc1 Rac8 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nh2 a6 17. f4 Nh5!? (giving up a pawn) 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Qd1 Kh8 20. Qxh5 Be8 21. f5 f6 22. Qf3 Rg8 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Qd1 Nc4 25. Bc1 Bf7 26. Nf4 (Fritz 15 suggests 26. b3 to kick the Knight back) Qb6+27. Kh1 Bh6 28. b3 Ne3? 29. Bxe3 Qxe3 30. Nd5? (30. Ng4! forces Black to give up the exchange) Qg3? (30 ...Qxe4! and White is lost) 31. Qe2 Bxd5 32. exd5 Bf4 33. Ng4 (Rxf4 giving up the exchange is White's only hope) Rxg4 {White resigns} 0-1

Original PGN:

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Be2 Qb6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc1
Rac8 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nh2 a6 17. f4 Nh5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Qd1 Kh8 20. Qxh5
Be8 21. f5 f6 22. Qf3 Rg8 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Qd1 Nc4 25. Bc1 Bf7 26. Nf4 Qb6+
27. Kh1 Bh6 28. b3 Ne3 29. Bxe3 Qxe3 30. Nd5 Qg3 31. Qe2 Bxd5 32. exd5 Bf4
33. Ng4 Rxg4