3.d4
White goes ahead with d4 anyway.
3...cxd4 4.Nxd4
4...e5 Sicilian Defense; Lowenthal and Kalashnikov variation. (B32) Black
initiates a piece attack. If 4...Nxd4 5.Qxd4 would leave White with control of the centre and the only side with piece development. Other moves here could have been 4...Nf6, 4...d6, 4...e6 or 4...a6.
5.Nxc6?!
Piece capture. Better would have been 5.Nb5 eyeing the d6-square. Here White allows black to have a large pawn centre compared to his lowly e-pawn. Also, 5.Nb3 is commonly played.
5...bxc6
Black captures back towards the centre.
6.Bc4
The development of the bishop targets Black's weak f7-square.
6...Nf6
Develops the king's knight and threatens e4.
7.Bg5
Pins the knight to the queen. 7.0-0 Bc5 8.Nc3 0-0 = (Fritz 9) 7.0-0 d5 8.exd5 cxd5=/+ (Deep Fritz)
7...Be7
Breaks the pin. 7...h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.0-0 +/= (Fritz 9)
8.Qe2
Development of the queen maybe premature? Though the computer (Crafty),
recommends the queen going to f3. 8.Nc3 d6= (Fritz 9)
8...d5
Black plays for a counter strike in the centre.
9.Bxf6
Removes one of the defenders of d5. 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bc1 0-0= (Fritz 9) 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Bd7= (Deep Fritz)
9...Bxf6 10.Bb3
Retreats the bishop.
10...0-0
Bringing the king to safety.
11.0-0
Ditto.
11...a5
Black expands on the queen-side with this move. He now threatens both ...a4 and ...Ba6 -The World's Greatest Chess Games 1998
12.exd5?!
White should develop his rook to d1 first. 12.Rd1 a4 13.Bc4 Bb7=/+ (Fritz 9) 12.Rd1 Ba6 13.Qf3 Rb8=/+ (Deep Fritz)
12...cxd5
This has allowed Black to build a powerful pawn centre. 12...Ba6 13.c4 cxd5 14.Nc3-/+
13.Rd1
The only move.
13...d4 14.c4?!
White creates a passed pawn as well as an escape route for his bishop. 14.Nc3 should have been
considered.
14...Qb6
Developing of Black's queen before the other pieces is a common theme in the Sicilian Defense. Crafty
recommends 14.Qc7.
15.Bc2
White realigns the bishop to attack Black's weak h7-square. this was the true purpose of 14.c4.
15...Bb7
Black develops his last minor piece. Certainly not 15.. .Qxb2??, which loses the queen to 16.Bxh7+. The World's Greatest Chess Games 1998
16.Nd2
White does the same. Not 16...Qxb2 17.Qd3 e4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4= (Fritz 9)
16...Rae8
With this move Black has now completed his opening. Crafty preferred 16... Qe6 first and 16...Rac8 second.
17.Ne4
Moving the knight closer towards Black's king and attacks the bishop on f6. 17.Rab1 Bg5 18.Nf3 Bh8 =/+ (Fritz 9)
17...Bd8
Better would have been 17...Be7 allowing the rooks freedom of movement on the back file. 17...Qxb2? The pawn must remain untouched 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxh7+ winning the Black queen.
18.c5
Moving the pawn forward towards the queening square (c8) and attacking the Black queen.
18...Qc6
Blockades the pawn and lines up on the a8-h1 diagonal. (When the queen and bishop is lined up as such, it is called a "Battery")
19.f3
Supporting the knight and setting up a stone wall for the queen/bishop battery to run into. The
negative aspect of this move is that it weakens White's king-side pawn cover.
19...Be7
Black wasted a tempi by having to move the bishop to e7. This is where I believe the bishop should
have been placed on move 17. Preventing 20.Nd6, which White's last move had made possible. -The World's Greatest Chess Games 1998
20.Rac1
White has finally developed his last heavy piece.
20...f5?!
Black attacks the well placed knight but at a cost of weakening his king's pawn cover. 20... Qe6!? (Fritz 9)
21.Qc4+! Kh8
White has the advantage. Better would have been 21...Qd5 offering to trade queens. 21...Qd5 would have be annoyingly met by 22.Qb5, threatening Bb3. -The World's Greatest Chess Games 1998
22.Ba4
Skewer! 22.Nd6 is an option, ...Bxd6 23.Ba4 Qxc5 24.Qxc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5=/+
22...Qh6
Deep Fritz gives 22.Qh6-/+
23.Bxe8
Black is down the exchange.
23...fxe4
Black ignores the bishop on e8 and goes for a counter-strike on the king-side by capturing the knight instead. Black has managed to equalize the position.
24.c6
White drives the passed pawn forward.
24...exf3!!
Black ignores White's threat of queening the pawn as he goes after White's king. Interesting here is that Fritz 9 gives this position 24...exf3?? with the note; forfeits the advantage. 24...Qe3+ Black has a better game 25.Kh1 exf3-+ This line is also favored by Deep Fritz over the text.
25.Rc2
The rook moves to add protection to the g2-pawn. 25.cxb7 allows a forced mate: 25...Qe3+ 26.Kh1 fxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Rf2+ 28.Kg1 Re2+ 29.Kh1 Qf3+ 30.Kg1 Qg2# -The World's Greatest Chess Games 1998
25...Bc8
The bishop moves to safety and occupies the queening square.
26.Bd7
White's bishop move is intended to take out Black's light squared bishop and advance the pawn to the seventh rank.
26...Qe3+
Black continues to hunt the White king.
27.Kh1??
Better would have been 27.Rf2 d3 28.Qxd3+/=
27...f2
Black's pawn reaches the seventh rank first. 27...d3 28.Qxd3 Qxd3 29.Rxd3-+ (Deep Fritz)
28.Rf1
Forced other wise Black would have played 28...Qe1+.
28...d3!
Another passed pawn heads for the queening square while also attacking the rook.
29.Rc3?
Pinning the pawn to the queen. 29.Bxc8 dxc2 30.Ba6-+ (Deep Fritz)
29...Bxd7 30.cxd7
30.Rxd3 there is nothing else anyway...Be6 31.Rxe3?? Bxc4 32.Rxf2 Rxf2-+ (Deep Fritz)
30...e4
Black maintains the advantage since his passed pawn on d3 is protected and both his bishop and rook protect the d8, preventing the pawn from becoming a queen. The threat is now ...Qe1, and there isn't much White can do about it.
31.Qc8
White plays for tricks. he intends 32.Qxf8+ Bxf8 33.d8=Q.
31...Bd8
Better would have been 31...Rd8!! pv 31...Rd8!! -268 Crafty
32.Qc4 Qe1!
Of course. Black threatens mate. Theme: Clearance for e4-e3
33.Rc1 d2
Yes!
34.Qc5
Double attacking the Black rook and the f2-pawn. What else does White have?
34...Rg8
Better would have been 34...Rf7 losing all hope for White.
35.Rd1
pv 35.Rcxe1 fxe1=Q 36.Qg1 Qe2 37.Rd1 Rf8 38.h3 Rf7 39.b4 Rxd7 40.bxa5 e3 -697 Crafty If 35.Qxf2, than 35...Qxf2!! wins for Black. 36.Rxf2 dxc1=Q+ 37.Rf1 Qxf1#.
35...e3 36.Qc3
36.Rfxe1?? is not directly advisable because of the following mate in 2 ...dxe1=Q+ 37.Rxe1 fxe1=Q# (Deep Fritz) Now for a
truly magical finish... -The World's Greatest Chess Games 1998
36...Qxd1!
This piece capture is also considered a decoy pulling the rook away from the f-file. A small price to pay for victory (Fritz 9)
37.Rxd1
e2
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