Brand New Day Cafe, 03.09.2006
Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation [B23]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5
g3 and f4 seem to be the more common book lines for white. NCO does list Bb5 as an intersting sideline.
3...a6
Nd4 was the accurate response I didn't find.
4.Bxc6 bxc6
I captured towards the center in hopes of opening the center later with d5 and undoubling my c-pawns.
5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 d5 7.e5 Ne7 8.Ba3 Ng6 9.g3 Be7 10.h4
White is hoping to force the knight back to the eighth rank.
10...Qc7 11.Qe2 0-0?
While not losing material straight away, this seemingly logical move allows white to kick the g6 knight to h8, a horrible post for a knight.
12.Na4 Qa5 13.Qe3
h5 is still a better choice. It forces the retreat of the g6 knight to h8, and nearly stables the poor horse there permanently.
13...d4 14.Qe4 Bb7 15.h5 Nh8 16.0-0-0?
Missed tactic here. Nxd4 cxd4 allows white to win a pawn after Bxe7.
16...Rfe8 17.Nxc5
A terrible blunder.
17...Qxa3+ 18.Kb1
Bxc5
A positional error. The black bishop was controlling the critical g5 square. Now black will have to defend a fierce white attack.
19.Ng5 g6 20.hxg6 Nxg6 21.Nxh7
White gains tempo with Rxh7, because he needs to lift the h1 rook anyway to gain space for Rdh1. Sure the knight fork on f6 is good if white can get it in, but there is truly no chance that a good player will not find an adequate defense for that. 21...Kg7 22.Nf6 Rh8 23.Nh5+ Kf8
Black now has the option of fleeing with his king to the queenside if need be.
24.d3 Rd8
Preparing Bb4 followed by Bc3 and Qb2#
25.f4 Bb4 26.c3 dxc3 27.Rc1??
Qe2, Qg2 and Rh2 all allow white to play a few more moves.
27...Qb2# 0-1
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