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White gains a significant advantage, but through a series of weaker moves it is lost.
Hennej -- Zaps
Veggiecheck (1) redhotpawn
2003.09.19 0-1 B56
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3!? (D)
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A rare move in this 'classical Sicilian'. The usual moves are 6.Bg5 (Richter Rauzer), 6.Be2 (Boleslavski variation), 6.f3 (unnamed), and Bc4 (which can lead to the Velimirovic attack with queenside castling for white, or to the Sozin variation with kingside castling). MCO14 mentions a game Adams - Kramnik from 1995 with 6.Be3.
6...Bd7 -
Kramnik's response was Ng4, immediately challlenging the bishop
7.Be2 g6 8.Qd2 -
Heading for queenside castling. 8.0-0 looked more obvious.
8...Bg7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Kb1 Nxd4?! -
Better to maintain the tension and develop further with Rc8 or a6. An alternative would be to still challenge the bishop with Ng4
11.Bxd4 e5? -
This loses the pawn on d6. Any developing move was better
12.Be3 Qe7? -
going for queen exchange only increases whites advantage
13.Qxd6 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 16.h3? (D)
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Not that good for white's pawn structure. Re1 was a better move. Or Rd7 with attack on b7
16...Nxe3 17.fxe3 Rfd8 18.Rhd1 Rxd6 19.Rxd6 f5? -
better Bh6 to force white defending the e-pawn, probably with Nd5. Now white gets a chance to get rid of the double pawn
20.exf5 gxf5 (D)
21.e4? -
This gives black a chance for counterplay. Better was to play Rd7 and Nd5 to keep the initiative
21...Rf8 22.b3? -
another bad move. With the black bishop on g7, b2 isn't the best place for white's king to escape to from checkmate. Kc1 was better
22...fxe4 23.Nxe4 Rf4 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Nd6+ Kg6 (D)
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25. ... Ke7 26.Rg8 Rf1+ 27.Kb2 e4+ 28.Rxg7+ Kxd6 would have been a better choice for black. White still has a considerable advantage.
26.Nxb7 Rf1+ 27.Kb2 e4+ 28.Ka3 Rf2 29.Re8 Rxc2 30.Rxe4 Rxg2 31.Nc5 Bf8 32.b4 a5 33.Na6 Rg3+ 34.Ka4 axb4 35.Nxb4 Rxh3 36.Rf4 Bd6 37.Rd4 Be5 38.Re4? (D)
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until that last move the game was about equal. Probably a better move for white was 38.Rd5 so that black would pin himself by playing Kf5 to defend the bishop. Now black takes the initiative and will win the pawn race
38...Kf5 39.Rc4 h5 40.Nc6 Re3 41.Kb5 Bf4 42.a4 h4 (D)
43.a5? -
now it goes fast. White couldhave tried Nb4, aiming at Nd5, although even then black could continue with h3 (Nd5? then Rb3+). But it looks as if white doesn't see that he is losing the race. He just continues until it is too late
43...h3 44.a6 h2 45.a7 Ra3 46.Kb6 h1=Q -
White resigns
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