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ANNOTATED GAME
A day at the Grand Prix...
vonbonkagain (1200) vs. John Doe (2050)
Annotated by: vonbonkagain (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack
vonbonkagain (1200) vs. John Doe (2050)
Annotated by: vonbonkagain (1200)
Chess opening: Sicilian (B21), Grand Prix attack
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Here is another great game from the blitz arena; it demonstrates how I like to treat the Sicilian Defense with white... I usually have good results with this sytem in blitz... My opponent - let's call him John Doe to protect his privacy - was rated 2000+, so I had it coming... | |||||
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1. e4 c5 2. f4 |
Another way to control the center; to me this system is the only way, to justify Nf3... I like to call this the Grand Prix attack, because it savours all the good things from several sytems for white... Of course, a prompt 2. ... d5 will be met with 3. e5... After 2. Nc3, I would play g6, and Bg7... Being black, of course... | ||||
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2... d6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O |
Let us not argue about the play so far. Both players have reached some form of development, white having slightly more space; black's action should lie on the queens wing, and try and disrupt the center from there... | ||||
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8... e5 |
It is true, that white might consider e5 in the near future... But this will not break up the center very soon... | ||||
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9. f5 |
Opening a diagonal, whilst disrupting Bc8... It will take black some time to untangle this... | ||||
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9... h6 |
Of course, the best way to handle this is 9. ... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 etc... Whites f-pawn, however, is invulnarable for now... | ||||
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10. h4 |
Sheer bluff... The plan is, after Kf2, Be3, Rh1, fire up some attack against a cramped Kings wing, sac some piece, and break it open... | ||||
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10... Qc7 |
Black clearly doesn't know, what to think of it... But why still not d5, exd5, Nxd5 etc.? Or at least Qb6? | ||||
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11. Nh2 |
Opening up another diagonal, and cover g4 in the process... I've played this a million times... | ||||
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11... Rd8 |
Still struggling with d5... | ||||
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12. g4 Nh7 13. g5 |
This would have been a great time for white, to pause and take a look at things... My clock was at some seven minutes, my opponent was already some three minutes behind in time... Had I done so, I surely would have found 13. Qe1! Qb6 14. Kh1! followed by Qg3, and pick it up from there... But I wanted to beat him to g5... | ||||
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13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxg5 16. Qh5 Nh7 |
All pretty much forced... | ||||
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17. Ng4 Qe7 |
The position is dead equal... Black is going for the exchange on g5... | ||||
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18. Nd2 Qg5 |
There we have it... After 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Kf2 f6! white's attack grinds to a halt... We do not want that... | ||||
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19. Nf6+ |
Desperate situations call for desperate measures... Figuring, that four of black's pieces are idle, plus I was way ahead in time - black had some two minutes left - made me justify this sacrifice... Sadly, it is incorrect... But I can at least keep the Queens on the board... To me, this has Mikael Tal written all over it... | ||||
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19... Qxf6 |
Had he played 19. ... gxf6, I would have resigned, probably, or try 20. Qxg5 fxg5 21. Kf2, and attack along the h-file... | ||||
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20. Nf3 |
Blocking g5, step one... | ||||
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20... g6 |
Black starts wandering, 20. ... Qh6 is more then sufficient... But black was running out of time... | ||||
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21. fxg6 Qxg6 22. Qh4 |
So far, so good... We are attacking Rd8, and blocking Ne7... Now Kf2, Rh1... | ||||
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22... Be6 |
Connecting rooks, development done... After 22. ... Kg7! (threatens Rh8) white can stop hoping... | ||||
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23. Kf2 |
Forced, and what I wanted... | ||||
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