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ANNOTATED GAME
Vic's Sicilian Showdown (Kan variation)
elyhim (2347) vs. desafiante (2338)
Annotated by: elyhim (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A40)
elyhim (2347) vs. desafiante (2338)
Annotated by: elyhim (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A40)
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1. d4 e6 |
Oh good! I like playing against the French like squeezing the life out of my opponents. | ||||
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2. e4 c5 |
Surprise not the French but my old friend the Sicilian. | ||||
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3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 |
Hum my opponent seems bent on not playing by the rules. Instead of the usually Nc6, Nf6, or e6 black plays the mysterious ...a6. Which lead to anything. | ||||
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5. Nc3 Qc7 |
The Kan/paulsen defense. Black tries to remain noncommittal waiting for whit to declare his plan. At this point I am getting tired of my opponent lack of commitment to our relationship so I decide to dump him. | ||||
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6. g3 |
Now it is my turn to stump my opponent. I am assuming that he has not seen this relatively unexplored line. That actually has some very interesting ideas. | ||||
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6... Bb4 |
Most common black pressures c3 while developing DSB to active square. | ||||
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7. Bd2 Nf6 |
Nc6 is also playable. Also 7. ...Bxc3 just gives white the bishop with strong diagonals | ||||
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8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. a3 Bd6 |
10. ...Bxc3 just gives white two strong bishops for nothing really | ||||
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11. f4 |
!? A very active move that weakens the kings position(something that I harshly criticize my chess students to avoid) but in return black entombs his bishops and concedes a huge potential on the kingside. | ||||
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11... e5 12. f5 |
I normally try to avoid creating Center backward pawn and wide out spaces but I think my super active king pawns, bishop pair and superior development can be enough to secure an advantage. | ||||
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12... b5 13. g4 |
Like most Sicilian lines it usually comes down to pawn races. | ||||
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13... Bb7 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Qf3 f6 17. O-O-O Nb6 |
Oh nuts my king pawns have stalled and black is starting warm up. I smell trouble | ||||
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18. Be3 Nc4 |
This I afraid that is turning into the classic of the tortoise and the Hare fable. | ||||
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19. Bf2 |
At least I can console myself with the fact that I control the dark squares in the heart of the black camp. Little help when my own dark size is about to trampled. | ||||
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19... Qa5 |
Ok call 911 we are about to have serious causalities | ||||
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20. Nb1 |
Barely hanging on with my fingernails | ||||
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20... b4 |
So many players under estimate the lowly pawn. Yet it wins the vast majority games! | ||||
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21. Bf1 |
!! The white king sees the light and puts his salvation on the righteous bishop. | ||||
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21... bxa3 22. Bxc4 |
Now white has a great bishop on a very powerful diagonal outside the pawn chain | ||||
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22... a2 23. Bxa2 |
Like a good Christian the white bishop makes himself a martyr | ||||
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