Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): Steve and I have played more than 50 games head-to-head over the years. This is our 53rd meeting. In a game *full* of inaccuracies, we wind up in a rarely-seen endgame. I always open e4 unless I'm in a game with pre-set moves. And Steve and I have had many battles with the Sicilian, one of which was my favorite game of all time:…
Annotated by himu (1200): its a thematic move in sicilian since the black queen finds a good place in c7 and helps in the queen side attack which is the motive behind blacks second move. without this pawn push the queen is sent back with a tempo for white I think 7. Bc4 is better it keeps the dispute on the d5 square hot enough making a way for the light colored bishop so that the rooks are connected queen…
