Sicilian Dragon, White castles Kingside

Here is this evening's club game - a Dragon (B73 Classical System without Nb3). I have attempted to revisit the quirky (and early) h5 for Black. According to Charlie Storey's book on the Sniper, Black can have some successful games against White by deferring their castling until such time as it is needed ... Problem is that I have been studying games where White castles Queenside. I must confess that I was not prepared for White's Kingside castling, however I played a similar game a year or two ago so there are no excuses for my poor performance!! I have used Fritz 13 to analyse this game (an abysmal loss)... Interestingly after my a6 move Fritz appears to favour White already! (Back to the drawing board I think ...)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. h3 last book move 10...  a6 White has a very active position 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 ( 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O ) 14. b3 b5 15. c3 Rb8 ( 15... O-O 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Rfe1 ) 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Rc2 ( 17. f4 f5 ) 17...  Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qd8 ( 18... Rb7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 ) 19. Bd3 ( 19. c4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf5 ) 19...  Be8 ( 19... Bf6 20. Re1 ) 20. Be4 ( 20. f4 Nb7 21. b4 Bd7 ) 20...  Bd7 21. f4 e5 ( 21... f5 22. Bf3 Bf6 ) 22. dxe6 Decoy: e6 22...  fxe6 ( 22... Bxe6 23. f5 Decoy Double attack ) ( 22... fxe6 23. Bxg6 Deflection ) 23. Bxg6 h4 ( 23... Nc6 does not solve anything 24. Bxh5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 ) 24. Nf3 ( 24. f5 makes it even easier for White 24... Qe7 25. Bg5 ) 24...  Bc6 ( 24... Qe7 there is nothing better in the position ) 25. Ng5 Qf6 ( 25... Be8 cannot change what is in store for White 26. Bf5 Decoy: f5 26... Bf7 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. c4 bxc4 31. b4 ) 26. Bf7+ Kh8 ( 26... Qxf7 cannot undo what has already been done 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Qxd6 ) 27. Bxe6 Rf8 ( 27... Rc7 is not the saving move 28. Qd3 Qh6 29. Qxd6 ) 28. Qd3 ( 28. f5 and White wins 28... Qe5 29. Bd4 Qg3 ) 28...  Qh6 29. f5 ( 29. Qxd6 and White can already relax 29... Rbe8 30. Bb6 Be4 ) 29...  Qf6 ( 29... Qh5 otherwise it is curtains at once 30. Qxd6 Rbd8 31. Nf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxf7 Nb7 ) 30. Qd2 Nb7 31. Bd4 Qe7 32. Qf4 Rf6 ( 32... Rf7 does not change the outcome of the game 33. Qxh4+ Kg8 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Qh6+ Ke5 37. Re1+ Be4 38. Rxe4# ) 33. Qxh4+ Rh6 ( 33... Bh6 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qxh7# ) 34. Qxh6# 1-0

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