Saturday, 16 March 2013

Portsmouth Chess Congress 2013: Game 4

Here is my fourth game in the Portsmouth Chess Congress 2013 - a Sicilian Grand Prix Attack. I was banking on my opponent not knowing enough about this type of attack to deal with it - but I was naive. My attack never got going, he played 2...e6 and my heart sank :( I am always disappointed when players play 2...e6 because it usually means that they have played against the GP attack before and that they know that this is by far the strongest reply. For instance 2...d6 is often considered inferior and tempo losing.

Finally on move 26, I blundered dues to fatigue and it was all over ... :)

As usual, any comments welcome ...

Game 4 - Sicilian Grand Prix Attack

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Be7 6. d3 Qc7 7. Bd2 a6 8. Be2 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bd7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Rae8 14. Bf1 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bg2 Bd4 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bf3 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Re8 22. Qd2 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qd1 Qf5 25. Rb1 Bf2 26. h3?? fatigue! ( 26. Kg2 ) 0-1


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