Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Tsimermanis,K - Gurtovoi,N [B72]
Latvian CC Tournament LK-22/II-"B", 2002
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.h3 Bd7 10.f3?! [10.f4!? idea 11.Bf3+=]

10...h4!? 11.0-0-0?! [Better was 11.0-0]

11...Rh5 12.Nb3 Rc8 13.f4 Nb4! 14.Bxh5 Rxc3!! [Black makes a double sacrifice of quality!]

15.Qd4 [Or 15.bxc3 Nxe4 16.Qe1 Nxa2+ -+]

15...Rxc2+ 16.Kb1 Nxh5!-+ 17.e5 [Or 17.Qxb4 Rxb2+ 18.Kc1 Qc7+ -+]

17...a5 18.Qa7 Rxg2 19.a3 Bf5+ 20.Ka1 Nc2+ 21.Ka2 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Be6 23.Kb1 Rg3 24.Qf2 Rxb3 25.Rd2 Ng3 0-1