[Event "North County Chess Club"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.04.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Sean Katcher - Unr"] [Black "Jim Hillard - 1300"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B46"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6?! { (0.00 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (4... Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. Be3) 5. Nc3 e6 { B46 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation } 6. Be2 g6? { (0.36 → 1.68) Mistake. Qc7 was best. } (6... Qc7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd3 d5 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Bf4) 7. O-O?! { (1.68 → 0.90) Inaccuracy. Nxc6 was best. } (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd4 f6 9. O-O d5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. exd5 cxd5) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 Nge7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Qe3 b5 14. f4 Bb7?! { (0.68 → 1.35) Inaccuracy. Qc7 was best. } (14... Qc7 15. e5 Bb7 16. Ne4 Ne7 17. Nf6 Rad8 18. c3 h6 19. Qf2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Ne7 21. Nd6) 15. Rd2?! { (1.35 → 0.65) Inaccuracy. Rd6 was best. } (15. Rd6 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. a3 Nb8 18. h4 Rc8 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. h5 Qc5 21. h6 f6) 15... Rc8 16. Bf3 Rc7 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. b3 Qc8 19. Ne2 Rd8?! { (0.84 → 1.83) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (19... Nc6 20. Rd6 f6 21. Qd3 Nb8 22. c3 Rc6 23. Qd2 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 f5 25. exf5) 20. c4 bxc4? { (1.75 → 3.84) Mistake. Kg8 was best. } (20... Kg8 21. Qb6 Nc6 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Ne7 24. Qg5 d5 25. f5 exf5 26. exd5 Rd6 27. Qe3) 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Qxa5 cxb3 23. axb3 d5 24. exd5 Rc5 25. Qa2?! { (4.79 → 3.66) Inaccuracy. dxe6 was best. } (25. dxe6 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bxf3 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. gxf3 Rc2 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. Kf2 Qc5+ 31. Qxc5+ Rxc5) 25... exd5 26. b4 Rb5 27. Qb3 Qb8 28. Nc3 Qa7+ 29. Kf1 Rb6 30. Nxd5 Rbd6?! { (4.29 → 6.20) Inaccuracy. Bxd5 was best. } (30... Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Re8 32. Rd4 a5 33. b5 a4 34. Rxa4 Qd7 35. Bc4 Rd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Bd5) 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Kxe7 34. Bxb7 Qxb7 35. Qd5 Qb5+ 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Rxb5 f6 39. Rc5 h5? { (8.02 → Mate in 13) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd6 was best. } (39... Kd6 40. Rc2) 40. h4 f5? { (8.28 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd6 was best. } (40... Kd6 41. Rc2 Ke6 42. b5 Kf5 43. b6 Kg4 44. b7 Kxh4 45. b8=Q Kg3 46. Qb3+ Kh2) 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. b5 Ke6 45. b6 { White wins. } 1-0