[Event "Round 9 | IM E: Roberto Martin Del Camp"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2022.11.22"]
[White "Roberto Martin Del Campo"]
[Black "Grayson Rorrer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/loepare"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/C2ZJaUwu/MiKAYoCi"]
[Orientation "white"]
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-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,18,-49,-9,1,10,-64,-51,-426,-468,-481,-482,-514,-550,-610,
-610,-917,-977] }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { The
Sicilian Najdorf is arguably the most popular opening in chess. } 6. Bg5 Nbd7 { The second most popular move in practice. } (6... e6 7. f4 Qb6 { Poison Pawn
theory requires a ridiculous amount of memorization. } 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 { 1-0 (74) Caruana,F (2842)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2767) Ekaterinburg 2021. }) 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3 (8. Qf3 { Easily the most popular move. }) 8... b5? (8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 { An interesting pawn sacrifice following: 0-1 (30) Grigoriadis,A (2330)
-Khismatullin,D (2667) Chalkis 2010 }) 9. Qf3 (9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Rhe1 { White has a sizeable edge and clear attack on the kingside. }) 9... Bb7 10. O-O-O Qb6 { Black plays a strong waiting move, not committing to a structure
with e6 or g6. } 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. Rhe1 Bg7 15. Nb3 (15. Nc6 { White needs to place pressure on Black before he gets his king out of
the center. }) 15... a5 16. Nd2 O-O { Black has managed to become safe, it is
now time to attack. } 17. Rxe7 a4 18. Qe3? { White begins to go wrong. } 18... Bd4 19. Rxb7?? { A blunder which will cost White the game. } 19... Bxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Qxe3 21. Ne4 Qxf4 22. c3 f5 23. g3 Qf3 { White is busted and resigned. } 0-1