[Event "Sicilian Najdorf: English Attack Illustrative Game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/fifiJvog/KxfHw8fF"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/realhercules"] [StudyName "Sicilian Najdorf"] [ChapterName "English Attack Illustrative Game"] [UTCDate "2020.05.02"] [UTCTime "04:56:29"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/fifiJvog/KxfHw8fF"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 { Black responds to the attack on his king's knight with one of his own on the c3-knight. This is not an uncommon idea in the Sicilian. 10...Nh5 is a sensible alternative. } 11. Ne2 (11. Nd5 { Is also another common move. After } 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 { [%csl Gf8][%cal Gf8e7,Ge8g8] }) 11... Nh5 12. Qd2 Be7 { Preparing to castle, but Black should also consider delaying this in favour of 12...a5, counter-attacking on the queenside. } 13. Ng3 { Challenging the black knight on h5. White can grab a hot pawn with } (13. Qxb4 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qxd6 Rd8 { but after 15...Rd8 Black already has a dangerous threat of 16...Qh4+ }) 13... Nf4 (13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 { gives White an excellent half-open h-file down which to attack. } { [%cal Gh1h7] }) 14. h4 { Protecting the g5-pawn. } 14... h6!? { Black fights back on the kingside. Note that this is an advantage of delaying castling. This wouldn't have been possible if Black had already committed his king to this side of the board. } 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nh5 Bxb3 17. axb3 g6 18. Nxf4 hxg5 19. Nd5 Rxh4? { A mistake. Black should have played either 19...gxh4 or 19...g4!? } 20. Rxh4 gxh4 21. O-O-O { Now White is well co-ordinated and his attack is worth more than the pawn deficit. } 21... Nf6 22. Bc4 Nxd5 (22... a5 { is answered by } 23. Qh6 { planning to meet 23...Nxd5 with the decisive 24 Bb5+ }) 23. Qxd5 Bg5+ 24. Kb1 Ra7 25. e5! Kf8 26. e6! { This is even stronger than 26.exd6. } 26... Bf6 { After } (26... fxe6 27. Qxe6 Rg7 28. Rxd6 { Black cannot hope to survive the onslaught. }) 27. exf7 Qe7 28. f4! { Preventing ...Qe5, which would otherwise force an exchange of queens. } 28... Qxf7 29. Qxd6+ Qe7 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Rg1 { Now White targets the g6-pawn and there is no defence. } 31... Kh6 32. Bd3! Rd7 33. Qg8 { Black resigns. The g6-pawn falls and Black is soon mated. } *