[Event "ESNA Round 3: CM Darmanin, Jake 2106 - GM De La Riva Aguado, Oscar 2466 1-0"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/xEMV06Q4/jou67qxX"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Stoltz Attack"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Esna2021"] [UTCDate "2021.11.29"] [UTCTime "15:05:19"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/xEMV06Q4/jou67qxX"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 { 6...c4 or 6...d5 would equalize but g6 will provide a better sequel for white } 6... g6?! (6... c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 $10) 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Qe2 (9. a4 d5 10. h3 $14 { White cannot wait for black Bg4 move. Because of the e5 pawn pressure it's a really comfortable postion for white. }) 9... d5 (9... d6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nc3 Be6 { With this plan black could neutralise the strong b3 bishop. }) 10. h3 $16 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 (12... a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 Na5 15. Bf4 $16) 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Bc2 (15. g4 Be6 16. Ne1 h5 17. f3 { In this postion white wants to put his knight to c5 square (Nd3-Nc5). White is much better because of the e5 pawn and black's bishops are bad. }) 15... Nac4 (15... Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Na8 $14 { next moves: Nc7 and Nb5 }) 16. Bb3 (16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Bc1 f6 18. a4 $16) 16... a6 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. a4 (18. Ba4 Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Ne3 20. Qxe3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qxa4 22. g4 Be6 23. Rc7 $16) 18... Rfc8 19. Ba2 Na5 (19... h6 20. Ra1 g5 21. Bc1 $10) 20. Qe1 (20. Ra1 h6 21. Bc1 g5 22. h4 $14) 20... h6 (20... Nac4 21. Qe2 h6 $10) 21. b4 (21. b3 g5 22. Be3 e6 23. Ne2 $16) 21... Nac4 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Re6?? (23... R6c7 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Bxc7 Rxc7 { Minimal material advantage for white, black has compensation with bishop pair. }) 24. g4 Be4 (24... Bxg4 25. hxg4 g5 26. Bg3 h5 27. gxh5 Rh6 28. Qf1 Rxh5 29. Nh2 $16 { This sequel could have made it a little bit more complicated, but white could easily disarm the attack. }) 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 g5 27. d5 Rg6 28. Bg3 Qxb5 29. d6 (29. e6 Rf6 30. Bb1 $16) 29... exd6 30. exd6 Re6 31. Qxb7 Nxd6 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33. Bxd6 { 1-0 game analysis by IM Imre Fancsy } *