Open Sicilian gore

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  • #1

    Open Sicilian gore

    Here are some Open Sicilian games of mine that might not quite make the cut as publishable, but if you're into gore then maybe they're up your alley...

    RA Summer Pickup #2, Ottawa, 17 July 2008
    K.Pacey (2246)-S.De Kerpel (2177)

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.a4

    (+/- ECO)

    10...b4 11.Nd5



    11...Qa5

    (11...a5 12.Bb5 Rc8 13.Re1!)

    12.Bd2 Bxd5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Be4 Qe5 15.Bc6+ 1-0


    National Capital Open, Ottawa, 23 November 2008
    K.Pacey (2304)-M.Marinkovic (2063)

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.exd6 exd6 10.Qe2+ Qe7 11.Ne4 Qe6 12.Bd2



    12...d5

    (12...Be7 should equalize - ECO)

    13.Bc3 dxe4? 14.Bxh8 f6 15.Qc4

    (Better is 15.h4 or 15.Rd1 with a large edge - Fritz)

    15...Qxc4 16.Bxc4 Bh6 17.Rd1



    17...Ke7?

    (17...Bxf4 +/=)

    18.Rd4 Nc5 19.b4 Ne6??

    (19...Bf5 +/-)

    20.Rxe4+- Bd7 21.0-0 Kf7 22.Rd1 Bc8 23.Rd8 1-0


    RA Summer Pickup #2, Ottawa, 30 July 2009
    D.Bertrand (2006)- K.Pacey (2351)

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7

    (8...Nc6 should equalize against the move order White uses with his previous move - ECO)

    9.f3 b5 10.Qf2

    (an uncommon choice in my databases)

    10...h5

    (...Qc7 or ...Be7 have been played before. On this or the following move Fritz recommends ...b4 to answer Na4 with ...d5, with a slight edge for Black)

    11.h4 Be7 12.0-0-0 Rc8 13.Kb1



    13...Rxc3!? 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Qe1 d5 16.exd5?!

    (16.Bg5= Fritz)

    16...Nxd5=/+ 17.Rxd5? Bxd5

    (Fritz thinks Black is already winning here[!])

    18.Bd3 0-0 19.Qg3 Bxb3

    (Fritz prefers 19...Qxc3)

    20.axb3 Qxc3



    21.f4??

    (After 21.Bc1 Fritz gives Black a large advantage)

    21...exf4 22.Qxf4 Bf6-+ 23.Kc1 Qa1+ 24.Kd2 Qxh1 25.Qe4 Rd8 26.Ke2 Qxh4 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Bf5 Bd4

    (28...Bg5! is more accurate - Fritz)

    29.Bd2

    (Only relatively better is 29.Bxd4)

    29...Re8+ 0-1


    RA Summer Pickup #1, Ottawa, 3 June 2010
    K.Pacey (2388)-H.Qassim (2150)

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.e5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.fxg5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Bd3 hxg5 14.Bf2 Qxb2



    15.exd6

    (15.0-0, leading to an unclear game, is only what ECO gives here)

    15...f5 16.Nxg5 Qc3+

    (16...Bxd6 17.h4 or 17.Nf3!? are messy, but Black is fine)

    17.Kf1 Bxd6 18.Qe1

    (18.Nf3 is slightly better for Black)

    18...Qf6 19.Nf3 Bb4

    (19...Nf4 or 19...Rg8 are messy, but again Black is fine)

    20.Bd4 Qg6 21.Qf2 Rg8 22.Ne5 Qg5 23.h4 Qf4?!

    (23...Qh6 is unclear)

    24.Qxf4+/=

    (taking on c6 at once is also slightly better for White)

    24...Nxf4 25.Nxc6 Bd6 26.Rb1 Bd7 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Bxe5



    28...Nxg2+?

    (28...Nxd3+ is still only slightly worse for Black according to Fritz)

    29.Kf2+- Bc6

    (29...f4 can be met by 30.Be4, 30.Rhg1 or even 30.Rb2)

    30.h5 Rg4 31.h6 Nh4 32.h7 Kf7 33.h8Q Rxh8 34.Bxh8 Bxh1 35.Rxh1 Ng6 36.Bc3 Ra4 37.Rh7+ Kf8 38.a3 Rf4+ 39.Ke3 1-0
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Sunday, 27th June, 2010, 07:26 PM.
    Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
    Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
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  • #2
    Re: Open Sicilian gore

    Lovely combinations! Thanks for hsaring. I enjoyed going through the games.

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    • #3
      Re: Open Sicilian gore

      Here's one I liked. It cost John his final GM norm but he got that in a future event. It will cut and paste.

      [Event "J Jordan Memorial"]
      [Site "ICCF"]
      [Date "2004.03.04"]
      [Round "?"]
      [White "Ruben, Gary"]
      [Black "Pugh, John"]
      [Result "1-0"]
      [ECO "B80"]
      [WhiteElo "2449"]
      [BlackElo "2493"]
      [Annotator "Ruben,Gary"]
      [PlyCount "77"]
      [EventType "corr"]

      1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
      Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Nb3 N8d7 12. Na5 Qc7 {
      To here is Anand - Ponomariov 2002.} 13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. Bd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Ne5 16.
      f4 Nbc4 17. Qe2 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 b4 19. Nb1 {
      The idea was to try to dislodge the Knight at c5.} e5 20. b3 Be7 21. bxc4 exd4
      {Now I wondered if I had enough pieces to conduct an attack on the King side.
      Often such attacks involve the sacrifice of a minor piece bishop or a knight
      and I only have one knight remaining.} 22. h4 O-O {
      The attack target squares are now set.} 23. Nd2 Bd8 24. g5 Bb6 25. h5 f6 {
      An attempt to get some counter play.} 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. h6 g6 28. f5 Kh8 29.
      Rdg1 {Getting ready to open up the king.} Rg8 30. Rh3 Qf7 31. Rhg3 Rf8 32. Nf3
      {Time to bring the Knight into the attack.} Rc8 33. Ng5 {Nh4 is an interesting
      try. I played with that move for awhile and wondered if it might be difficult
      to win the full point.} Qxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 36. fxg6+ Rxg6 37.
      Rxg6 d3 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. R1g2 {With the King completely out of play and down a
      rook for a bishop black can not hold the position so he resigns.} 1-0
      Gary Ruben
      CC - IA and SIM

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      • #4
        Re: Open Sicilian gore

        Fantastic games, your game against D. Bertrand was the most interesting to me, I always thought that the exchange sac was dubious in all lines in the Sicilian besides the dragon, but it looks pretty strong in the Najdorf as well.
        University and Chess, a difficult mix.

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        • #5
          Re: Open Sicilian gore

          Originally posted by Kevin Pacey View Post

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 ...
          theory question...what does "the book" say about this as opposed to ...Be7, ...Qc7, ...Nbd7 etc. is 7. ...Nc6 a favourable transposition? or is it just a different way to give +/= ;)
          Last edited by Craig Sadler; Monday, 28th June, 2010, 03:00 PM. Reason: spelling correction

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          • #6
            Re: Open Sicilian gore

            Originally posted by Craig Sadler View Post
            theory question...what does "the book" say about this as opposed to ...Be7, ...Qc7, ...Nbd7 etc. is 7. ...Nc6 a favourable transposition? or is it just a different way to give +/= ;)
            7...Nc6 is a completely different sub-variation of the 6.Bg5 Najdorf (as opposed to 7...Be7). I understand it was popular, then it had a bit of a theoretical crisis. Some books give it as playable though. I didn't play what might be considered the most testing line against Mr. Qassim.
            Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Monday, 28th June, 2010, 03:49 PM.
            Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
            Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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            • #7
              Re: Open Sicilian gore

              Originally posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
              7...Nc6 is a completely different sub-variation of the 6.Bg5 Najdorf (as opposed to 7...Be7). I understand it was popular, then it had a bit of a theoretical crisis. Some books give it as playable though. I didn't play what might be considered the most testing line against Mr. Qassim.
              i didn't have any reference books with me when you posted this yesterday but i assume you are referring to 8.e5 as the "most testing line". it looks like it uglies things up nicely and most of the lines (in my old ECO) show it as unclear...perfect for trying to knock down a master rated 200 points higher than you (like Mr. Qassim)

              thanks for the games!

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