SicilianB33

Kimani Stancil (2180)
FM Fabiano Caruana (2256)

2004 World Open (8)
Philadelphia, PA, 2004


B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations For this contest against the young FM Fabiano Caruana, I was very alert tactically, and solved my problems by positional means. And this leads to the tactical solution realized after Black's move 36....g5.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. f3 Bh4+ 14. g3 f4










15. Bf2 Bg5 16. Qe2 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bf5 18. Bg2 Nd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. Ne4 Be7 21. b4 Nf6 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rfd1 e4 25. c5 exf3 26. Bxf3 Rcf8 27. c6 Qc7 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Rc3 bxc6 30. dxc6 d5 31. Bxd5+ Kh8 32. Rf3 Bh5










33. Rxf6!! Bxe2 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Rxe2 Qc8 36. Kh2 g5?










37. Re7! Qg4 38. c7 Bg7 1-0

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