Hastings 2005-6
Sicilian Bb5(+)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 h6!?
An unusual move, but one that has been played by grandmasters. Much more popular are 6...e5 and 6...a6.
7.Be3
I strongly considered 7.e5!?, but felt Black is fine after 7...dxe5 8.Nxe5 a6, although Stockfish13 and Komodo12.1.1 like White.
7...e5 8.Qd3 Be7 9.Bc4!? 0-0 10.Nh4?!
Misremembering analysis by GM Murray Chandler. Almost certainly better is 10.0-0.
10...d5! 11.exd5 e4 12.Nxe4??
Tomáš Oral (2510) - Jiří Štoček (2470), Ostrava Cup (Czechia) 1998, saw 12.Qd4 Bc5 13.Qd2 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Ng4, when Black has good compensation for a pawn (½–½, 49 moves).
12...Nxe4 13.Ng6 Nd6?
Simple and strong is 13...fxg6, although the text is also good enough for a large black advantage.
14.Nxf8
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| Black to play and lose |
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14...Ne5?? 15.Qh7+ 1-0
So I have chess scalps in five categories: a draw with an FM, a win against an FM, a draw with an IM, a win against an IM and a draw against a GM. But I still await a scalp in the sixth category - a win against a GM.
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