Monday 18 October 2021

Calvià Round Nine

MY game from yesterday.

Spanton (1731) - Daniel Pousada García (1873)
Sicilian ...e6
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Qe2!?
Stockfish14 and Komodo12.1.1 prefer the less-popular  - at least in ChessBase's 2021 Mega database - 4.e5.
4...Be7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Nd7 8.d4 Qb6 9.Bde3 cxd4 10.cxd4 f6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bh3!?
The engines dislike this, preferring 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Nc3.
12...Kh8!?
The engines reckon Black is at least equal after 12...fxe5, eg 13.Bxe6+ Kh8 14.Nc3 e4.
13.Bxe6
The engines still prefer exf6.
13...fxe5 14.Bxd7??
Positional suicide.
14...Bxd7
Position after 14...Bxd7
15.Nxe5?
Better is 15.dxe5, but the white position remains horrible.
15...Nxe5 16.dxe5 d4 17.Bf4 Bh3 18.Rc1 Rxf4! 19.gxf4 0-1

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