Leonardo Vincente (2120) - Spanton (1937)
Sicilian Hyper-Accelerated Dragon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5!? dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd7 9.Nxd7 Qxd7
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| How would you assess this position? |
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White has won the bishop-pair, at a slight cost in time, and also has the probable endgame asset of a queenside pawn-majority, while Black has the only pawn on the central two files. Stockfish17 and Dragon1 reckon White is slightly better.
10.Be3 Bg7 11.Be2!? 0-0 12.Rd1
This is more-often played at move 11.
12...Qc8
12...Qc8
Possibly better is 12...Qc7!?, the idea being 13.Nb5 can be met by 13...Qe5, when 14.Bf4?! Qxb2 is probably just good for Black. But note that 13...Qa5+? loses a pawn to 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Nxa7.
13.0-0 a6 14.Qb3!? b5 15.a4 b4?!
The engines prefer 15...Na5.
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rd8??
It seems White had to play 17...e6, allowing 18.Rc5 to be met by 18...Qe8, although the engines reckon 19.Rd1 gives White at least the upper hand.
18.Bf3
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| The black knight cannot be sensibly saved |
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18...Rb8 19.Rc5 Rd6 20.Qc4 Bxb2 21.Rxc6 Rxc6 22.Qxc6 Qxc6 23.Bxc6 Rc8 24.Be4 f5 25.Bd3 e5 26.Rb1 e4 27.Rxb2 exd3 28.cxd3 a5 29.Kf1 Rc3 30.Bb6 1-0
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