Unboring the
c3-Sicilian!
Brynell,S - Miezis,N
[B22]
Malmö Open (6), 17.12.2000
[TJ]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6
3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5
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This seems to be a very simple and quite good way of 'unboring' the c3
Sicilian, for white the arising position compares unfavourably to the
French Exchange variation in my opinion - especially if black is ready to play
hardball and temporarily give a pawn for the initiative.
5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 Nf6
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when consulting Gallagher's book "c3 sicilian" you may get the impression
white is better here. But if you study the way Miezis handle the position after
both 9.Bg5 and his beautiful novelty in the main game, you will get the opposite
impression!
9.Nd4
[The main alternative is 9.Bg5 when black has tried the following responses:
A) 9...0-0 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxd5 Qe7 12.b4 Bd6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qh5 a5 15.bxa5 Qd8 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.a6 Rxa6 18.Nf3 Qd7 19.a3? (19.h3 Rfa8 and black is clearly better.) 19...Bg4 20.Qh4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 c5 22.Re1 Bb8 0-1 Cherner,L-Burrell,E/corr IECC TH-Trio 0/[TJ] (22) (22...Bb8 23.Kh1 Rh6 24.Qg4 Qc7 25.f4 Qb7+ 26.Qg2 Qb2-+) ;
B) 9...Qb6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qe2+ Kf8 12.b4 Bd6 13.a4 Rg8 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.Qh6+ Ke7 16.Nbd2 Ne5 17.Rfe1 Rg6 18.Qh4 Kf8 19.Be2 Bd7 20.Nd4 Kg8 21.f4 Bxb4 22.a5 Qc5 23.fxe5 Qxc3 24.N2f3 fxe5 25.Nc2 Rg4 26.Qf6 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Qf2 28.Rg1 Bc3 29.Raf1 Qxe2 30.Ng5 Rf8 31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.Qxf7+ Kh8 33.Qf6+ Rg7 34.Qd8+ Rg8 35.Rf8 1-0 Glavina,P-Contin,D/Buenos Aires ch-ARG 1989 (35);
C) 9...Be7 10.Na3 0-0 11.Nc2 a6 12.Ba4 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.h3 Nc5 15.Ncd4 Nf5 16.Bc2 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 b6 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Qe5 Nd7 20.Qh5 Nf6 21.Qh4 b5 22.a3 Ne4 23.Qh5 Nf6 24.Qg5 h6 25.Qg3 Qb6 26.Nd4 Rad8 27.Bf5 Rfe8 28.Kh2 Qd6 29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Bd3 Rdd8 31.f3 Bd7 32.Rd2 Rc8 33.Rfd1 g6 34.Nc2 Re5 35.Bf1 Bc6 36.a4 bxa4 37.Bxa6 g5 38.Nb4 Ba8 39.Bb5 Rc7 40.Bxa4 Rce7 41.Bb3 Re2 42.Kg3 Rxd2 43.Rxd2 Rd7 44.Ba2 Kf8 45.Kf2 Ke7 46.Ke2 h5 47.Rd4 Rd6 48.g3 Ke6 49.c4 dxc4 50.Bxc4+ Ke7 51.Rxd6 Kxd6 52.Bxf7 Kc5 53.Nc2 Bc6 54.b4+ Kb6 55.Nd4 Ba4 56.h4 gxh4 57.gxh4 Bc6 58.Nxc6 Kxc6 59.Bc4 Nd7 60.Ke3 Ne5 61.Bf1 Kd6 62.Kf4 Ng6+ 63.Kg5 Ne5 64.Be2 Kd5 65.f4 Nc6 66.Bf3+ Kd6 67.Bxc6 Kxc6 1-0 Stenel,V-Comte,C/NI Jeune BOIS COLOMBES-HYERES 1997 (67);
D) 9...Be6
D1) 10.Nd4
D1a) 10...0-0 11.Nxc6 (11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.N2b3 Be7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nc5 Qd6 16.b4 Be5 17.g3 Bh3 18.Re1 g6 19.Qd3 h5 20.Re3 Qf6 21.Rae1 Bd6 22.Nf3 Rc7 23.Qd4 Qf5 24.Nh4 Qg5 25.Ne4 dxe4 26.Qxd6 Qd8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.Qxd7 Bxd7 29.Rxe4 Qc8 30.Re7 Bg4 31.f3 Be6 32.Rxa7 Qb8 33.Ra5 Qb6+ 34.Rc5 Ra8 35.Rd6 Bd5 36.Kf1 Rxa2 0-1 Markovic,M-Arsovic,Z (36) ) 11...bxc6 12.Bxc6 Rc8
13.Ba4 and according to Gallagher, black hasn't enough for the pawn.
This
game is his only example of the Nf6 set-up, although he does mention that black
improvements in this line wouldn't surprise him... 13...h6 14.Bh4 d4 15.Bb3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Bb6 17.h3 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.c4 Qc7 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Nd2 Qf4 22.g3 Qf5
23.Qxf5 exf5 24.b4 f4 25.Rfe1 fxg3 26.fxg3 d3+ 27.c5 Bc7 28.Re3 Rd8 29.Kg2 Rg6
30.Nf1 Rd4 31.a3 Bf4 32.Rf3 Bg5 33.Rd1 d2 34.h4 Bxh4 35.Rxd2 Rc4 36.Ne3 Rc1
37.Rc2 Rxc2+ 38.Nxc2 Be7 39.Nd4 1-0 Smagin,S-Hernandez,R/Palma de Mallorca 1989
(39);
D1b) 10...Rc8 11.Re1 0-0!
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D1b1) 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Rxe6 (13.Qe2 Qb6 -/+ 14.Qxe6+ Kh8 15.Qe2 Rce8-+) 13...Bxf2+;
D1b2) 12.Nb3 12...Bxf2+ 13.Kxf2 Qb6+ 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Ng4+ 16.Kg1 Qxb5 17.b3 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.h3 Nf6 22.Be5 Ne4 23.Re3 f5 24.Na3 f4 25.Rd3 Nc5 26.Rf3 Ra8 27.Nb5 Nxb3 28.Rd1 Rxa2 29.Nc7 Bf7 30.Rfd3 Bh5 31.Re1 f3 32.gxf3 Bxf3 33.Rde3 Be4 34.R3e2 Nd2 35.Ne6 Nf3+ 36.Kf2 Nxe5+ 37.Nxf8 Nd3+ 0-1 Karimov,H-Miezis,N/International Open, Dubai UAE 1999 (37);
D2) 10.Nbd2 h6
(10...a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nbd4 c5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Re1 Qd6 16.Qa4+ Ke7 17.Ne5 Bc7 18.Rad1 Rhe8 19.Qh4 h6 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.Qg3 g5 22.Ng6+ Kd8 23.Bxc7+ Qxc7 24.Qf3 Qg7 25.Ne5 Rc8 26.Qd3 Ra8 27.b4 cxb4 28.cxb4 Ke7 29.Rc1 Kf8 30.Rc6 Kg8 31.f3 a5 32.b5 Rad8 33.b6 Ne4 34.Qd4 Nd6 35.Rc7 Qf6 36.Qd3 Qf5 37.Rb1 Qxd3 38.Nxd3 Nc4 39.b7 Rb8 40.Nc5 Nd2 41.Rd1 Nc4 42.Nd7 1-0 Maric,R-Puc,S/Zagreb 1953 (42) ;
10...0-0 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nbd4 Rc8 13.Qa4 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Ng4 16.Bxe7 Qxh2+ 17.Kf1 Qh1+ 18.Ke2 Qxg2 19.Nxe6 Qxf2+ 20.Kd1 Qxb2 21.Qxg4 Qxa1+ 22.Ke2 Qb2+ 23.Kd1 Qb1+ 24.Kd2 Qxa2+ 25.Kd3 fxe6 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.Qf7 Qb1+ 29.Kd4 Qd1+ 30.Bd3 Qa4+ 31.c4 Rxf7 0-1 Kontopoulos,D-Kofidis,A/Aegina 1993 (31) )
11.Bh4 Bb6 12.Nb3 g5 13.Bg3 Ne4 14.Be5 0-0 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nfd4 Bd7 17.f3 f6 18.Bf4 Nxc3 19.Qc2 Ne2+ 20.Qxe2 gxf4 21.Qc2 f5 22.Nc5 Qe7 23.Rac1 Rab8 24.b3 Rf6 25.Rfe1 Qd6 26.Kh1 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.b4 Qe5 29.Qc3 Qe3 30.Qa1 Bxc5 31.bxc5 Bd7 32.Re1 Qd3 33.h3 Rf7 34.Qb2 Kh7 35.Qf2 Qc3 36.Ne2 Qe3 37.Qxe3 fxe3 38.g3 f4 39.Nxf4 d4 40.Kg2 Bc8 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Nb4 d3 43.Nxd3 Bxd3 44.Rxe3 Bc4 45.a3 Bd5 46.g4 Rf4 47.Kg3 Rc4 48.f4 Rxc5 49.Re7+ Kg6 50.Rxa7 Rc3+ 51.Kh2 Rf3 52.Ra4 Kf6 53.h4 Kg6 54.f5+ Kf6 55.Ra8 Ke5 56.Ra7 Rf1 0-1 Strikovic Aleksa-Velimirovic Dragoljub/Ch Yugoslavia, Banja-Vrucica 1991 (56);
9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Bg5 a6 12.Be2 Re8 13.Qd2 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nfd4 Ne5 16.Rfe1 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nf3 Ba4 19.Rb1 g5 20.Nbd4 Ng6 21.Bd1 Bd7 22.Bb3 g4 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Ne1 Nf4 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Bb5 27.Qg3 h5 28.h3 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Qf5 30.Rc1 Bc6 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.f3 Re2
A) 33.Qxg4+ Qxg4 34.fxg4 Rd2 (34...Rxb2 35.Rc2) 35.Rd1 Rxb2;
B) 33.Rf1 Rxb2 34.fxg4 Qe4 35.Rf5 Qxd4+ 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Qc7 Be8 38.Bxd5 Rb6 39.Bxf7 Bd7 40.Bd5 Rh6+ 41.Kg3 Qe3+ 42.Rf3 Qe1+ 43.Rf2 Qe3+ 44.Rf3 (44.Bf3 Qe7 45.Re2 Qh4+ 46.Kf4 Rf6+ 47.Ke3 Re6+ 48.Kd2 is very slightly in white's favour...) 44...Qe1+ 45.Rf2 Qe3+ ½-½ Joachim,S-Miezis,N/Schwabisch Gmund 1996 (45);
9.Re1+ Be6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Rxe3 Qb6 12.Nd4 0-0 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Qc2 c5 16.Nf3 Rab8 17.Nbd2 Qb6 18.b3 a5 19.h3 h6 20.Rd1 Rfc8 21.Nh4 d4 22.Rg3 Nh5 23.Rf3 dxc3 24.Rxc3 Nf4 25.Ne4 Qb4 26.Rf3 Nd5 27.Nf5 c4 28.Ned6 cxb3 29.Qxb3 Rd8 30.Qxb4 axb4 31.Rc1 Nc3 32.Rc2 Rd7 33.a3 b3 34.Rb2 Na4 35.Rb1 g6 36.Nxh6+ Kg7 37.Nhxf7 Rxf7 (37...b2! 38.Rd3 Bxf7 39.Nf5+ gxf5 40.Rxd7 Nc3) 38.Nxf7 Bxf7 39.Re3 (39.Rf4 Nc3 40.Rb2 Be6!) 39...b2 0-1 Trabert,B-Pinero Fernandez,X/Paretana ESP 1999 (39)]
9...0-0!N
A pawn sac which contains so much venom that it shouldn't be accepted, though it's not that easy to see why not in advance!
[After 9...Bd7? 10.Re1+ Kf8 black is already in an uphill battle. 11.Be3 Bd6 12.h3 h5 13.Bf1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Be6 15.Nd2 Kg8 16.Qe2 Rc8 17.Qe3 a6 18.Bd3 h4 19.Nf3 Nh5 20.Ne5 Rh6 21.Qf3 Nf6 22.Bf5 Bxf5 23.Qxf5 Qc7 24.Ng4 Nxg4 25.Qxg4 Bf8 26.Re5 Rd8 27.Rae1 Qc6 28.Rh5 Rxh5 29.Qxh5 Re8 30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Qxd5 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Qxb7 Bd6+ 34.g3 hxg3+ 35.fxg3 Qc2+ 36.Qg2 Qd3 37.Qf2 a5 38.h4 Qe4 39.Qe3 Qxh4+ 40.Kg2 Qd8 41.c4 Qa8+ 42.Qf3 Qe8 43.c5 Bc7 44.c6 Qe6 45.a3 a4 46.Kf2 Be5 47.Bxe5 Qxe5 48.Qc3 Qc7 49.Qc5 g6 50.Kf3 Qd8 51.c7 Qd1+ 52.Ke4 Qe2+ 53.Kd5 Qe6+ 54.Kd4 Qg4+ 55.Kc3 Qf3+ 56.Kb4 Qe4+ 57.Ka5 Qa8+ 58.Kb6 Qc8 59.Qc6 Kh7 60.Qb7 Qd7 61.c8Q 1-0 Janahi Z-Gentilleau J P/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (61)]
10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6 Ng4!!
you could say
that white has stepped on a snake, which, unfortunately for him, turned out
to be much more lethal than our domestic ones...
White is already losing! Giving Queen for Rook and piece seems like the only defence. The rest of the game could be described as an easy win for black, still white's only mistake was to trust theory...
12.Bxa8 Qh4 13.Bf4 Bxf2+ 14.Kh1 Nxh2 15.Bg5 Qxg5 16.Rxf2 Ng4 17.Qxg4 Bxg4-+ and after about 20 more moves, black converted his material advantage into a full point.
