0214 SICILIAN DEFENSE
Wendy's XXXIII, Rd:4, 3-20-02, Charlotte, N.C.
Justin Daniel (2166)  Daniel Tapia (2039)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Bf6 gf6 10 Nd5 Bg7!? (This is the modern line of the main line Sveshnikov Sicilian) 11 Bd3 Be6?! (Dubious.  Normal is 11...Ne7!, when White is forced to trade knights immediately. Black must remove the knight-d5 before White gets a bind on the light squares. After 11...Ne7, play has seen 12 Ne7 Qe7 13 O-O O-O 14 c3 f5 15 Nc2 Rb8 16 ef5 e4 17 Re1 Bf5 18 Nb4 Qb7 19 Bc2 a5 20 Nd5 Rfe8 21 Qd2 Bg6 22 Rad1 b4 23 cb4 ab4 24 Bb3 Rec8 25 h4 Kh8 26 Qg5 Rc5 27 h5 h6 28 Qg4 Bh7 29 Qf4 Rd8 30 Rd2 with advantage to White as in Motylev-Yagupov,  Saint Petersburg 2000. Other recent attempts by Black have failed to equalize completely, continuing the trend of White strengthening his play in every variation of the Open Sicilian, with the Sveshnikov being no exception.) 12 O-O O-O?! (Again 12...Ne7 was the best way to play.) 13 Qh5! f5?? (loses immediately,  though after 13 Qh5! Black was already in serious strategic trouble as he can not remove the knight-d5 due to the concealed threat against h7.  White plans c2-c4 and Nc2-e3 with complete domination.)  14 ef5! Bd5 15 f6! h6 16 Qf5! (The move Daniel Tapia missed. Black can stave off mate only by 16...e4, which incidentally exposes his d5-bishop and then his hanging c6-knight to a rampage by the White Queen.) 16...e4 17 fg7 Re8 18 Qd5 Rc8 (Nor does 18...Nb4 19 Qb3 change the outcome.  18...Re5 19 Qc6 Rc8 20 Qa6 Ra8 21 Qb7 Rb8 22 Qa7 and the White Queen escapes is also futile.) 19 Be4 Re5 20 Qd3 Nb4 21 Qf3 Qh4 22 c3 Qe4 23 Qe4 Re4 24 cb4 Rb4 25 b3   1-0
Notes by Justin Daniel