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19. gxh6 gxh6
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black must recapture as he cannot allow hxg7. |
 
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20. h5
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?? White calmly continues to shuffle pieces on the kingside. This move achieves nothing and is whites biggest mistake of the game...so far. In these types of sicilian positions, with attacks coming on each side of the board, every tempo should be used wisely, one tempo could be the difference between victory and defeat. |
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20... Nxb2 21. Nb1
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21.Kxb2 is suicide after 21...Qxc3 22.Kb1 dxe5! threatening Ba3. |
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21... Nc4
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Keeping the king hemmed in |
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22. exd6
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? This just opens lines towards the white king for the black pieces, white should use the tempo for something more constructive and let black spend time opening lines |
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22... Bxd6
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now black has alot of threats, like 23...Nxe3 |
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23. Ne2
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?? now the game ends very abruptly. White still doesn't realise that in this position he should be defending, the black king is perfectly safe in the centre, at least for now. White could try 23.Bd2 but to be honest blacks threats look to much, Bd2 prevents the queen infiltrating on a5 and the queen winning maneuver 23...Nxe3 24.Qxe3?? Bxf4, but black can still bag atleast the exchange by 23...Nxd2 24.Rxd2 Bxf4. |
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23... Nxe3 24. Qxe3
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?? 24.Nec3 saves the king for now atleast although the result would not be in question. |
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24... Qxc2#
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0-1 this game just shows you how real blacks counterplay is in the sicilian and if you waste moves and leave blacks counter play unchecked you could be in for a very nasty surprise. As always feel free to leave comments or PM me if you have any questions. Thanks for reading. |
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