Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Kolesnikov,I (2036) - Dashkevich,V (2287) [B75]
Youthful Championship World and Europe , 2001
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 h5 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0?! [10.h4!?]

10...Rc8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h3 h4! 15.f4 Rh5 16.Rhf1 Qc8! 17.Qd3 Rhc5 18.Nde2 Ra5 19.Bd4 b5 20.e5 Bf5 21.Qe3 [More determined was 21.exf6!?]

21...dxe5 22.fxe5 Nh5 [Stronger was 22... Nd5! -+]

23.b3 [Another possibility was 23.Rxf5]

23...Rc6 24.b4 Ra3 25.Bc5 Ng3 26.Nxg3 hxg3 27.Kb2 Rxc5! 28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.bxc5 b4 30.Nd5 Bxe5+ 31.Kb1 b3! 32.Nb4 a5 33.Rfe1 axb4 34.Rxe5 bxc2+ 35.Kc1 cxd1Q+ 0-1