Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Gurtovoi,N - Dupak,N [D02]
Latvia v Ukraine Friendly International, 1997
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.c3 Bxc5 7.e3 Bg4 8.Qa4 0-0 9.b4 Bd6 10.b5 Na5 11.Ba3 Nc4 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Rac8 15.Qxa7 Ra8 16.Qxb7 Rfb8 17.Qc6 Qd8 18.h3 Rb6 19.Qc5 Bd7 20.c4! Rc8 21.Qb4 dxc4 22.a4 Qc7 23.Ke2! [If 23... c3 24.Rhc1! +-] 1-0