Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Gurtovoi,N - Dupak,N [A03]
Friendly Match, 1995
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.d3 0-0?! 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Nh5? [Better was 9... Nbd7]

10.Kf2! f5 11.Ng5 Qd6 12.Bxh5 gxh5 13.Qxh5 h6 14.Nf3 Nd7 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Qh4 Ne4+ 17.dxe4 dxe4 18.Rad1 exf3 19.gxf3 e5 20.Bc1 Qe6 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.c4 f4 23.Rd5 fxe3+ 24.Bxe3 Rae8 25.Qg4+ 1-0