Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Gurtovoi,N - Filipov,L [A02]
Friendly Match, 1996
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.g3 g4 6.Nh4 Ne7 7.e4 Ng6 8.Nf5 Bxf5 9.exf5 Qe7+ 10.Qe2 Ne5 11.Bg2 Nbc6 12.Kd1!? Nd4 13.Qe4 Nef3 14.Nc3 Qxe4 15.Nxe4 0-0-0 16.c3 Nxf5 17.Bxf3 gxf3 18.Rf1 Ne7 19.Rxf3 f5 20.Nxd6+ Rxd6 21.d3 Rhd8 22.Kc2 Ng6 23.Bg5 Re8 24.Rd1 Re2+ 25.Rd2 Rxd2+ 26.Kxd2 Ne5 27.Rxf5 Rxd3+ [Or 27... Nxd3 28.Rf8+ Kd7 29.Rd8+ Ke6 30.Rxd6+ cxd6 31.Kxd3 +-]

28.Ke2 Rd5 29.Bf4 1-0