Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Vetsbralis,Y - Gurtovoi,N [D00]
21st Latvian CC Championship, 2000
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bh5 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nd3 e6 8.a3 Bd6 9.Bf4 Qc7 10.0-0 [10.Qd2]

10...h6 11.b4 Ke7 12.f3 Rhc8 13.Bxd6+ Qxd6 14.Nf4 a5 15.Nd3 Bg6 16.Qd2 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 b6 18.Rab1 c5!=/+ 19.e4 dxe4 20.fxe4 Qxd4+ 21.Qxd4 cxd4 22.e5 Nxe5! 23.Bxa8 Rxc3 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rfe1 Nfd7 26.Rbd1 Rxa3 27.Rxd4 f5 28.Rdd1 Rc3! 29.Ra1 Rc5 30.Ra2 Kf6 31.Rea1 Nc4 32.Kf2 e5 33.Bg2 e4 34.Bf1 Nde5 35.Be2 g5 36.h3 f4 37.g4 f3 38.Bxc4 Nxc4 39.Rd1 h5! [39... Ke5? 40.c3!=]

40.Rd8 [40.gxh5 Rf5!]

40...hxg4 41.hxg4 Ne5 42.Kg3 e3 43.Rd4 f2 0-1