Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Nille,A - Gurtovoi,N [A07]
21st Latvian CC Championship, 2000
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Nc3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e6 7.0-0 [7.h4]

7...Nbd7 8.Bf4 Be7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 h5 12.h3 g5 13.Be3 f5 14.Bg2 Qc7 15.f4 Kf7!? 16.Kf2 [16.c4 idea 17.d5]

16...Rag8 17.Qf3 Nf6 18.Qe2 h4 19.fxg5 Ne4+ 20.Kg1 [20.Bxe4? Qxg3#]

20...Nxg3 21.Qd2 Nxf1 22.Rxf1 Rh5 23.Bf4 Qd8 24.c3 Bxg5 25.Qe2 Rh6 26.Bh2 Rhg6 27.Rf2 Bc1 28.Kh1 Rxg2 29.Rxg2 Qd5 30.b3 Rxg2 31.Qxg2 Bb2 32.c4 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Bxd4 0-1