Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Latsis,A - Gurtovoi,N [B75]
20th Latvian CC Championship, 1998
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 [3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4!?]

3...cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 h5 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0?! [10.a3!? Rc8 11.Ba2]

10...Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Qa5 13.Nd5 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 Nc4 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bc3 Ne3!=/+ 17.Rd2 h4 18.Re1 Nc4 19.Rdd1 Rh5 20.f4 b5 21.Rd3 a5!-+ 22.a3 Rhc5 23.g3 Nxa3+ 24.bxa3 Rxc3 25.Ne2 R3c5 26.Rc1 a4 27.Bd5 e6 28.Ba2 Ke7 29.g4 g5 30.f5 b4 31.axb4 Rb8 32.c3 Bb5! 33.Kc2 Bxd3+ 34.Kxd3 Rc7 35.h3 Be5 36.Rc2 Kf6 37.Ng1 exf5 38.exf5 Re8 39.c4 Bf4 40.Ne2 Re3+ 0-1