Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Gritti,P - Gurtovoi,N [B75]
Loeffler Memorial, 1999
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 h5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.0-0-0 a6 11.h4 Ne5 12.Bb3 b5 13.Bg5 Rb8 14.Qe2 Qc8 15.f4 Nc4 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.e6?! fxe6 19.Nd5 Bf6 20.Nf4 Kf7 21.Qe4 Rg8 22.Nxh5 gxh5 23.Qh7+ Rg7 24.Qxh5+ Kg8 25.Qxg4 e5!-+ 26.Qe4 exd4 27.Bxf6 exf6 28.Qxd4 Qc6 29.Qf4 Rb6[] 30.Rd4 Qxg2 31.Bxc4+ bxc4 32.Rhd1 Bg4 33.Re1 Bd7 34.Red1 c3! 35.b3 Bg4 36.Rd8+ Kh7 [if 37.Rf1 Re6! idea 38... Re2-+] 0-1