Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Dashkevich,V (2287) - Tronekov,V (2181) [A80]
Latvian Championship, 2002
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.d4 f5 2.g4!? fxg4 3.h3 d6 4.hxg4 Bxg4 5.Qd3[] Nf6 6.Bh3 Qd7 7.f3 Bxh3 8.Nxh3 Nc6 9.Ng5 e5 10.c3 exd4 11.cxd4 0-0-0 12.e4 d5 13.e5 Bb4+ 14.Kd1!! [The best move! My young disciple uses my idea very well. Weaker is 14.Nc3? because of 14... h6! -+]

14...h6 15.e6! Qd6 16.Nf7 Qg3 17.Rf1 Rhe8 18.Nxd8 Kxd8 19.a3 Ba5 20.Nc3 Rxe6 [20... Bxc3 was better.]

21.Ne2 Qh4 22.Be3 g5 23.b4 Bb6 24.Kd2 Qh5 25.Rae1 Qe8 26.Ng3 a5 27.Nf5 Qd7 28.b5 Na7 29.Nxh6 Nxb5 30.Bxg5 Rxe1 31.Bxf6+ Re7 32.Nf5 Nxd4 33.Nxd4 Kc8 34.Bxe7 Qxe7 35.Nc2 1-0