Winning Without Castling

Last updated 2 May 2002

Gurtovoi,N - Dupak,N [A23]
Latvia v Ukraine Friendly International, 1997
[Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.d3 Nc6 7.Bg5 d4 8.Ne4 Be7 9.h4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bd7 11.Nf3 0-0?! [11... h6]

12.Kf1!? f5 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.Rc1 Be8 15.Rc5 Qd6 16.b4 Nxb4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qc1 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 e4 20.Nxd4 exd3 21.exd3 Bh5 22.Qg5 Qxg5 23.hxg5 g6? [23... Bg6]

24.Rh4 Rfd8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.f3! Kg8 27.Kf2 b6 28.Ke3 [Idea 29.g4]

28...Rd5 29.g4 Re5+ 30.Kd2 Bxg4 31.fxg4 f4 32.Nc6 Rxg5 33.d4 Kg7 34.Kd3 [Idea 35.Ke4 +-] 1-0