Hurt,J -
Linxwiler,P [B25]
Memphis
City Championship, 19.02.1982
[Chess Tiger 14.0 (60s)]
B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nc3 d6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 e6 7.00 Nge7 8.Be3 00 9.Qd2 Nd4
10.Nh4 last book move 10...f5 [10...b6 11.f4=] 11.exf5 [11.Bg5!?=]
11...Nexf5 Black is slightly better [Instead of 11...exf5 12.Rae1
White is slightly better; Worse is 11...gxf5 12.Bg5 White is slightly better] 12.Nxf5
Nxf5 [Inferior is 12...gxf5 13.Nd1 White is better; Weaker is 12...exf5
13.Rfe1 White is slightly better] 13.Bg5 [13.g4 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Bd7
15.Rxf8+ Qxf8 Black is better] 13...Qb6 Black is better 14.Rab1 d5 [14...Bd7
15.g4 Nd4 16.Ne4 Black wins] 15.Ne2 [15.Na4 Qd6 16.c4 b6 Black is
slightly better] 15...h6 16.g4 hxg5 17.gxf5 exf5 [17...gxf5 18.Qxg5 Qd8
19.Qe3=] 18.Bxd5+ [Better is 18.Qxg5!? is worth consideration 18...Qd8
19.Qxd8 (19.Qxg6 f4 20.f3 Rf5 Black is better ) 19...Rxd8
20.Nf4=] 18...Be6 Black is better 19.Bxe6+ Qxe6 20.Rfe1 [20.Nc3
Bf6 Black is better ] 20...Qf6 [20...Bf6 21.Nc3 Qc6 22.Re3 Black is
slightly better] 21.Nc3 [21.Qe3 b6 Black is slightly better] 21...Rad8
[21...Rfe8 22.h3 Black is slightly better] 22.Re2 [22.Qe3 b6 Black
is slightly better] 22...Rd4 23.Qe3 Rg4+ [23...Qc6 24.Qe6+ Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Black
is better ] 24.Kf1= Kh7 [24...b6!?= and Black is still in the game] 25.Qxc5
White is better 25...b6 26.Qd5 Rd8 [26...Qf7 27.Qc6 White is better ]
27.Qe6 [27.Qb7!? Rh4 28.Qxa7 Rxh2 29.Qc7 White is better ] 27...Qd4 [27...Rh4
28.Qxf6 Bxf6 29.f3 White is slightly better] 28.Re3 Rh4 29.Kg1 [29.h3
Qd7 30.Qe7 Qxe7 31.Rxe7 Rc8 White is slightly better] 29...Qf4 30.Rg3 [Better
is 30.h3 and White is slightly better] 30...Bd4?? Black has let it slip
away [30...Rxh2! is interesting 31.Qe3 Rh5 Black is slightly better] 31.Rf1 [31.Qe7+
Kh6 32.Rf1 Rg4 White is better ] 31...Bc5 [31...Qe5!? must definitely be
considered 32.Re1 Qxe6 33.Rxe6 Kh6 but White is slightly better] 32.Nd5 Qd6
33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.c4 [Better is 34.b4 Bxb4 35.Nxb4 White is better ] 34...Bd4??
[Better is 34...Rd7 and would be a reprieve 35.Qe8+ Kg7=] 35.Ne7 White
wins 35...Rh6 36.Rh3!! a strong, logical sacrifice[36.Rh3 Rxh3 37.Nxg6+
Qxg6 38.Qxg6 Bxb2 39.Re1 White wins] 10