(1) Thorbjørnsen,E (900) - Strand,H (1100) [B20]
Randaberg Høst (3), 12.10.2004

B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 a6 3.Qh5
[ 3.a4 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qe2 Qc7 6.c3 Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 d6 10.d4 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Ba2 Bg4 13.Be3 Rfe8 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.Nh4 cxd4 Heidl,G-Legde,G/Germany 1993/GER/0-1 (38)]

3...e6 4.Nf3
[ 4.d3 Nf6 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Be3 Ne5 7.Qe2 Nxc4 8.c3 Nxe3 9.Qxe3 e5 10.Nf3 d6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Nbd2 0-0 13.h3 Qb6 14.b4 Bd7 15.Rab1 Qc7 16.a3 cxb4 17.cxb4 Rfc8 18.Nb3 Bb5 Helmi1-Pug/www.playchess.de 2002/MegaCorr3/0-1 (19)]

4...Nf6 5.Qh3?N
[ 5.Qh4 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.d3 b5 9.Bb3 0-0 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nf3 d5 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Qxh6 Nh7 14.h4 Bf6 15.Rh3 Bg7 16.Rg3 Qf6 17.Qh5 c4 18.Ba2 Ne7 19.0-0-0 Ng6 Blueheeler-Steve/www.playchess.de 2001/MegaCorr3/1-0 (36); >=5.Qh4!? is the best option White has 5...d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Be2=/+ ]

5...d5-+ 6.e5 Ne4
[ 6...dxc4!? 7.exf6 Qxf6-+ ]

7.Bd3
[ 7.d3!?= ]

7...Ng5-/+ 8.Qg4
[ 8.Qg3 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3-/+ ]

8...Be7
[ 8...Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Qg5 10.Qg3 Qxg3 11.hxg3-/+ ]

9.Qa4+?
[ 9.Nxg5!? should be considered 9...Bxg5 10.f4=/+ ]

9...Bd7
[ >=9...Nc6 10.Nxg5 c4-+ ]

10.Qb3??
another step towards the grave [ >=10.Qf4-/+ ]

10...c4 11.Qxb7
[ 11.Bxc4 there is nothing better in the position 11...dxc4 12.Qxc4 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3-+ ]

11...Bc6 12.Qxa8 Bxa8 13.Be2 Qc7 14.d4
[ 14.0-0 cannot undo what has already been done 14...Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Qxe5-+ ]

14...cxd3 15.Bxd3
[ 15.Bxg5 does not help much 15...Qxc2 16.Nbd2 Bxg5 17.Bxd3 Qxd3 18.Nxg5 Nc6-+ ]

15...Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Qxe5+ 17.Be2
[ 17.Kd1 does not solve anything 17...d4 18.Nd2 Qh5-+ ]

17...d4 18.Bd2
[ 18.Nd2-+ otherwise it's curtains at once]

18...Bxf3 19.Nc3 dxc3 20.Bxc3 Qxe2#
[ 20...Bxe2?! 21.Bxe5 Bf3 22.Rg1-+ ] 0-1