1.c4
e5
Positions similar to a reversed Sicilian are common after this move.
2.Nc3
Nf6
3.Nf3
Nc6
4.g3
Now there may be similarities to a reversed Accelerated Dragon.
4...d5
5.cxd5
Nxd5
6.Bg2
Nb6
Immediately putting the Knight to safety, as White has a move in hand.
7.0-0
Be7
8.a3
0-0
9.b4
Normal would have been 9.d3, with a reversed Sicilian and a move in hand. Now the landscape changes.
9...Be6
10.d3
f6
11.Ne4
Qe8
12.Nc5
A Sicilian move in reverse. In the Sicilian Black plays ...Nc4, usually supported by ...Qc7. Here the recapture with the pawn hopes to reveal the weak b7 square.
12...Bxc5
13.bxc5
Nd5
14.Bb2
The Bishop is in the way here. Better may have been 14.Bd2.
14...Rd8
This Rook move is wrong. The Queenside pawns, especially b7 needs guarding.
15.Qc2
Nde7
16.Rab1
Ba2
17.Rbc1
Qf7
18.Bc3
Rd7
19.Qb2
Rb8
So it took three Rook moves to put Rooks on the b and d files. After 14.Rab8, ...Qf7 and ...Rfd8 it would have only taken two Rook moves.
20.Rfd1
Be6
21.Rd2
Hello, the White Bishop on c3 is trapped after 21...Nd5.
21...h6
22.Qb1
Nd5
23.Rb2
b6
Strange. I would have chopped the Bishop off the board.
24.cxb6
cxb6
Maybe 24...axb6 is better. [24...Nxc3
?? 25.Rxc3 cxb6 26.Rxc6 loses a piece.]
25.Bd2
Rd6
26.Rbc2
Qd7
27.h4
Rd8
28.Qb5
Nde7
29.Qb2
Bd5
30.Bb4
Nxb4
31.axb4
Rc6
32.b5
Rxc2
33.Rxc2
Be6
34.d4
34.Nd2 followed by 36.Bc6 makes use of the "Catalan" Bishop.
34...e4
35.Nd2
Qxd4
35...f5 would have shut out the White Bishop.
36.Nxe4
Qxb2
37.Rxb2
Kf7
38.e3
g5
39.hxg5
hxg5
40.f4
40.Rc2 may be better. White now has weak dark squares.
40...gxf4
41.exf4
Rd4
42.Kf2
Nf5
43.Bf3
Bd5
44.Nd2
Bxf3
45.Nxf3
Ra4
46.g4
Nd6
47.Kg3
Ne4+
48.Kh4
Nd6
49.Rd2
? 49.Kg3 maintains the balance. Now Vishy throws a pawn for nothing.
49...Nxb5
50.f5
Re4
51.Kh5
Re3
52.Nh4
Nc3
53.Rd7+
Re7
54.Rd3
Ne4
55.Ng6
Nc5
Trying to force off the Rooks.
56.Ra3
? [56.Nxe7
! 56...Nxd3
57.Nc8
a5
58.Nxb6
Nb2
59.g5
a4
60.Kh6
fxg5
61.Nxa4
Nxa4
62.Kxg5
Draw.]
56...Rd7
57.Re3
Kg7
58.g5
b5
59.Nf4
b4
60.g6
b3
61.Rc3
Rd4
62.Rxc5
Rxf4
63.Rc7+
Kg8
64.Rb7
Rf3
65.Rb8+
Getting the draw the hard way. Not 65.Kh6?? Rh3 Mate.
65...Kg7
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