Campeonato de Cuba XXXV

Walter Arencibia - Amador

Campeonato de Cuba XXXV Las Tunas 1996

Siciliana Najdorf B66

[Event "CUB-ch Las Tunas"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Amador"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qd2 (8. e5 {The main line, of course, but deep knowledge of theory is required to play it.}) 8... h6 $1 {revealing the problem with 8.d2, otherwise White would reach a desired transposition to a Classical Rauzer.} 9. Bxf6 $8 (9. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $1 10. Bxd8 (10. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 11. g3 Nxd4 (11... Qd8 $17) 12. Qxd4 Qd8 (12... Qe7) (12... Qh5) 13. O-O-O d5 $17) 10... Nxd2 11. Bb6 Nxf1 $17) 9... Qxf6 10. Nf3 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O-O Qd8 12. Bc4 (12. Be2 Rb8 13. Na4 Bd7 14. c4 c5 15. Nc3 Be7 16. h4 Rb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bc6 19. Qf4 Qb8 $1 20. b3 O-O 21. Rd3 f6 $15 {Menac,Ramon-Rodríguez,Amador/Manresa open (02) 1995 0-1 (35)}) 12... Be7 13. Bb3 a5 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. g4 Bd7 16. h4 Rb8 17. a4 Kd8 $1 18. f5 Kc7 19. Rhf1 Qb4 $13 {Egger-Rodriguez,Amador/Moscow (ol) 1994 ½-½ (42)}) 10... Qd8 $1 {A typical procedure, Black retreats his queen from his unnatural position to give way to the bishop.} 11. O-O-O Be7 (11... Bd7 12. f5 Qa5 13. Bc4 Be7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Bb3 Bc8 17. Qf2 Bf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 {½-½ Garcia,Gildardo-Rodriguez,Amador/ISLA-CASTROL open (06) 1994}) 12. h4 (12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Nd5 $2 exd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 $19) 12... Bd7 13. Qe3 { 14.a4} Qa5 (13... b5 $6 14. g4 $36) 14. Bc4 Qc5 $1 15. Qxc5 (15. Qe2 O-O-O (15... Rc8 $5) (15... b5 $5)) 15... dxc5 16. Na4 (16. e5 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Na5 $1) 16... O-O-O 17. Nb6+ Kc7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7 20. a4 Rd8 (20... Rb8 $142 $10) 21. c3 Na5 22. Be2 f6 $1 23. Kc2 Bd6 24. g3 Ke7 25. Re1 c4 $1 $10 26. Nd2 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. b4 (28. Ra1 $2 Bxf4 $1) 28... cxb3+ 29. Nxb3 Nxb3 30. Kxb3 Rb8 31. Ra1 Bc5 32. Ra6 Bf2 33. Bg4 Rb6 34. Rxb6 1/2-1/2