SicilianB99

NM Warren Elliott
NM Shane Matthews

32nd Jamaican Championship
Kingston, JAM, 2000


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a3 Rb8 12...Nd7 13.f5 Ne5 14. Qg3 Rb8 15.Na2 Bd7 was unclear in Mochalov vs. Maeder corr. 1977 13. f5 O-O More energetic is 13...b4. 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rg1 This rook can be deployed later on h3 via g3. 15... Ne5 16. Qh5 Shane is in a critical position where accuracy is at a premium. Elliott's evil plan is easy to spot, f5-f6 or Rg3-h3. Shane has not begun his counter attack. Shane finds a lateral defensive idea which allows Elliott to set up an interesting Queen sacrifice. 16... Qc5 17. f6 Bxf6 18. gxf6 Nd3+ The point of 16...Qc5. Warren has seen a little further. 19. Rxd3 Qxh5 20. Rxg7+ Kh8 21. Rh3 Qg6 22. Rxg6 fxg6 at this point the Fritz 6 program evaluates the position as in favour of Elliott. 23. Rf3 Kg8 24. Bh3 Kf7 25. e5 d5 26. Nxd5 Elliott is always to the point. 26... exd5 27. e6+ Bxe6 28. Bxe6+ Ke8 29. Nc6 Shane fell on the bamboo stakes by the thirteenth move. Interestingly Grantel improved with 14...Ne8. More of that later. 1-0 [John Tobisch]

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