1.e4 (0:00) c5 (0:00) 2.Nf3 (0:04) Nc6 (0:04) 3.d4 (0:08) cxd4 (0:05) 4.Nxd4 (0:39) d6 (0:12) 5.Nc3 (0:17) Nf6 (0:07) 6.Be2 (0:09) g6 (0:05) 7.Be3 (0:07) Bg7 (0:03) 8.O-O (0:03) O-O (0:02) 9.Kh1 (0:53) Bd7 (0:26) 10.f4 (0:09) Rc8 (0:19) 11.Bf3 (1:11)
xombie(1885) whispers: i am not a fan of playing the sicilian
xombie(1885) whispers: no positional feel
xombie(1885) whispers: which is why i need to learn it
xombie(1885) whispers: well, but as long as it carries with it simple strategic considerations it should be fine 11...Re8 (2:12)
xombie(1885) whispers: i guess one loses one's native intuition after playing d4 and c4 for so long 12.Nd5 (0:34)
xombie(1885) whispers: for some reason, not having the c pawn forward is very unnerving 12...e5 (2:50) 13.Nb5 (0:45) Nxd5 (0:14) 14.exd5 (0:19) Nd4 (0:20) 15.Nxd4 (0:40)
xombie(1885) whispers: ah, a blander 15...exd4 (1:15) 16.Bxd4 (0:40) Bf5 (0:17) 17.Bxg7 (0:23) Bxc2 (0:07) 18.Qd4 (0:03) Re4 (2:06) 19.Bxe4 (0:20) Bxe4 (0:08) 20.Bf6 (0:05) Rc2 (0:44) 21.Bxd8 (1:02) f5 (0:48) 22.Rf2 (0:16) approximate resigns 1-0