In Thread 73015 I did post two OTB games in which I played Sicilian 2.c3.
So here is one more Sicilian 2.c3 game played in 259th Sunday-Tournament in Playchess.com (in which I took second place with 5 wins and 2 draws 🙂 ).
[Event "Rated game, 5m + 2s"]
[Site "Official A"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korch"]
[Black "Legolįsz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.07.22"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]
1. e4 {4} c5 {1} 2. c3 {1} Nf6 {3} 3. e5 {1} Nd5 {2} 4. g3 {1} d6 {3} 5. exd6 {
1} Qxd6 {2} 6. Bg2 {1} Nc6 {4} 7. Ne2 {1} e5 {2} 8. Na3 {5} Qd8 {47} 9. O-O {9}
Be6 {6} 10. d4 {3} exd4 {7} 11. cxd4 {1} cxd4 {1} 12. Nxd4 {2} Bxa3 {36} 13.
Nxe6 {36} fxe6 {4} 14. bxa3 {1} O-O {1} 15. Bb2 {3} Nf6 {35} 16. Qb3 {4} Qb6 {
49} 17. Qxe6+ {12} Kh8 {2} 18. Qb3 {1} Rad8 {27} 19. Qxb6 {8} axb6 {1} 20. Rad1
{2} Ng4 {20} 21. Rxd8 {68} Rxd8 {3} 22. Re1 {2} h6 {12} 23. h3 {26} Nf6 {7} 24.
Bxf6 {14} gxf6 {2} 25. Bxc6 {1} bxc6 {3} 26. Re6 {1} Rc8 {17} 27. Rxf6 {1} Kg7
{2} 28. Rd6 {2} b5 {3} 29. Kf1 {3} c5 {3} 30. Rb6 {2} c4 {6} 31. Rxb5 {4} c3 {3
} 32. Rb1 {2} Ra8 {1} 33. Rc1 {5} Rxa3 {1} 34. Rc2 {1} Kg6 {3} 35. Ke2 {1} Kf5
{1} 36. Kd3 {1} h5 {3} 37. Rxc3 {8} Rxa2 {1} 38. Ke3 {1} h4 {5} 39. Rc5+ {11}
Kf6 {1} 40. Rc3 {32} hxg3 {5} 41. fxg3 {1} Rh2 {0} 42. h4 {1} Kf5 {5} 43. Kf3 {
1} Rh1 {1} 44. Rc5+ {1} Kg6 {1} 45. Kg4 {1} Ra1 {1} 46. Rc6+ {2} Kg7 {1} 47. h5
{2} Ra4+ {1} 48. Kg5 {2} Ra5+ {1} 49. Kh4 {1} Ra4+ {1} 50. g4 {1} Rb4 {1} 51.
h6+ {3} Kh7 {2} 52. Kh5 {1} Rb1 {3} 53. Rc7+ {1} Kg8 {1} 54. g5 {4} Rb8 {6} 55.
g6 {5} Rb5+ {1} 56. Kg4 {1} Rb4+ {1} 57. Kf5 {2} Rb5+ {1} 58. Ke4 {1} Rb4+ {11}
59. Kd5 {3} Rg4 {12} 60. Rc8# {(Lag: Av=0.32s, max=2.4s) 2} 1-0
Originally posted by KorchNice game, if I remember correctly more accurate then 5.... Qxd6 is 5.... e6 taking back with the bishop the next move.
In Thread 73015 I did post two OTB games in which I played Sicilian 2.c3.
So here is one more Sicilian 2.c3 game played in 259th Sunday-Tournament in Playchess.com (in which I took second place with 5 wins and 2 draws 🙂 ).
[Event "Rated game, 5m + 2s"]
[Site "Official A"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korch"]
[Black "Legol ...[text shortened]... {11}
59. Kd5 {3} Rg4 {12} 60. Rc8# {(Lag: Av=0.32s, max=2.4s) 2} 1-0
Another Sicilian 2.c3 game played few minutes ago. Time control - 3 min.
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korch"]
[Black "Vlad pon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1. e4 {1} c5 {1} 2. c3 {0} Nf6 {1} 3. e5 {1} Nd5 {1} 4. g3 {0} e6 {2} 5. Bg2 {1
} d6 {1} 6. exd6 {1} Bxd6 {1} 7. Nf3 {1} Bd7 {1} 8. O-O {1} Bc6 {1} 9. d4 {4}
Nd7 {2} 10. Nbd2 {5} O-O {2} 11. Ne4 {7} Qe7 {3} 12. c4 {14} Nb4 {7} 13. Nxd6 {
3} Qxd6 {1} 14. a3 {1} Na6 {1} 15. d5 {7} exd5 {4} 16. Bf4 {1} Qf6 {16} 17.
cxd5 {2} Bb5 {1} 18. Re1 {5} Nb6 {17} 19. Be5 {6} Qd8 {1} 20. Nd2 {16} f6 {4}
21. Bf4 {6} Nc8 {6} 22. Qb3 {3} Qd7 {7} 23. a4 {14} Nb4 {11} 24. axb5 {2} Qxb5
{1} 25. Qc4 {10} Qxc4 {2} 26. Nxc4 {1} Nc2 {1} 27. d6 {1} Nxe1 {6} 28. Rxe1 {1}
Nb6 {2} 29. Nxb6 {3} axb6 {1} 30. Bxb7 {2} Rad8 {4} 31. Bc6 {2} Kf7 {3} 32. d7
{2} g5 {3} 33. Bd6 {2} Rh8 {5} 34. Re7+ {2} Kg6 {1} 35. Bc7
{(Lag: Av=0.18s, max=0.4s) 5} 1-0
Originally posted by KorchI've played a few c3 sicilians as black, and got (I think) quite equal chances after 2. d5. What do you think about this move/line?
In Thread 73015 I did post two OTB games in which I played Sicilian 2.c3.
So here is one more Sicilian 2.c3 game played in 259th Sunday-Tournament in Playchess.com (in which I took second place with 5 wins and 2 draws 🙂 ).
[Event "Rated game, 5m + 2s"]
[Site "Official A"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korch"]
[Black "Legol ...[text shortened]... {11}
59. Kd5 {3} Rg4 {12} 60. Rc8# {(Lag: Av=0.32s, max=2.4s) 2} 1-0
6 min game against IM in which I got advantage in opening, then got pawn, but did miss win in endgame 🙁
[Event "Rated game, 6m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korch"]
[Black "The First"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[TimeControl "360"]
1. e4 {0} c5 {2} 2. c3 {2} d5 {1} 3. exd5 {1} Qxd5 {1} 4. d4 {1} Nf6 {1} 5. Nf3
{2} Bg4 {1} 6. dxc5 {2} Qxc5 {3} 7. h3 {2} Bh5 {5} 8. Na3 {18} e6 {6} 9. Be3 {
69} Qc8 {28} 10. Nb5 {15} Nc6 {15} 11. Nd6+ {15} Bxd6 {4} 12. Qxd6 {0} Bxf3 {1}
13. gxf3 {1} Nd5 {20} 14. O-O-O {28} Qb8 {27} 15. Qxb8+ {13} Rxb8 {3} 16. Rg1 {
1} g6 {10} 17. Bb5 {5} a6 {7} 18. Bxc6+ {3} bxc6 {1} 19. Bc5 {2} Rd8 {32} 20.
Rg4 {11} Nf6 {15} 21. Ra4 {9} Rxd1+ {3} 22. Kxd1 {0} Kd7 {6} 23. Rxa6 {1} Rc8 {
2} 24. Ra7+ {1} Rc7 {1} 25. Rxc7+ {2} Kxc7 {0} 26. a4 {1} Nd7 {5} 27. Bd4 {5}
e5 {1} 28. Be3 {1} f5 {1} 29. f4 {1} e4 {6} 30. b4 {1} Nf8 {11} 31. Bd4 {2} Ne6
{1} 32. Be5+ {1} Kb6 {2} 33. Kc2 {2} g5 {7} 34. fxg5 {3} Nxg5 {0} 35. h4 {4}
Nf3 {1} 36. Bf6 {4} f4 {1} 37. c4 {3} c5 {8} 38. a5+ {1} Ka6 {1} 39. bxc5 {8}
Kxa5 {1} 40. Kc3 {2} Ka6 {7} 41. h5 {2} Kb7 {6} 42. Be7 {4} Kc6 {72} 43. Bd6 {3
} e3 {6} 44. fxe3 {1} fxe3 {0} 45. Kd3 {1} e2 {5} 46. Kxe2 {1} Nd4+ {0} 47. Kd3
{1} Nf5 {1} 48. Ke4 {2} Ng7 {7} 49. h6 {6} Ne6 {3} 50. Kf5 {2} Kd7 {1} 51. Kf6
{4} Nd4 {1} 52. Kg7 {11} Ke6 {1} 53. Kxh7 {5} Kf7 {1} 54. Be5 {9} Nc6 {0} 55.
Bg7 {7} Nd8 {0} 56. Be5 {. 15} Nc6 {0} 57. Bg3 {3} Na7 {1} 58. Bh4 {2} Nc6 {0}
59. Bg5 {7} Na5 {0} 60. Bd8 {1} Nc6 {0} 61. Bb6 {1} Nd4 {0} 62. Ba5 {4} Nc6 {0}
63. Bc3 {1} Nb8 {0} 64. Be5 {4} Nc6 {(Lag: Av=2.26s, max=14.4s) 0} 1/2-1/2