Tony Aguirre - G.M.Peake
Watkinson Finals HV v Bishops Bd 2 (White Hart), 2009

[Geoff Peake] [B26]


1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 The Closed Sicilian is a favourite of Tony Aguirre.
2...g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.Be3 d6 5.Qd2
[5.d4 cxd4 6.Bxd4 Nf6 7.Nd5 Nbd7 8.Bb5 O-O 9.Bxd7 Bxd7 10.Nxf6+ exf6 11.Qd3 Bc6 12.O-O-O Re8 13.f3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Kb1 Bb5 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.c3 Bc4 18.b3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Qxb3+ 20.Kc1 Bf8 21.Qf4 Qa2 0-1, Heimrath Reiner (GER) 2206 - Schaller Sven (GER) 2308, Bad Zwesten (Germany) 1999]
5...Nc6 6.g3 Rb8 7.Bg2 b5 This position is 60% Black.
8.Nge2 Nd4
[8...b4 is also possible
9.Nd1 Nd4 10.O-O
(10.c3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe2 (11...Bh3 ? 12.Bxd4) 12.Qxe2 Nf6 13.O-O Qa5= / +)
10...e5 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Ne7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4
(15.gxf4 O-O 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qb6 18.Qd2 Ba6 19.Rf2 d5 20.e5 Qe6= / +)
15...O-O 70% Black]
9.O-O e6
[9...Bh3 ?! does not work.
10.Bxd4 cxd4 11.Bxh3 dxc3 12.bxc3+ / -]
[9...b4 10.Bxd4 cxd4 11.Nd5 Bd7 12.Nxb4 a5 13.Nd5 e6 14.Ndf4 Rxb2 15.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 16.Rxb1 Qc7= / +]
10.f4
[10.Nd1 Ne7 11.c3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 b4 =]
10...Ne7 73% Black in 37 games
11.h3
[11.e5 Nef5 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Bf2 dxe5 14.g4 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Nd4 16.Qd2 exf4 17.Be1 e5 18.c3 Ne6 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.g5 Rd8 21.Rad1 Bb7 22.Qe2 Bxe4 23.dxe4 Nxg5 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 c4 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Bxa7 Bf8 28.Bf2 Qd7 29.Bf3 Qh3 30.Bg2 f3 31.Bxh3 Nxh3+ 0-1, Thellier Francis (FRA) 2025 - Nguyen Thanh-Tong (FRA) 2351, Paris (France) 1998]
11...O-O 12.g4 b4 13.Nd1 f5 14.Ng3 Bd7
[14...fxe4 15.Nxe4
(15.dxe4 Ba6 16.Re1 Qa5 17.Nf2 Qa4 18.Rec1 Nec6 19.c3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Na5 21.Qd1 Qa3= / +)
15...Nd5- / +]
15.c3
[15.gxf5 exf5 16.h4 Be6 17.h5 b3 18.axb3 Bxb3 19.c3 Nc2 20.Rxa7 Nxe3 21.Nxe3 fxe4 22.dxe4 Nc8 23.Ra3 Bf7 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Nd5 Nb6 26.Nxb6 Qxb6 27.Rf2 Bh6 28.Qd3 Be8 29.Qd5+ 1/2-1/2, Cabrero De Cabo Miguel (ESP) 2099 - Perez Mauricio Xoel (ESP) 2090, Padrun (Spain) 2001]
[15.Kh2 a5 16.Nf2 a4 17.Rab1 b3
(17...Qc7 18.exf5 exf5 19.c3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Nb5 21.d4 Bc6 22.dxc5 Bxg2 23.cxd6 Nxd6 24.Kxg2 Nc4 25.Qd3 Rbd8 26.Bd4 Nd5 27.Kh2 Nxf4 28.Rb7 Qxb7 29.Qxc4+ Qd5 30.Qxd5+ Nxd5 31.gxf5 Bxd4 32.cxd4 Ne3 0-1, Culbeaux Tello Oscar (MEX) 2209 - Hernandez Gilberto (MEX) 2542, Merida (Mexico) 2002)
18.axb3 axb3 19.c3 Nc2 20.Rfd1 Bc6 21.Ne2 Kh8 22.d4 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Nd5 25.Qd2 c4 26.Rf1 Qd7 27.Rbe1 Rbe8 28.N2g3 e5 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.f5 Nf4 31.Qxd7 Bxd7 32.Nd6 Nxg2 33.Kxg2 Rd8 34.Kg1 Bc6 35.Rd1 Kg8 36.fxg6 Rxf1+ 37.Nxf1 Bf8 38.gxh7+ Kxh7 39.Ne3 Bxd6 40.Rd2 Rd7 41.Nxc4 Bc5+ 42.Kf1 Rf7+ 43.Ke1 Bb5 44.Rd5 Bf2+ 0-1, Pereszlenyi Gejza (SVK) 2076 - Vlcek Stanislav (SVK) 2238, Slovakia 1995]
15...bxc3 16.bxc3 Qa5 !? stirring things up nicely on the Q-side.
[16...Nb5 17.gxf5 exf5 18.a4 Nc7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bxc5 exf4 21.Qxf4 Ne6 22.Qc4 Rc8 23.d4 Kh8 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Qd3 Qd6 26.Ne2 f4 27.Nf2 Ng5 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Rce8 30.Bg2 Re3 31.Qd2 Bh6 32.Rf3 Rxf3 33.Bxf3 Bxh3 34.Rb1 Qe7 35.Rb7 Qg5+ 36.Kf2 Qh4+ 37.Kg1 Rf5 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Rb7+ Kf6 40.Bg2 Bxg2 0-1, Hennink Wouter (NED) 2150 - Novosak Jiri (CZE) 2311, Olomouc (Czech Republic) 2003]
17.e5
[17.exf5 Nb3 18.axb3 Qxa1 19.d4 is unclear and given as even by my computer !]
[17.cxd4 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Bxd4+ 19.Nf2
(19.Ne3 Rb2 20.Bc1 Rxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Bxa1- / +)
19...Rb2 20.Rad1 Ba4- / +]
17...Nb5
[17...Nb3 18.axb3 Qxa1 19.exd6 Nd5 20.Bxc5 looked unclear and dangerous]
18.exd6 Nxd6 19.Rc1
[19.Qf2 ! Rfc8- / +]
19...Nd5 20.c4
[20.Bxd5 exd5 Black has a big advantage.]
20...Qxd2 21.Bxd2 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Nb4 23.Bxb4 Rxb4 24.Re1 ? drops a pawn, but it's hard to find anything decent for White.
24...fxg4 25.Ne2
[25.hxg4 Rxf4]
25...gxh3 26.Bxh3 Bg7 27.a3 ? White's position is collapsing.
27...Rb3 28.Ndc3 Rxa3 29.Ra1 ? Time trouble with 7 moves to go.
29...Rxc3 30.Nxc3 Bxc3 31.Bxe6+ Bxe6 32.Rxe6 Bxa1 33.Rxd6 a5 34.Ra6 resign is a good alternative.
34...Bc3 35.Kg2 Rxf4 36.Ra7 Rf7 37.Ra6 Kg7 38.Rc6 Bb4 39.Ra6 Kh6 40.Kg3 Kg5 41.Ra8 h5 42.Ra6 h4+ 43.Kg2 Rf6 44.Ra8 Kg4 45.Rd8 h3+ 46.Kg1 Kg3 47.Rh8 Bc3 White resigns


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