[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anti-Sicilians"]
[Black "Rossolimo for ChessPub"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Rotella,Tony"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 $1 10. a3 $5 {This is Gawain Jones' preferred path in his
2011 effort "How to Beat the Sicilian Defense".} ({In "The Killer Sicilian" I
only considered the top 3 moves in this position, those being} 10. Bh6 {, 10.
O-O-O & 10.O-O, missing that Jones covered this position his book via 3...g6 4.
Bxc6, etc.}) 10... a5 ({I like pushing the a-pawn, but it's not compulsory.
Black has also scored well with the natural} 10... Qd6) 11. Na4 ({Jones prefers
} 11. O-O {, which is a bit more flexible considering Na4+b4 is possible only
after castling anyway. Here are two options for equality:} {Black could also
continue a la the main line with} Qc7 $5 {with a few examples:} ({Kolev and
Nedev's solution of} 11... a4 {exploits White's delay of Na4 and looks good, e.
g.} 12. Rae1 (12. Nxe5 $5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. Rae1 f5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nc3
Bd7 17. Re2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 b5 {of P.Frendzas-A.Wosch, Correspondence 2013,
looks comfortable for Black to me}) 12... Re8 13. Nh2 {, when K&N improve over
Jones with} c4 $1 $146 {, when play might continue} 14. Rd1 (14. dxc4 Qxd2 15.
Bxd2 Be6 16. Rd1 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 Bf8 $1 $11) 14... cxd3 15. Rfe1 $1 (15. Qxd3 $6
{right away compels White to accept a worse structure, e.g.} Qxd3 16. cxd3 (16.
Rxd3 $2 Ba6 $19) 16... Be6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge6b3,Gf6d7,Gg7f8,Yf7f5,Ye8d8]})
15... Be6 16. Qxd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Bf8 $1 $11) 12. Rae1 (12. Na4 {transposes to
the main line.}) (12. Bh6 Re8 (12... Nh5 {makes sense as well}) 13. Ne2 c4 $1 {
(Black times this perfectly and completely fixes his pawn structure)} 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Rfd1 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb7 (16... Ba6 17. Qe3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rad8 {is also
completely equal}) 17. Qe3 c5 18. Ng3 ({I don't understand why White would
want the knight on g3 in the future -} 18. Nc3 {seems far more natural after
Black pushed ...c5}) 18... h6 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Qc6 22. Re2
c4 {was arguably more comfortable for the second player in H.Wassilieff-B.
Fichtner, Correspondence 2007}) (12. a4 $6 {makes little sense once White has
declared his intentions with a3. D.Chambers-M.Hömske, Correspondence 2011 saw
Black equalize in adventurous fashion after} Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 $5 14. Nh2 Nh5 $1
15. Ne2 Ng7 $5 (15... Qd6 {looks very solid and is preferred by Stockfish}) 16.
f4 f5 17. Rae1 fxe4 18. dxe4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Qd8 20. Qc1 Ra7 $1 21. c3 Rf7 $11)
12... Ba6 ({Since Black's bishop finds little to do on a6, perhaps} 12... Nh5 {
right away is more sensible}) 13. Bh6 Rad8 ({again,} 13... Nh5 {looks playable
too}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 h6 (15... Bc8 $5 $13) 16. Qc1 Bc8 17. a4 Nh5 18. Ne2
Kh7 19. g4 Ng7 20. Nh2 g5 {looked about equal in J.Rooze-I.Privara, Vysoké
Tatry 2011}) 11... Qc7 $5 {(Black simply eyes e5 and b6 whilst making room for
...Rd8)} 12. O-O Ra6 $5 ({Computers like this cute move, but a more obvious,
human-like solution is the new} 12... Rd8 $146 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gc5c4] Black's
point being that} 13. Qc3 {is now met tactically via} Nd5 $1 {, e.g.} 14. exd5
$2 ({White shouldn't take Black's offer, but} 14. Qd2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Rb8 {is
simple equality}) 14... e4 15. Qb3 (15. d6 $5 Qxd6 (15... Rxd6 $2 16. Ne5 $16)
16. Qc4 exf3 17. Nxb6 Bd4 $1 18. Nxa8 $2 fxg2 19. Kxg2 Be6 20. Qa6 Qd5+ 21. f3
Bxe3 $19) 15... exf3 16. Qxb6 Qe7 $1 17. Qxc5 ({after} 17. dxc6 Rd5 $1 {the
best White has is to toss a piece with} 18. Bf4 Qh4 19. Bg3 Qxa4 $17) 17... Qh4
) 13. Qc3 ({The point of Black's weird rook sortie is that} 13. b4 $2 {now
fails to} axb4 14. axb4 Qa7 $1) 13... Nh5 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Rad1 h6
(16... Raa8 $11) 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. b3 {(White having to settle for
moving this pawn forward only one square is an admission of failure)} Raa8 20.
Ra1 f5 $1 {|^/= F.Tarrío Ocaña-A.Saidashev, Correspondence 2012} *

