[Event "4NCL online"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Krawczuk, Mike"] [Black "Wadsworth, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "1967"] [BlackElo "1690"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 (7. Nd5 {Has been a popular alternative in recent years}) 7... a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 {we are still in the main mainline} Bg5 (11... O-O { is the absolute mainline to which Kotronias devotes 90 pages to in his book on Sveshnikov. But black's choice is also quite popular}) 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Bd3 ( 13. a4) (13. h4) 13... f5 {If black is going to play this he should probably preface it with g6 so he can meet exf5 with gxf5, though until white has castled that may be shaky because of h4 h5 etc.} (13... Be6) (13... g6) (13... Ne7) 14. O-O (14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. a4 $16 {without an f-pawn to push, no open g-file and no white square bishop it will be hard for black to really get a fierce kingside attack going. In the meantme white has all his positional trumps intact.} (16. O-O)) 14... Ne7 (14... f4) (14... Be6) 15. Ncb4 f4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Be2 (18. f3)) 17... a5 (17... f3 { looks logical}) 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. b4 axb4 21. Rxb4 Qf7 (21... Qa7) 22. Bc4 (22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nd7 {was a hard to spot tactical kill pointed out by the engines} Qxd7 26. Qb3+ $18) 22... Be6 23. Qb3 Rac8 {allowing an easier to find finish} 24. Rb7 (24. Ne7+ {immediately works too} Qxe7 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 {leaving white a clean exchange up}) 24... Qg6 (24... Qxb7 25. Qxb7 Rxc4 {looks like the way to fight on}) 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxe7 f3 29. g3 {White is a rook up and will defend against the black queen reaching h3 by Qe6} 1-0