[Event "Sharjah Masters 5th"] [Site "Sharjah"] [Date "2022.05.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Kuybokarov, Temur"] [Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2420"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {The first series of the Sicilian 3. Bb5 variation, Super GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov aggressively moved 11...g5. Now, in this series, IM Dimakiling uses the 3...Qc7 variation, lets see how the game went.} 1. e4 c5 {The Sicilian } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {The Rossolimo, a favorite line of the late and great World Champion Robert "Bobby" Fischer.} Qc7 4. O-O ({IF} 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. a4 e5 6. Na3 Ne7 7. d3 Ng6 8. g3 Bh3 9. Ng5 Bd7 10. h4) 4... Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 ({IF} 6... dxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. d3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Nd2) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {Now, it's transposed to a normal Sicilian set-up.} Qc7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nd5 { GM Temur Kuybokarov is taking advantage of black's delayed development, hitting the center is reasonable.} Qd8 ({IF} 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Qc5 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. c3 Qc4 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Re8 18. c4) 11. Bg5 {Since the knight at d5 is much more active than the bishop, logically must exchange it to the knight at f6.} h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a4 {White does not allow black to expand, also an option to place the knight at b6 by the help of a5 move soon if needed.} Bd7 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ra3 {Strategically placing the rook up to help later.} Rg8 16. Nf5 {These 2 knights are untouchable and invincible.} Rc5 17. b4 Rc4 18. Qd3 Bb5 19. Nfe3 Rc8 20. c4 Bd7 {Black can't do much, a fantastic display of white's clever strategy utilizing the power of two knights. On the other hand, black's 2 bishops are merely a display.} 21. Nf5 e5 22. Nb6 {The "OCTOPUS MOVE"} d5 {Black must do something, but will it work?} 23. Nxd5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rg4 25. f4 {Not much black can do, this is a one sided game. In my opinion, the variation 3...Qc7 is refuted.} Be7 26. fxe5 Kf8 27. Qh3 {Perfect Timing.} Rcxc4 28. Qxh6+ Ke8 29. exf6 Rce4 30. Rxe4 {If 31... Re4 then 32. fe7 Qd5 then simply 33. Qf8ch. wins. Super elegant play by Australian GM Temur Kuybokarov, it is a show of force and a clinically calculated strategy to control the game from opening to end. Thank you for your support. Hope you enjoyed and have a wonderful weekend ahead.} 1-0