[Event "Delancey UK Schools"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Golding, Alex"] [Black "Dalton, Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [Annotator "Alan Dommett"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2012.07.05"] {Sicilian Defence [B27]} 1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 {Adopting a 'Pure Sniper' approach in an opening sequence of moves designed to take White out of his comfort zone.} 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 ({In his instructive book on this defensive system, Charlie Storey confirms that another popular alternative is} 6. exd5 {but after} Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. d6 O-O {Black acquires excellent play down the e-file, whether the extra pawn is taken or not, citing} 9. dxe7 Qxe7+ 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Qxe7 Rxe7+ 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Kd2 N7f6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Kxc3 Bg4 {as an example of how Black can continue to press.}) 6... Nc6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Bd3 f6 ({In M Bluemich-Steiner, Dresden, 1926 Black wasted no time in occupying the f5 square and after} 8... Nf5 9. Bxf5 Bxf5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. O-O Nc2 13. Rac1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 {went on to win in 38 moves in a game in which his bishop pair were dominant.}) 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qc2 Nf5 11. a3 Qe7 $6 ({Unnecessary addition of force when} 11... Nxe3 12. fxe3 O-O {achieves the objective anyway and} 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Nxd5 $2 Kh8 $1 {leaves White regretting his QP grab.}) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nc3 Be6 $2 {Black has played the opening with panache, but now succumbs to positional error and the resultant doubled pawns are a real eyesore.} 14. Bxf5 gxf5 ({In fact, there may have been more mileage in merely giving up the d-pawn with} 14... Bxf5 15. Nxd5 Qf7 16. Nc3 Be6 { when White still has work to do to get his king into safety.}) 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17. Nh4 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Qg3 Na5 {White has systematically probed away at his opponent's pawn weaknesses, leaving him no more than this scrap of an attack with the knight in return.} 21. Re2 Nc4 22. Bh6 Re7 23. Rde1 {Despite the material equality, it's game, set and match in terms of middlegame supremacy for White, as the following decisive combination shows.} Kh8 24. Nxf5 $1 Bxh6 25. Nxe7 Bg4 26. f3 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Be6 28. b3 $1 { By countering the threat to the knight, White makes maximum use of his control of the e-file.} Qxe7 29. bxc4 Rg8 30. Qh4 Qg7 31. cxd5 Bf5 32. Ne4 Bxd4 33. Ng3 Bd3 34. Re7 {Control that nets a piece and wraps up the win.} Qf8 35. Qxd4 Qh6 36. Qxd3 Rxg3 37. Rxh7+ {All roads led to Rome (37.d6, maybe 37.Re8+ or even 37. Qf5) but, when you are 8 years old, why not just take the show-boating short cut?} 1-0