[Event "Opening Repertoire - Nikos"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "1 e4 - Classical Sicilian"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B63"] [Annotator "KS"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.02"] {[%evp 0,29,58,6,53,66,88,74,78,37,91,37,73,49,79,34,46,38,47,4,40,2,60,14,-46,-106,-2,-34,0,-23,37,-181]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 $1 {[#]} e6 7. Qd2 {That's the best and easiest way for White to play. We will cover two main lines for Black The classical way to play for Black} Be7 (7... a6 {[#] Recommendation of ?SamShankland in his Chessable course} 8. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 9. O-O-O {and although we cannot refute Black's position, latest games show that Black isn't exactly equa} Be7 10. Bxf6 (10. h4 $5 O-O 11. g4 d5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h5 Rb8 15. h6 g6 16. a3 Rd8 17. Be2 Bb7 18. f4 c5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Nxd5 Qf8 22. Qc3 f6 23. Nc7 Be2 24. Ne6 Qf7 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd6 Bxg4 27. Rg1 Qf8 28. Qd2 Bf5 29. Rd1 Qxh6 30. Rxf6 Bg4 31. Re1 Qh4 32. Rd6 Rf8 33. Kb1 Nf6 34. Qc3 Bf5 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Re7+ Kh6 37. Rd1 Ne4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Rxf4 40. Qc6 Qe7 41. a4 Rf6 42. Qb5 Rf4 43. a5 Rb4 44. Qd3 Rd4 45. Qh3+ Rh4 46. Qc3 Qe2 47. Re1 Qf2 48. a6 Ra4 49. Rh1+ Kg5 50. Qe5+ Kg4 51. Qe6+ Qf5 52. Qe2+ Kg5 53. Qe7+ {1-0 Van Foreest,J (2678)-Blomqvist,E (2521) Olympiad-44 Chennai 2022 (3.2)}) 10... gxf6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Qe2 $14 {[%CAl Gc1b1,Gf2f4,Gf4f5] [#]}) 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} Qb6 (9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 $14) (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 $14) (9... a5 10. a4 d5 11. Bb5 $1 $14) 10. Kb1 Rd8 {[#] and now hold your breath guys as you are about to witness something amazing} 11. Be2 $1 {[%csl Yf2][%CAl Rb6f2]} Qxf2 12. Rhf1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 Ne5 15. Rd3 $3 {[#]} *