[Event "Harold Chan Open 2004"] [Site "UWI - KINGSTON, Jamaica"] [Date "2004.07.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Geoffrey Byfield"] [Black "Daaim Shabazz"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [Annotator "Shabazz,Daaim"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {[%evp 0,72,19,38,40,34,27,5,66,64,95,43,80,40,101,53,90,64,61,24,28,27,54,61, 67,53,27,-94,-80,-91,-31,-56,-53,-50,-90,-83,-60,-60,-60,-215,-173,-320,-309, -284,-310,-315,-283,-258,40,-315,-366,-491,-430,-425,-422,-450,-423,-439,-419, -461,-458,-459,-470,-521,-531,-532,-538,-553,-558,-613,-517,-727,-748,-1007, -1034]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 e6 5. c4 a6 {[#] Of course, Smith-Morra players aren't used to these type of positions. The Maroczy Bind takes a certain positional sense which is what they attempt to avoid. You can't just crush these Sicilian positions so easily and Byfield learned this lesson.} 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 Nc6 ({More flexible is} 9... Be7 ) 10. Rc1 Qa5 $6 (10... Be7 11. Nd5 $2 exd5 12. cxd5 Bg4 13. Qg3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qb6 16. a3 Nbxd5 $1) 11. Nge2 Be7 12. g4 g5 $5 {[#] I had a position many years ago where I decided not to play this move and got a losing position. Fortunately, I snatched a draw from my opponent. This time I played it!} 13. h4 (13. e5 dxe5 (13... Nd7 14. Rd1 gxf4 15. exd6 Nce5 16. Qxf4 Bg5 17. Qe4 Nf6) 14. fxg5 e4 $1 {a move I saw in my analysis.} 15. Bxe4 Ne5 (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. h4) 16. Qg2 Nfxg4 {reminding me of Shirov-Polgar. After the game Byfield and I looked at some wild lines such as} 17. Bd2 (17. Bd4 Bxg5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 $1) 17... Qd8 18. Rd1 (18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Qxb7 Rb8 {Beautiful is} 20. Qg2 {[#]} Qxd2+ $3 21. Kxd2 Bxg5+ 22. Ke1 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Ne3+)) 13... gxf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 ({I didn't like} 14... e5 15. Bd2 (15. g5 $4 exf4 16. gxf6 Ne5) 15... Bxg4 16. Qf2) 15. a3 Nde5 16. Qg3 Rg8 17. g5 h6 18. c5 hxg5 (18... f6 $6 19. cxd6 Bxd6) 19. Bd2 Qd8 $1 {Setting up a couple of nasty tactical threats from long-range.} 20. Na4 dxc5 21. Bb1 g4 22. Bf4 $4 {[#]} ( 22. Ng1 $8) 22... Bxh4 $1 23. Rxh4 Qxh4 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxc5 Qxg3+ 26. Nxg3 Nd7 27. Rc7 Kd8 28. Rc1 b5 {The rest of the game is a forgone conclusion.} 29. Nc3 Bb7 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Nce2 Ne5 33. Nf4 Rh8 34. Kg2 Nf3 35. Nfh5 Rhd8 $1 36. Bd3 Rxd3 0-1