[Event "Australian open 2019"] [Date "2018.11.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Paul Glissan"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1741"] [BlackElo "1400"] [ECO "B24"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed, 3.g3"] 1.e4 c5 {I occasionally play c5 as I really dislike playing e5. There is a lot of theory but quite a few lines can be solved over the board. (R.C)} 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 {White is wanting to prepare Qe2, castle queenside and trade off the dark squared bishops. The kingside pawns will then march down the board and black can face some trouble if not pushing the queenside pawns. (R.C)} Nf6 7.h3 {Not allowing the knight to get to g4 where it stops the bishop and queen battery. (R.C)} Qb6 {An odd choice. I've not really played this line before so thought this might be a way to prevent white's plan. After the game, I learned that Rb8 is more common, with ideas of pushing the queenside pawns as quickly as possible before white gets a chance. (R.C)} 8.Qd2 Nd4 (8...Ng4 9.hxg4 (9.Rb1 Nxe3 10.fxe3 {Again, Black stands a bit better. If black can trade down and use the bishop pair, white will have a very difficult game. (R.C)}) 9...Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qxc3 {And black is much better. I saw that I could sacrifice the knight but was only focusing oon the r4 square. (R.C)}) 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Nce2 Be6 11.b3 d5!? {In most lines of the sicilian, if black can push d5 then they are doing okay which was my main idea for this. Black is forcing opening of the d-file which could be of great use for black. (R.C)} 12.c3 Nxe2 13.Nxe2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Rd8 15.Qc2 Qc7 {b4 would be quite annoying so black must first unpin. White can now take initiative. (R.C)} 16.O-O O-O 17.f4 Bh6? {Another interesting move but gives white too much. Better would be to retreat the light-squared bishop, push the b-pawn and fianchetto the bishop} 18.g4 Bxg4 {Let the fireworks begin. An unsound sacrifice but dangerous if not dealt with properly. (R.C)} 19.hxg4 Nxg4 20.Bc1 e5 21.Bh3 Qd7 22.f5 Ne3 23.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 24.Kh1 Qc8 {Better was Qe7. If f6 then Qc7, trade a pair of rooks (one white and one black) then retreat the bishop as necessary. (R.C)} 25.Rbd1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rd3 {I only saw this move after I played Rd8 and realised that I am now completely losing} Bg5 28.fxg6 Qc6 29.gxh7+ Kh8 {Could take the pawn but decided to keep a file closed so I could attack (if I get the chance) without worry to the king. (R.C)} 30.Bf5 Rd6 31.Qd1 Rh6+ 32.Kg2 Qf6 33.Rg3 Rh4 34.Qd7 {And the game is over. The bishop is pinned and the pieces are overworked trying to defend everything. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0