[Event "BCC Championship 2016"] [Site "Meeting Room"] [Date "2016.04.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Robert Bailey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1607"] [BlackElo "1569"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix, 2...Nc6 3.Nf3"] 1.e4 {I'm entering in this game now in 2017 as a personal request from Patrick Cook. (RB)} c5 2.f4 {Kevin tries the Grand Prix Attack which was a huge surprise at the time. I'd faced it a couple of times over the years and complicated strategic battles have tended to be the result. (RB)} Nc6 {More common is 2..d5, but I didn't want to sharpen the game too quickly. (RB)} 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 {Modern theory tends to lean more toward 4.Bb5 but the text move is aggressive; clearly showing white's intentions.} e6 {Said black to the bishop "Let them eat granite!" (RB)} 5.O-O Qc7?! {Certainly not the most accurate (Nf6 and Nge7 are more often played here) but nonetheless trying to control the e5 square.} 6.d4 {I remember that I was expecting either Qe2 to guard the bishop or the more circumspect d3 here which would have given the position more of a closed siciilian flavor.} cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6?! {Not best but aiming for flexibility and expansion on the queen-side. Black could have perhaps gone for the immediate d5 here instead.} 8.c3?? {The key error in the game which also completely surprised me. With natural developing moves, white can continue push here for a nice edge eg. (Be3 and Nc3, aiming at some point for f5)} Nxd4 {Often in chess errors can follow after one another and as they incrementally escalate, they often become more likely to be fatal. Here if white takes on d4 with the queen, d5 is played with immediate effect, with the double threat of dxc4 and of course the more venomous Bc5! (RB)} 9.Bxe6 {To be honest at this point I was in complete shock with the state of affairs. During a long moment of consideration on why my noble steed couldn't jump backwards to e6, my opponent resigned. Kevin remarked that "he wasn't in the mood" on the night which is a sentiment I can relate to sometimes as well. This is undoubtedly my shortest win against him, our first game probably being in 1991. (RB)} {#R} 0-1