[Event "World Junior Championships, Yerevan"] [Site "masterchessopen.com"] [Round "0"] [White "Tairova, E."] [Black "Alaverdyan, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 { Obviously White cannot now play c2-c4 since the knight is in the way, but she can interfere with Black's plans in another way: } 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 { The idea of giving up a pawn on d5 is borrowed from another line where Black follows up with ... Rb8 and ...Bb7 with reasonable compensation, but crucially...g7-g6 is not normally played. } ( { It might look ugly but the best move in the position is the passive retreat } 7...Ng8 { , when } 8.Bc4 Bg7 9.Qf3 f5 ( { of course } 9...Nh6 { fails to } 10.Bxh6 Bxh6 11.Qxf7# ) 10.Bf4 { , intending to castle queenside, gave White the superior game thanks to his lead in development in G. Lane-M.Apicella, Cappelle la Grande 1991. } ) 1-0