SAN MIGUEL 2018 ROUND 5 – PEREZ NUNEZ vs MARTINEZ RIESGO

This game is from round 5 of the San Miguel 2018 tournament. It features Saul Perez Nunes with White against Jesus Martinez Riesgo with Black.

Today’s game features a Sicilian Kan.

Perez Nunez,Saul (2182) - Martinez Riesgo,Jesus (1912)

XXIV San Miguel 2018 Trevias (5), 21.09.2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nf3 b5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Bd3 e6 7.0–0 Bb4 B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3 [7...Nc6= 8.Nxc6 Bxc6; 7...Qc7 8.Re1 Bc5 9.Be3 d6 10.Bxb5+ axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qc6 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Nd6+ Ke7 14.Nf5+ Ke8 15.Nxg7+ Kf8 16.Nh5 0–1 (66) Delgado Ramirez,N (2622)-Bachmann,A (2627) Asuncion 2017] 

8.Bd2 

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8...Nf6N [8...Bd6²; 8...Ne7 9.Ncxb5 Bc5 10.b4 Bxb4 11.Bxb4 axb5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxb5 0–0 0–1 (49) Plaza Agudo,J-Rodriguez Azcarate,D Xirivella 1992] 

9.e5 Bxc3 White is better. 

10.Bxc3 Nd5 11.Bd2 Qh4 12.Nf3ƒ White is in control. 

12...Qh5 13.a4 b4 14.Ng5 

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14...Qh4? [14...Qxd1± is tougher. 15.Rfxd1 (15.Raxd1 a5±) 15...Nc6] 

15.Qf3 White is clearly winning. 

15...f5 [¹15...0–0 16.g3 Qh6 17.Bxh7+ Kh8] 

16.exf6+- gxf6 17.g3 1–0