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B21 Sicilian

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Pin Defense

Marc Esserman vs Justin Sarkar, 2008

1/2, 67 moves

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marc Esserman"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Bb4 7.O-O Nge7 8.e5 Ng6 9.Ne4 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Qd4 f6 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Bh5+ Kf8 14.Qd1 d5 15.Be3 Qd8 16.Qb3 Be7 17.Rfd1 g6 18.Be2 Qa5 19.Bh6+ Kf7 20.Nc3 Qb4 21.Qc2 Bd7 22.f4 Nc4 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Rxd7 Rhd8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Qc5+ 28.Kf1 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qh5 30.Qxh5 gxh5 31.f5 Bc5 32.Ke2 Bd4 33.Bc1 Ke7 34.Kf3 Kd6 35.Ke4 Be5 36.h3 b5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 a5 39.b3 cxb3 40.axb3 Bc3 41.Bf4+ Kc6 42.Bh6 a4 43.bxa4 bxa4 44.Bc1 Kb5 45.Kd5 h6 46.Ba3 Ba1 47.Bc1 Be5 48.Ba3 Bc3 49.Bc1 Kb4 50.Bxh6 Kb3 51.Bc1 Bb4 52.g5 fxg5 53.f6 g4 54.Ke4 Kc2 55.Bf4 a3 56.f7 a2 57.Be5 g3 58.Kf3 Kd3 59.Kxg3 Ke4 60.Ba1 Kf5 61.Kf3 Kg6 62.Ke2 Bf8 63.Kd3 Bg7 64.Kc2 Kxf7 65.Bxg7 Kxg7 66.Kb2 a1=Q+ 67.Kxa1 1/2-1/2

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