Michael Alier Noah vs Sullivan, Greg T
NCO 188 · Round 2 · 2004.10.01 · 1/2-1/2 · B52 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line
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[Event "NCO 188"]
[Site "North County Chess Club"]
[Date "2004.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Alier Noah"]
[Black "Sullivan, Greg T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[WhiteFideId "32500289"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[BlackFideId "39947947"]
[ECO "B52b"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 { The Moscow variation of the Bb5 Sicilian. } 4.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d4
{ 5. Re1 is one of the main lines. Pederson in his book "The Bb5 Sicilian", one of the easy guide series by Everyman Chess, suggests that 5. Qe2 is good too. }
5... Ngf6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Qd2 $6 (
11. Re1 { RR } 11... Rc8 12. a3 b5 13. Nd5 Re8 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Rc1 e6 16. Nf4
e5 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bb2 19. Rb1 Nc3 20. Qxd6 Nxb1 21. Rxb1 Rxc2 22. Qxa6
Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Bh6 Bg7 25. Bg5 h6
{ Schuster,P-Archan,D/ Schladming 1994/EXT 97/0-1 (56) } ) 11... Ne5 12. Qe2
{ White should have played here rather than Qd2. } 12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Nc4 14.
Bc1 b5 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Nd5 Nb6 17. Nf3 Nbxd5 18. exd5 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. c3
Qc7 21. Qd3 Bf8 22. Ng5 e5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qf7 25. f4 Rc4 26. fxe5 Rxe4
27. Qxe4 Rxe5 28. Qg4 Qf5 29. Qg3 d5 30. Rf1 $4
{ White was not paying attention to the Bishop on f8. } 30... Bc5+ 31. Kh2
Qxf1 32. Qxe5 Qg1+ $6 { Throwing away the win. } ( 32... Bg1+ $1 33. Kg3 Bf2+ (
33... Qf2+ 34. Kg4 Qxg2+ 35. Qg3 h5+ ) 34. Kf4 Bd4+ ) 33. Kg3 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+
{ White dodged another bullet. } 1/2-1/2