Taming the Sicilian - Sustained Attack

Rulix Batistil vs Hairan Liang

Playing white on the 2nd round, I faced another young talent rated 1900+. Hairan Liang put up a Sicilian Defense Taimanov variation. So much I loved Sicilian when playing black, I also loved to attack and crush Sicilian when playing white. This game demonstrates a controlled attack giving black no room to counter from start to finish - A total wiped out.

[Event "Scarborough Chess Club - Howard Ridout Memorial Swiss Tournament 2014"] [Site "Birkdale Community Centre, Toronto, ON Canada"] [Date "Sept 18 2014"] [Round "-2"] [White "Rulix Batistil"] [Black "Hairan Liang"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1794"] [BlackElo "1942"] [TimeControl "60 min"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qe7 10. e5 Qxd6 11. exd6 Rb8 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Na4 c5 15. f3 Rfc8 16. c4 Nh5 17. g3 g5 18. Rhf1 e5 19. f4 Ng7 20. fxe5 Ne6 21. Rf6 Bc6 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Bh5 Rf8 24. Rdf1 Rb4 25. b3 a5 26. Bxf7+ Kg7 27. Bd5 Rxf6 28. exf6+ Kf8 29. f7 Rb8 30. Kd2 Kg7 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. f8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Ne4 Ne5 35. Nxg5 h6 36. Ne4 Nf7 37. Nxc5 Nxd6 38. Nxd7+ Ke7 39. Ne5 Nb7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Kd4 Nd6 42. a3 Nf5+ 43. Ke4 Nd6+ 44. Kf4 Nb7 45. b4 a4 46. c5 Kd5 47. h4 Kd4 48. Kf5 Kc3 49. c6 Nd6+ 50. Ke6 Nb5 51. Kd5 Kb3 52. Kc5 Nc7 53. b5 Kxa3 54. b6 Ne6+ 55. Kd5 Kb3 56. Nc4 *