Master game · c3 Sicilian
Karthikeyan,M2 vs Tabatabaei,M, 2024
Qatar Masters Open 2024. A c3 Sicilian game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Karthikeyan,M2 (2637)
Black
Tabatabaei,M (2695)
Event
Qatar Masters Open 2024
Date
2024
Opening
B22 c3 Sicilian
Result
1-0
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qg4 Nf8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Re1 h5 23. Qg3 Rd5 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Qg5 Bf8 26. g4 Bg7 27. gxh5
Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qg4 Bg7 30. Qg2 Qe7 31. Ng5 Qf6 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Re8+
Bf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Nh7+ 1-0
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
26. g4!
32. Qxd5!
33. Re8+!
34. Rxf8+!
35. Nh7+!
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