Master game · Sicilian Dragon
Kobalia, Mikhail vs Chuprov, Dmitry, 2007
Cup Russia. A Sicilian Dragon game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Kobalia, Mikhail (2631)
Black
Chuprov, Dmitry (2557)
Event
Cup Russia
Date
2007
Opening
B75 Sicilian Dragon
Result
0-1
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nc3
Ne5 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Ndxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Na7 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Qa4 21. Qxd6
Rxa7 22. Bxa7 Qxa7 23. Qc7 Qa8 24. Qf4 Qa4 25. Rd3 Bd5 26. Ra3 Qd4 27. c3 Qd3+
28. Kc1 e5 29. Rd1 Qxd1+ 30. Bxd1 exf4 31. exd5 f6 32. gxf6 Nxf6 33. Ra6 Ng4
34. Rxg6 f3 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. a4 Rf1+ 37. Kd2 Rf2+ 38. Kc1 Ne5 39. Rg3 Kf7 40.
a5 Bh6+ 41. Kb1 Nc4 0-1
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
19... Nxf3!
20... Qa4!
23... Qa8!
24... Qa4!
25... Bd5!
28... e5!
29... Qxd1+!
30... exf4!
31... f6!
34... f3!
41... Nc4!
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