18...Bc8!!
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:30 am
If everyone would indulge me, I would like to give another position from the Book I am studying called "How To Reassess Your Chess" (4th edition) by IM Silman. Silman said this move was beyond the powers of computers (early 2010). He said 18...Bc8 sets up ...Ba6+ possibilities and also frees the e-pawn, which can now advance to e5 and nuke the center (going after that central enemy King). He goes as far as to say that this is the greatest game by a non-master of all time! He made a point of putting every position in that edition through a detailed analytical check by both Rybka 3 and Fritz 12.
[Event "San Francisco 1974"]
[Date "2012.5.13"]
[White "R. Catig" (1500)]
[Black "M. Mills (1500)"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern, 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O
8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Be6 14.
Qd4 f6 15. f4 Qc7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc5 Bh4+ 18. Ke2 *
[Event "San Francisco 1974"]
[Date "2012.5.13"]
[White "R. Catig" (1500)]
[Black "M. Mills (1500)"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern, 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O
8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Be6 14.
Qd4 f6 15. f4 Qc7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc5 Bh4+ 18. Ke2 *