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Black's ...b4 is a typical Sicilian move to chase away White's central knight on c3, but in this game it weakened the light squares, allowing 12.Qc4!
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 Qa5 8.Qd3 h6 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.f5 b5 11.0-0-0 b4?! 12.Qc4! Bb7 13.Nc6! Qc5 - Start an analysis engine:
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Pijpers,A | 2480 | De Boer,E | 2324 | 1–0 | 2020 | B94 | 82nd Tata Steel Qualifier | 3.2 |
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