1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 Against a young opponent, the grandmaster takes the game out of book

3.f4 A fine reaction, aiming for a closed Sicilian in which a6 is not a useful tempo

3...b5 I would have a long talk with my students about such play.

4.d3 Again, the right reaction, often with g3 and Bg2

4...Bb7 5.Be2 e6 6.Nh3 Nothing wrong with Nf3. White likes the look of Nf2 and g4-g5

6...b4 7.Nb1 Heading to f3

7...Nf6 8.Nd2 Be7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.c4 Stopping ...d5, but Nf3 or Nf2 might have been more consistent

10...0-0 11.b3 This works well. The black king is suddenly in danger. Bb2 and g4 are looming

11...d6 12.Bb2 a5 13.Nf2 a4 14.Nf3 Nd7 15.g4 Bf6 To exchange off white's powerful bishop and with the idea of axb3

16.Qd2 well played. Replacing one dark-squared movers with another

16...Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Qf6 18.Qxf6 Nxf6 Black has succeeded in trading off some pieces, but white's attack continues.

19.Rfd1 g4-g5

19...Ra7 20.Rab1 Rfa8 21.d4 axb3 22.axb3 Ra2 23.Kf1 h5 24.h3 hxg4 25.hxg4 cxd4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 e5 28.Rxd6 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Bxe4 30.Rc1 exf4 31.Rd4 Diagram There's a story here... Rohde must have nervous about the passed c-pawn, but black has a win here [31.Rd4 Re8 32.c5 Bg2+! 33.Kxg2 Rexe2+ 34.Kf3 g5 35.Rd3 Rac2-/+ ] 1/2-1/2