Rossolimo main line ideas

[White "Torre, E."] [Black "Van Der Wiel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 White has a strong center and Black has to continue developing his pieces



 11..Qa5 12. a4 Bg4 13. Re3! Rook lift Rfc8 14. h3 Bxf3?! 15. Rxf3 White has the initiative on the kingside  and will open lines (h file) and bring the Queen as well

  


 e6 16. h4 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. h5 b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Be3 Na5 21. Rh3! Nc4 22. hxg6 fxg6

 

 23. Qg4! Squares e6 and h7 are weak  Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Qh4 Bh8 26. Bd3! Ra7 27. Rb1 Rac7

 

 28. Rb3! Idea is Bxg6 followed by Rbg3 Na5 29. Rb6 Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bb5 Rf8 33. Bh6 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qc7 35.Qg4 Qe7 36. Bg5 h5

  

 37. Qh3! wins outright , bishop pair dominates Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 1-0

 full game replay here Game with variation here

Torre-Van Der Wiel 1988

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 [#] 10...  Nxc3 ( 10... Bf5 11. Nh4 King-Rajkovic 1-0.Nh4 allows plans like f4 or Qf3 on the kingside 11... Nxc3 ( 11... Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 g5 14. Nf3 f6 Kasparov-Shirov 2002 15. Nd2 ) 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qf3 ) 11. bxc3 [#] 11...  Qa5?! ( 11... Na5 12. Ng5!? ( 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qc1 a6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rb1 ) 12... h6 13. Nf3 Qc7 ( 13... a6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Nh4 Rc8 16. f4 here again, f4-f5 after Nh4 offers white attack on the kingside. The pawn on c3 is not important ) 14. Ba3 Bf5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Rc1 a6 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. f4 with idea Rf1, f4-f5; White has the edge as Black has little counterplay ) ( 11... Bg4 12. h3 ) ( 11... Bf5 ) ( 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 ) 12. a4 Bg4 13. Re3! Rook life 13...  Rfc8 ( 13... Bh6 14. Rd3 Bg7 15. Ba3 ) 14. h3 Bxf3?! Giving the bishop pair will alllow white to develop kingside initiative ( 14... Bf5 15. Nd2 ( 15. Ba3?! Bh6 ) 15... a6 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Na5 18. Nc5!? ) 15. Rxf3 [%csl Ga5,Ga8,Gc6,Gc8,Rf7,Rg5,Rh6][%cal Rc1g5,Rd1g4,Rh3h5] [#] Black pieces are on the queenside. White can develop the initiative on the kingside with 2 bishops and the rook/queen 15...  e6 ( 15... a6 16. Bf1 b5 17. h4 similar to the main line ) 16. h4! White needs to open lines on the kingside. 16...  a6 17. Bf1 this allows Qf3-Qg4 after Rook goes on h3 17...  b5 Black rightly tries to counter-attack 18. h5! [#] 18...  b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Be3 protecting d4 20...  Na5 21. Rh3! +/- makes way for the queen to join the attack.Black cant really organize his counterplay 21...  Nc4 ( 21... Nc6 with idea Ne7-f5 was a better try 22. Rb1 Qa5? ( 22... Qe7 ) 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qg4 Ne7 25. Qh4 Nf5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bg5 Ra7 28. Qh8+ Bxh8 29. Rxh8+ Kg7 30. Bf6# ) 22. hxg6 fxg6 ( 22... hxg6 23. Bg5 [%csl Rf3,Rf6][%cal Rg5f6,Rd1f3] ) 23. Qg4! [%csl Re6] 23...  Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Qh4 [%csl Rh7] 25...  Bh8 ( 25... h5 26. Rf3 Qe8 27. Rg3 Rab8 28. Bd3 +- ) 26. Bd3! targets g6 26...  Ra7 ( 26... Rab8 27. Bxg6! Qxg6 28. Rg3 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Bf6! ) 27. Rb1! activates the last piece 27...  Rac7 28. Rb3! [%cal Rb3g3,Rd3g6] with idea Bg6 followed by Rbg3. Second rook lift 28...  Na5 29. Rb6 ( 29. Bxg6!? ) 29...  Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 +- [%csl Ra5,Rc8,Rg8,Rh8] All black pieces are scattered around without any target 31...  Ra8 32. Bb5 Rf8 33. Bh6 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qc7 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Bg5! [%cal Rg5e7,Rb5e8] [#] full domination of the 2 bishops. Black pieces are not coordinated 36...  h5 37. Qh3! Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 Torre-Van Der Wiel 1988 1-0 1-0