I played poorly in the beginning, feigning here and there and leading to a poor position. Then he failed to protect a minor piece, then again I played poorly, not capitalizing until late, when some zwischenzug action simplified and saved a piece. This is a quick analysis, since I am doing it about a week after play. Sorry.

And here’s a master game. It’s a wild open game, like the Sicilian usually is. What I appreciate is the piece coordination of Smirin. If he really saw that rook-pawn getting to glory with a rook vs. 2 minor endgame, that’s amazing.

Lastly, here’s a video on the Sicilian. It’s not exactly what we played, since 2.Bc4 is so rare. But I do like the video and the theory explained at my level.