Here's the pgn if you don't want to click mc4chess's link.
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[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Date "2010.11.22"]
[White "ganstaman"]
[Black "kingdestroyer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. f3 h5 8. Be3 h4 9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bd6 12. Qb6 Bxh2
13. Qxc7 Bxc7 14. Bg5 Bg3+ 15. Kd1 Rh5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Be2 Nf2+ 18. Kc2 Rh8 19. e5 Nxh1 20. Rxh1 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bf5+ 23. Bd3 Rc8+ 24. Kd2 Be6
25. Nc3 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Ne4 fxg5 28. Nxg3 gxf4 29. Ne2 Bc4 30. Bg6+ Kf8 31. Nxf4 Kg7 32. Be4 b6 33. Bf5 Rcd8+ 34. Kc3 Bf7 35. Be6 Rd6 36. Bh3 Re8
37. Rf1 Re3+ 38. Kb2 Rd2+ 39. Kc1 Ra2 40. Kb1 Rexa3 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. gxf3 Ra3 43. Bg4 Rb3+ 44. Kc2 Rxb4 45. Ng2 Rxg4 46. fxg4 h3 47. Nh4 Bg6+ 48. Kc3 h2 {White resigns} 0-1
I haven't played an open Sicilian in a long time so I hesitated a bit before going in for it. Not entirely sure of the theory here, but it seems to me that 7. f3 is rather uncommon (unless it normally transposes?).
I missed 12...Bxh2 (I was wondering why you took so long to make your move there, I guess now that you thought I was purposefully gambitting a pawn?), but my computer gives even evals to 14. O-O-O, eventually gaining back the pawn for white (at 16 ply: 14...Ke7 15. Kc2 Bg3 16. c5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5+ exd5 19. Rxd5 a5 20. b5 Be6 21. Rg5).
20...d5 was very nice. Even though you won the exchange and a pawn, this seemed so necessary to free your position and put you clearly ahead. I've tried out a few other moves on the computer, and I'm coming out even after all of them despite the material imbalance.
I was slightly upset that you didn't fall for any of my cheap traps near the end
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Originally Posted by mc4chess
ganstaman surprised me with a couple goood moves
It surprises me too when I play good moves. No but seriously, when playing better players, this always seems to happen. I get beaten down but make a few tricky plays here and there. I guess that's only natural and probably not a strictly personal experience.