Is my brother a better chess player than I?

He did however leap to over 1800 on Pogo. He sent me a recent game with a rather eccentric opening. It appears as if they are both playing a strange version of the Sicilian. The game builds to a crescendo combination where black maximizes his position. I ran it through Chessmaster and except for pointing out one major combination error for both black and white it didn't have much to say. Its clear white is out classed as he plays too conservatively and moves his queen uselessly and too often. Black takes full advantage and white resigns after only twenty moves.

The game...

White clemensisold

Black EpicurianJesus

Result 0-1

1.e4 c5

2.c3 a6

3.d3 b6

4.Ng1f3 Bc8b7

5.g3 c4

6.e5 cxd3

7.Qd1xd3 Nb8c6

8.Bc1f4 e6

9.Bf1g2 a5

10.Qd3d1 Bb7a6

11.b3 Bf8c5

12.Qd1c2 Ng8e7

13.c4 h6

14.O-O Ra8c8

15.Qc2e2 Nc6d4

16.Qe2e4 Ne7f5

17.Bf4e3 Nd4xf3+

18.Bg2xf3 Nf5xe3

19.fxe3 Qd8g5

20.Rf1e1 Rc8b8

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