[Event "Polgar challenge"] [Site "Bassano ITA"] [Date "2021.04.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Bjerre, Jonas"] [Black "Gukesh, D..."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "jonas"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/0iVkxKw7/kZDocOks"] [Orientation "white"] { After one day of travelling home from Italy and one day of preparation I was ready to take on the Polgar Challenge. I got a nice start in the following game from first round: } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne4 b5 10. b3 Bb7? (10... cxb3 { Was the only move I knew. It leads to a typical catalan position where white has good compensation for the pawn }) 11. bxc4 Nc3 12. Qc2! (12. Qd3 { I think this is what Gukesh might have been counting on: } 12... bxc4 13. Qxc4 (13. Nxc4 Qxd4!) 13... Qxd4!) 12... Qxd4 (12... Nxe4 { Was needed but leads to a very sad position } 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 $16) 13. Ng5! Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxa1 16. Bb2 Qxa2 17. Qc2 f5 18. Ra1 { Later in the tournament I struggled against the top seeds, and finished on 10th place with a +2 score. It cannot be considered a disaster in such a strong field, but hopefully I will do better in the next challenge. } 1-0