[Event "45th Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2024.09.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gaal, Zsoka"]
[Black "Cori T., Deysi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "English Defense"]
[StudyName "Inside Story: Women's Olympiad Highlights"]
[ChapterName "Gaal, Zsoka - Cori T., Deysi"]
[ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/2AVaV5mN/FVvlqsFd"]
[Orientation "white"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. h4! c5 { Greed is indeed a sin after } (9... hxg5 10. hxg5 Nh7 11. Qd3 { with serious advantage to White. }) 10. Qc2 Be7 11. O-O-O d6 12. e3 a6 13. g4! Nxg4 14. Bd3!? Bc8 { [#] } 15. Bxe7? { Trading pieces only aids Black's task. Instead White could keep the pressure with } (15. Bf5! Bxf5 (15... hxg5 16. Bh7+! Kh8 17. hxg5) (15... Nxf2 16. Bxc8 Nxd1 17. Kxd1 { and now the threat of Bg5xh6 looms }) 16. Qxf5 Nxf2 17. Bxh6!) (15. Rdg1 { is also effective. If } 15... f5 { (trying to keep the g-file blocked) } 16. Ne2 Nxf2 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Rxg4!? (18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf4) 18... fxg4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qe4! g6 22. Bxg6+ Kg8 23. Rh5 Bf5 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Qh1 Qxh5 26. Qxh5 Bxh7 27. Nf4 Nd7 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxf8 Nxf8 30. Qxg4+) 17. Bxh6 Bf6 18. Nf4 Nxh1 19. Ng5) 15... Qxe7 16. Ng5? { Another piece offered on g5! OK, it's not sound, but the aesthetics! } 16... Ne5? (16... hxg5? { loses to } 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. hxg5 { , but if Black keeps developing with }) (16... Nd7! { it's hard to see how the attack can succeed. If } 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rdg1 Ndf6 { and Black is not only surviving, but thriving! }) 17. Bxa6! hxg5 18. hxg5 Ng6 19. Bd3?! { White should take the full point after } (19. Bxc8! Rxc8 20. Rh3! { . }) 19... Qe5? { Again Black needs to get pieces out with something like } (19... Nd7 { . }) 20. Ne4! c4 21. f4! { Clearing the second-rank with tempo. White wins. } 21... Nxf4 22. exf4 Qxf4+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 f5 25. g6 fxe4 26. Rdh2 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0