[Event "Round 9: Awonder Liang - Benjamin Glend"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2022.12.23"] [White "Awonder Liang"] [Black "Benjamin Glendura"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C49"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Janowski Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/3P5ZAYMa/Aff1aEqz"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Re1 Qe7 9. d4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qd3 Na5 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Qf3 c5 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nc6?! (17... f6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Be3 exd4 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Bxd4 Ne5 { As far as positions with the knight pair against the bishop pair are concerned, this is relatively fixed. }) 18. d5! Nb4 19. Be7 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rfe8 21. f6! Rxe7 22. fxe7 Nc5 23. Rab1 Nba6 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qf6 Nd7 26. Qh4 Nac5 27. f4 Kg7 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bb5 Ncd7 30. Qa4 Nb6 31. Qh4 Nbd7 32. Rxe5! { White returns the exchange to earn a second dangerous passed pawn. } 32... dxe5 33. Qb4 a5 34. Qa3 Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Nf6 36. d6 Qd4 37. d7 Nxd7 38. Qa4! { White has converted his dominating position into a material plus. Black's best chance is to hope he can trade into an endgame with too few pawns for White to win. } 38... Qd6 39. Bxd7 Qxe7 40. Rxb7 Rd8 41. Bc6 Qf6 42. Qe4 Rd4 43. Qf3 Rf4 44. Qc3 h5 45. Rb5 Rd4 46. Qf3 Qd6 47. Be4 f5 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. Qb3 a4 50. Qf7+ Kg5 51. Re7 Kf4 52. Re6 Qb8 53. Bc6 e4 54. Qxg6 Ke3+ 55. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 56. Kxg3 Rc4 57. a3 Rxc2 58. Bxa4 h4+ 59. Kh2 Ra2 60. Bd7 Kd4 61. Re8 f4 62. Bc6 f3 63. Rxe4+ Kc5 64. Bd7 Rxg2+ 65. Kh1 Rd2 66. Ba4 Re2 67. Rf4 Re3 68. Bd7 Rxa3 69. Kg1 Kd6 70. Bg4 Ke5 71. Rb4 Kf6 72. Kf2 Kg5 73. Bxf3 Ra1 74. Rg4+ Kh6 75. Rxh4+ { White has enough material to win as long as Black does not trick him into trading rooks. But if the rooks stay on, the color of the promoting square is immaterial to White's strategy. } 75... Kg7 76. Rb4 Ra6 77. h4 Kh6 78. Kg3 Rf6 79. Be4 Rd6 80. Rb7 Kh5 81. Rh7+ Rh6 82. Bf3+ Kg6 83. Ra7 Rh8 84. Be4+ Kf6 85. Kg4 Rg8+ 86. Kf4 Rh8 87. Ra6+ Kg7 88. Kg5 Rf8 89. h5 Kh8 90. Bd5 Rd8 91. Be6 Re8 92. Rb6 Rf8 93. Rb7 Re8 94. Bf7 Rd8 95. Re7 Rd1 96. Kh6 Rd8 97. Be6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0