[Event "U.S. National Grade Championships 2023"] [Site "Orlando"] [Date "2023.12.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Eric Chang Liu"] [Black "Vemparala, Nikash"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2192"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/6xQz7aU5/tYz08vmt"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. O-O d6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 Qd7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 h6 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. Nhf5 { White has embarked on a textbook Italian Game attack. Black has a couple defensive ideas: } 16... Qe6? { Black's point of keeping the bishop on a7, even though it is far away from kingside defense, is to keep an eye on the d3-d4 break. This move is inconsistent with Black's setup. } (16... Kh8 { might be simplest, as there is not yet a threat. }) 17. d4! Qc8 (17... Kh8 { is too late now that the f5-square is defended by the c2-bishop: } 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxh6+ Kxh6 20. Qd2+ Kg7 21. Nf5+ $18) 18. Bxh6 { That's that! } 18... gxh6 19. Qd2 Re6 20. Qxh6 Ne8 21. Ne7+! { Lovely clearance! } 21... Nxe7 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bg6+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0