[Event "Round 9 | IM E: Liam Putnam - Dante Beu"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2022.11.22"] [White "Liam Putnam"] [Black "Dante Beukes"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/loepare"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E92"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Gligoric-Taimanov System"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/C2ZJaUwu/4brbvA9X"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,65,22,13,19,6,23,34,40,43,38,38,36,34,36,37,25,32,39,8,25,-21,66,43, 43,44,43,-6,58,54,6,10,39,29,36,23,33,31,50,36,50,21,21,23,58,38,62,63,54,66, 81,85,77,113,125,130,145,131,166,154,162,150,169,168,202,201,422,482] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 { The classical King's Indian Defense. } 6... e5 7. Be3 { The solid Gligorić System is one of the best ways to meet the King's Indian. } 7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 { The most solid choice, the young Putnam plays a very solid and mature game not allowing Black to attack. } 9... Nc6 10. O-O Nh6 11. dxe5 { The most popular move: without the center being locked, Black's kingside play is stunted. } 11... fxe5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Qd2 (14. Rc1 { Was seen in 1-0 (33) Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2481)-Camino Carrio,N (2100) Las Palmas 2005. }) 14... Nf7 15. Be3 Ncd8 { Black's position is quite hard to play whereas White can simply wait for the implosion. } 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. Rac1 (17. b4 { This was a bit more accurate. }) 17... c6 18. Nc3 Qe7 19. b4 g5 20. Ne1 { White is willing to part with the bishop pair to assure safety. } 20... Nd4 21. Nc2 a5 22. bxa5 Nxe2+? (22... Qf6 23. f3 h5 { Black at least has a fighting chance here. }) 23. Nxe2 Be6 24. Qc3 Nh6 25. Ng3 Ng4 26. h3 Nxe3 27. Nxe3 { One of those rare occurrences where the knights dominate the bishop pair. } 27... Qc7 28. Rb1 Rxa5 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Qxa5 Ra8 31. Qd2 { Black has too many weaknesses within the camp. } 31... Rd8 32. Nef5 h6 33. Nxd6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0