[Event "Round 7 | GM C: Max Gedajlovic - Tianqi"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2022.11.21"] [White "Max Gedajlovic"] [Black "Tianqi Wang"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/loepare"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E11"] [Opening "Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/C2ZJaUwu/RoepMw1k"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,63,27,22,13,-11,11,6,37,43,49,49,45,41,57,29,27,14,8,10,10,3,68,44,41, 38,63,45,69,65,86,86,75,75,98,98,123,98,88,88,136,90,94,118,199,203,167,173, 264,260,260,261,261,267,309,302,452,481,481,380,562,565,600,637,981,1359] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ { The Bogo Indian Defense } 4. Bd2 (4. Nbd2 { The secondary move is outperforming the natural main line seen in the game. } 4... O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 { This feels more like a French Defense than a Bogo Indian. }) 4... Qe7 5. e3 { An extremely solid choice and not too popular. } 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 { The most active and best square for the bishop. } 8... e5 9. Bc2 { A key move to stop the idea of ...e5-e4 forking the pieces. } 9... Bg4 (9... e4 10. Ng5 { The tension favors White. }) 10. h3 Be6 (10... Bxf3 { A necessary decision to open the g-file. } 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bf5 a5 14. Rg1 Kh8 { Black went on to win, following 0-1 (38) Maisuradze,N (2222)-Terry,R (2504) Europe Echecs INT 2021. }) 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 { White has the superior pawn structure and a clear plan to expand on the kingside. } 12... a5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. f4 { The attack begins, and Black does not have an answer to the expansion. } { [%cal Rf4f5] } 14... Nc5 15. e4 a4 16. Rae1 { White has beautiful harmony as all of the pieces are involved. } 16... axb3 17. axb3 Rad8 18. Qf2 (18. Nd5 { May be even stronger than the game continuation. } 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. b4 Na6 21. b5 Nc5 22. Bf5 { Black is lost. }) 18... c6 19. g4 Bc8 20. Nf3 Na6 21. Qh4 { White eyes the h7-square. } { [%csl Rh7][%cal Rg4g5,Re4e5,Rc2h7,Rh4h7] } 21... Nb4 22. Bb1 h6 23. g5 { Black is out of good moves. } 23... Nd7 24. Nd5 { [%csl Re7] } 24... cxd5 25. exd5 { White needs to remove the queen to capture on h6. } { [%cal Re1e8] } 25... Ne5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd6 28. gxh6 g6 29. Rg5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Rde8 31. Qg3 { [%csl Rg6][%cal Rg3g7] } 31... Re7 32. d6 { A strong intermezzo to end the game. } 1-0