[Event "National K-12 Grade Championships 2022"] [Site "National Harbor, Maryland, Uni"] [Date "2022.12.11"] [Round "6.14"] [White "Wang, Ryan"] [Black "Hardaway, Brewington"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2065"] [BlackElo "2369"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/D59ifJA3/VbtQD7cX"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. f3 Qb6 13. b3? (13. Bf2 { If White wants to play for central breaks, he should be willing to part with the b2-pawn. After all, an open center would only accentuate Black's offside queen. } 13... Qxb2? 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Kh1 Nf8 16. e4 $16) 13... Ng4! { Black seizes the slight hesitation to trade off an important White piece. Without defense of the d4-pawn, the e3-e4 push is far riskier. } 14. Bf2 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bb4 16. Qc1 Nf6 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nce2 Bf8 19. Rb1 h5 20. Nf1 Bd6!? 21. Qc2 Kg7 22. Kh1 c5! { Black correctly understands that his d5-pawn would not be a weakness after } 23. Rc1 (23. dxc5 Bxc5 { because the e3-pawn is far more vulnerable. } 24. Qd2?? { Indeed, it cannot be defended as all, since this logical reply loses to the shocking } 24... Rxe3!! 25. Nxe3 Bxe3) 23... cxd4 24. Nxd4 Bd7 (24... Rxe3 25. Nxe3 Qxd4 { This certainly favors Black as well, but the young FM does not see a reason to assess the material imbalance since he is happy with his current position. }) 25. Qb2 Be5 26. Re2 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. f4 { This only accelerates a position that was difficult to hold. } 28... Bxd4 29. exd4 Qb4! { The point: Black occupies the c3-square with the rook and further extinguishes the potential of White's remaining pieces. } 30. Nd2 Rc3 31. Bc2 Qxd4 32. Nf3 Qc5 33. f5 Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Rc1+ 35. Ne1 gxf5 (35... Qf2!! { What a shot! That said, the text also wins. }) 36. Qe5 Qc3 37. Qe7 d4 38. h3 d3 39. Re3 d2 40. Rxc3 Rxe1+ 41. Kh2 Rxe7 42. Rd3 Rd7 43. Rg3+ Ng4+ 44. hxg4 f4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1