[Event "U.S. Masters 2023"] [Site "Charlotte"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Wang, Jason"] [Black "Dudin, Gleb"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2431"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2537"] [BlackTeam "HUN"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E12"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/DWSre2Gn/pzEQYqW5"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bh6 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h4 h5 { A very original position after only 12 moves. Black's Queen's Indian Defense has morphed into a sort of Benoni, albeit with an unusually weak d5-pawn. } 13. b4?! { Playing on the side where he is less developed and has less space is counterintuitive, but perhaps White overestimated the threat of ...b5-b4. } (13. Ng5 { is a thematic way to exploit the inclusion of h2-h4 and ...h7-h5. White prepares e2-e4 and can also consider f2-f3 with g2-g4 ideas to play on the side where he is stronger. } 13... b4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nce4! Nxe4 (15... Nxd5!? 16. Nd6! Qb6 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. e4 $14 { is the sort of position that should give White compensation for the pawn (and thensome) given the powerful knights and open files. })) 13... cxb4 14. axb4 a5! { Black is happy to liquidate the queenside when White is several tempi away from castling. } 15. Nxb5 axb4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qxb4 Qb6 18. e4 Re8 { The point of Black's decision to capture the b4-pawn rather than the d5-pawn: provoking e2-e4 plays into Black's development. } 19. Nd2 Bxd5 20. f3?! (20. Bd3 Na6 21. Qc3 Bc6 22. Nd4 Nb4 $15) 20... Nc6 21. Qc3 { White is behind in development, presumably won't castle any time soon, and has some problems on the back rank and queenside. But the threat of g2-g4 against the weak, pinned f6-knight might make all of those static considerations moot. Black has a number of defensive moves here, but White also has a few tricks. Black walks into one: } 21... Ne5?? (21... Be6! { The obvious move looks to play into White's attacking plans with } 22. g4 hxg4 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 { when White's initiative is obviously terrifying, but deeper calculation would reveal that Black is for choice after } 24... Ra8! { when there is no time to go after the knight, as } 25. Rg5+ Kf8 26. Qxf6 Qe3+ 27. Be2 { loses, even though the a1-square is covered, since there is no answer to } 27... Ra2! { when the queen cannot retreat to c3 as the g5-rook falls. }) 22. Nc7 { White wins material. } 22... Rc8 (22... Re7 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 $18) 23. Nxd5 Qb8 (23... Nxd5 24. Qxe5+! { Black might have relied on assuming Black would play } (24. Qxc8? Qe3+ 25. Kd1 Nc3+ 26. Kc2 Nc6!) 24... Nf6 25. Qa1! $18) 24. Qd4 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rc1+ 26. Kf2 f6 { There is no more attack, and White is simply up a piece. } 27. Rg1 Qd6 28. Be2 Nc6 29. Qe3 Rxg1 30. Kxg1 Qxd5 31. Bc4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0