[Event "American Cup | Champions"] [Site "-"] [Date "2023.03.28"] [Round "32.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/DZGTvv5d/Iqv3DZXd"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,22,19,27,28,20,10,2,9,-24,-20,6,11,-12,-16,-13,8,15,36,17,11,7,7,-14, 44] } 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1?! { I think this move gives So too much time to activate his pieces. } (8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 $14 { White has a slight advantage due to Black potentially having an isolated pawn on d5. }) 8... d4 (8... Nc6 { is also possible. } 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. O-O Bf8) 9. Na4 dxe3 10. fxe3 (10. dxe3 b6 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7) 10... b6 11. Be2 Nd5?! { I do not think this move is necessary, as Black should focus on developing his pieces first. } (11... Bb7 12. O-O Nc6) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Qg3 (14. Bc4 { makes the d5-knight a potential target. }) 14... Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc3 Nb4?! (16... Qb8 { and White does not have a lot of play on the kingside. }) 17. Ne5?! (17. Nh4 { is a better square for the knight. }) 17... Qxd2?? { So takes the pawn, but unfortunately his queen cannot escape after this move. } (17... Nbd5 18. Bc4 Nxc3 19. dxc3 { might be hard for Black to play. }) (17... Qe7 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rf1 Qd6 20. Bc4 Qxd2 21. Nxf7 Qxc3 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 $10) (17... Nfd5) 18. Rfd1 Qb2 (18... Ne4 19. Rxd2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 $18) 19. Nc4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0