[Event "USCF/WS/22W18"] [Date "2022.07.30"] [White "Chirillo, John"] [Black "Brenneman, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Irons,Robert"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B36"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind"] [StudyName "February 2023 Check Is In The Mail"] [ChapterName "Chirillo, John - Brenneman, Daniel"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/DZdvz3ix/fOyp3nwY"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,59,25,16,71,35,95,96,70,70,67,23,9,24,22,23,1,1,2,9,4,9,20,17,6,31,29,33,285,285,292,282,306,312,307,331,310,319,335,335,317,298,304,311,315,299,379,310,324,316,378,349,848,878,1040,1073,3018,2080,1637,28604,29977,29978] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd4 Ne5?! $16 (12... Nc5 13. Qe3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. b3 a5 { White's space advantage doesn't mean as much with fewer pieces on the board, and Black has counterplay on the queenside. Stockfish gives this as a slight edge to White, but I think Black can draw this. }) 13. Qd2 Nxc4? $18 (13... Nc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfd1 Qa5 $16) 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Bxg7 Bxf1 16. Bxf8 Bxg2 17. Bxe7 (17. Bh6 Bh3 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Nxe7+! Qxe7 20. Qc3 Qe5 21. Qxh3 Qxe4 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Qc3 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qe4+ 25. f3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. Rc7 $18) 17... Qxe7 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. Rd1 Rc6 20. Qe3 a6 21. Rd5 f6 22. a4 Qc7 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Ne2 Rb6 25. b3 Rb4?! 26. Rxd6 Qg4+? (26... Qe7 { holds out a bit longer. }) 27. Ng3 Qh4 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Qd2+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0