[Event "Rockefeller Tournament of Elementary Sch"] [Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Andrew Jiang"] [Black "Yuze Luke Ji"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2163"] [BlackElo "1915"] [Annotator "JJ Lang"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B92"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation"] [StudyName "Annotated Games from Rancho Mirage"] [ChapterName "Andrew Jiang - Yuze Luke Ji"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/FRzmURsX/5hB04grD"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 { White goes for a proper English attack, aiming for a queenside pawn majority, rather than the more formulaic line with Qd1-d2 and 0-0-0 that is more popular at club levels. } 9... Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Na5 Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. O-O Bd8 15. b4! { With the transformation after exd5, whichever side gets more out of their pawn majority will have a pressing initiative. } 15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Nb3 Nf6 18. f3!? { I'm not sure why White felt this move was necessary. If anything, it accelerates Black's counterplay if he ever gets a well-timed f5 in. } (18. a4 Ne4 19. Qa2 { does not seem bad for White, as the queen serves a useful function on this side of the board. }) 18... Be7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Qe3 Bd8 22. Rfd1?! (22. Ba7! { When playing with a space advantage, it is necessary to keep pieces on the board. } 22... Qa8 23. a5 { It is much harder for Black to regroup with that poor bishop on d8 in everybody's way. }) 22... Bxb6 23. Qxb6 Qc7? { But at this point, White has not yet committed to playing for the squeeze on the queenside, and this trade fails for dynamic reasons. } 24. Qxc7 Rcxc7 25. c5! e4 26. c6! Rd8 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5! Be6 30. fxe4! bxc6 31. bxc6 Bxd5 32. exd5 Re8 33. Nd4! { A satisfying sequence resulting in a clearly winning position because Black's remaining pawns include a giant weakness on d6 and Black's remaining pieces serve no function other than to clunkily blockade the passers. } 33... Rce7 34. c7 Rc8 35. Nb5 Rxe2 36. Nxd6 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 g6 38. Nxf7 Rd2 39. d6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0