[Event "U.S. Open"] [Date "2022.08.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Yang, Maxwell"] [Black "Morris-Suzuki"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2019"] [BlackElo "2245"] [Annotator "JJ Lang"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A70"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Classical Variation"] [StudyName "Annotated Games from Rancho Mirage"] [ChapterName "Yang, Maxwell - Morris-Suzuki"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/FRzmURsX/QeB8PrSw"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,92,24,24,24,-10,0,0,59,73,79,79,83,84,119,99,105,83,74,64,53,54,48,44, 44,53,49,39,67,-3,-7,-16,-22,1,-16,-11,-11,3,7,-11,-7,-8,-35,-39,-84,-122,-19, -91,-94,-82,-93,-75,-91,-89,-76,-87,-76,-76,-76,-76,-76,-542,-552,-546,-354, -373,-410,-402,-386,-386,-409,-417,-402,-417,-402,-410,-421,-452,-434,-446, -458,-477,-536,-539,-539,-550,-502,-536,-521,-562,-579,-601,-570,-609,-672] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Bd3 { White elects a non-critical line } (9. Qb3 { is a hotbed of complications after } 9... Bxf3 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. gxf3 Bg7 12. Qc6 O-O 13. Qxd6 Nh5 { entering the sort of position that Benoni players dream of. }) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bh2 Be5 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Ne2 g5! { Black has equalized, as with only two sets of minor pieces remaining and critical control of the f4 square, White has no way of using their space advantage. } 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Qe2 Kh8! 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. f3 Rg8 { There is nothing White can do to stop what comes next } 24. Rf1 Rg3 25. a5 Rag8 26. Rf2 Qg5 27. Qf1 Ng6 28. Rdd2 Nh4 29. Kh2 Qh5 30. b3 Rxg2+! 31. Rxg2 Rxg2+ (31... Nxf3+ { was even more efficient, as White gets mated after } 32. Kh1 (32. Qxf3 { is forced, but White's position is even more precarious here due to the Black queen having entered on f3. } 32... Qxf3 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 32... Qxh3+ 33. Rh2 Qxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Rg1#) 32. Qxg2 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qg3 35. Be2 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qg7 38. Bc4 Qa1+ 39. Ke2 Qg1 40. Kd3 Qe3+ 41. Kc2 Qxf3 42. Bd3 f6 43. Rh2 Qg3 44. Rh5 Qg4 45. Rh2 h5 46. Kd2 h4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1