[Event "Haring Tournament of Girls Champions"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lee, Alice"]
[Black "Tran, Jacey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "Lang,JJ"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/FRzmURsX/kU54Kgg8"]
[Orientation "white"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 { White decides, correctly,
to keep pressure on the half-open c-file rather than capture towards the
center. } (10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 h6 { offers white nothing concrete, as } 12. e4? c5 { gives Black the better side of equality due to White's precarious center
pawns. }) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 Bxf3?! { Black's idea is to trade off her bishop
before placing the targeted c-pawn on a light square, however this is not
worth the long-term weaknesses she creates. } (11... c5!? 12. dxc5 bxc5 { The c-pawn is untouchable on the dark square, and Black retains her active
bishop. } 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfd1 { And only now, with the tactical threat of Bxh7+,
comes the capture. } 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 { where White's damaged
pawns provide Black with at least some compensation for the isolated queenside
pawns. }) 12. gxf3 c6 13. Be4 Qg5 14. Ke2 { The downside to capturing on f3
before White castled is now clear: the White monarch is somehow safer than his
counterpart. } 14... Qb5+ 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rhg1 g6 18. Be4 Qd6 19. h4 f5!? { Objectively, this move is unnecessary as it creates a weakness on e6 and
weakens the already exposed g-file. But practically speaking, Black correctly
determines that her chances will come from counterplay and not from nursing
the weak c-pawn. } 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Qc4? { Faced with multiple weaknesses,
White goes after the less pressing one and suddenly loses her initiative. } (21. h5! { attacking where there is already more pressure would be much harder to
defend. } 21... Kf7 22. e4! { a difficult idea to find with a king in the center,
but now Black is running out of ideas. } 22... Qf4 23. hxg6+ hxg6 24. Bc4) 21... Kf7! { Excellent prophylaxis! } 22. h5 c5! { Black again shows excellent
understanding of the dynamics at play, first protecting her king and then
opening lines on the other side of the board to create counterplay. } 23. hxg6+ hxg6 24. Rh1 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Rxc1?! (26... Nf6 { Black had no
reason to concede the c-file, as now White cannot use the h-file, either. }) 27. Rxc1 Ke7 28. Rc6 { Perhaps Black only considered the fabled 'rook on the
seventh rank' and overlooked this idea, coordinating the rook and bishop. } 28... Nf8 29. Rc7+ (29. f4! { Following the maxim of 'do not hurry,' White could have
first cemented two targets before switching gears with her rook. }) 29... Kd6 30. Rg7 a5? { Faced with the unenviable task of passive defense, Black
finally errs, creating yet another weak pawn. Unfortunately, this one can
easily be exploited. } 31. f4 (31. Rb7 Kc6 { While Black can defend the b6 pawn,
for now the point is that White will eventually get her bishop to b5 and kick
the king away. } 32. Rf7 Kd5 33. Ke3 g5 34. Bb5!) 31... Rc8 32. Rf7 Nd7 33. Bb5 Nf8? (33... Rc7 { Black's impulse to create counterplay was inaccurate
here, as White has no way to make progress against black's fortress. }) 34. Rb7 Rc2+ 35. Kd3 Rxf2 36. Rf7! { It's possible Black only calculated the capture
on b6. This move, winning the knight, nicely illustrates the problem with
having weaknesses on both sides of the board. } 36... Rxf4 37. Rxf8 g5 38. Rf7 e5 39. Rf6+ Ke7 40. dxe5 g4 41. Bc4 Rf3+ 42. Kd2 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 g3 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. e6 g2 46. Bb5+ Kd8 47. e7+ Kc7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0