[Event "2026 National Invitational Tournaments"] [Site "Grand Rapids, MI"] [Date "2026.08.03"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Andy Chen"] [Black "Maddipati, Srihas"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1766"] [BlackElo "2167"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2026 U.S. Open and Invitationals, Pt. 1"] [ChapterName "Andy Chen - Maddipati, Srihas"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/GybCbfWL/XzNSX3Vy"] [FEN "r2qnrk1/3bppbp/p1pp2p1/8/B2BP3/2N2P2/PPPQ2PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 13"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] 13... e5? { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] Black plays the position too concretely. } (13... Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nc7 $10 { [%cal Gc7e6,Ge6c5] } (14... Qc7 { [%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b2] })) 14. Be3! f5 15. Bb3+ Kh8 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 Qb6+?! (17... Bg7 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. f4 $14) 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Bg5 Qd4 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. Rad1 Qb4 { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] Black's pieces are struggling to come to life. The d6-pawn isn't exactly an easy target, but it requires such passive defense that White is able to take over. } 22. a3 (22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. a3 Qb8 24. Qd2 fxe4 25. fxe4 Bg4 26. Rde1 Nh5 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. h3 $16) 22... Qb8 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. Qd2 { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] A little slow. } (24. f4! { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] It makes sense to bust open the kingside. } 24... Rd8 (24... exf4 25. Bxf4 $18 { [%csl Rd6] }) 25. Qd2 Be7 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Qe2 $18 { [%cal Ye2c4,Yc4f7] }) 24... Be7 25. f4 Rd8? (25... fxe4 { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] was Black's path back into the game: } 26. Nxe4 d5 27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 e4 { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] and White is barely better. }) 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qe2 f4 28. g3? { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] Missing a win! } (28. Qc4! Nh5 (28... Ne6 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Qxe6 $18) (28... Be6 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qxe6 $18) 29. Qf7 $18) 28... Nh5?? (28... Bh3 { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] would take advantage of the newly weakened squaare! }) 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4? { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] Conceding the advantage once again. } (30. Qc4 Bh3 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Rf3 Bg4 34. Rxf4 $16) 30... exf4 31. Qf2 Bd6 32. Rd3!? (32. Qh4 Bf8 33. Rxf4 $18) 32... Bg4?? 33. Qh4! { [%anno "ChessLifeOnline", chesslifeonline] And now the win is no longer in doubt! } 33... h5 34. Qf6+ Kh7 35. Bf7 Rg8 36. Bxg8+ Qxg8 37. Rxd6 Rf8 38. Qe7+ Rf7 39. Qg5 f3 40. Rf6 Rd7 41. h3 Bxh3 42. R1xf3 Bg4 43. Rf2 Qe8 44. Rf8 Qe6 45. Rh8+ Kxh8 46. Qh6+ Rh7 47. Rf8+ Qg8 48. Rxg8+ Kxg8 49. Qe3 Rf7 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. e5 Bf5 52. Ne4 Re7 53. Nf6 h4 54. Qc5 h3+ 55. Kh2 Kf7 56. Ng8 Rd7 57. Nh6+ Ke6 58. Nxf5 Rd2+ 59. Kxh3 gxf5 60. Qxc6+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0