[Event "USCF/WS/25VP04"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2025.03.12"] [White "Ralls, Richard"] [Black "Voznyuk, Dmitriy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2372"] [BlackElo "2127"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation"] [StudyName "Check is in the Mail - October 2025"] [ChapterName "Game 1"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/HpPBisS7/ePdB6RlQ"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/jkfrench"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 { aiming for ...Nb8-c6. } 8. Nf3 { E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0. } 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 { The position is equal. } 10... Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 { Prevents Ne5-g4 } (16. Be2 { is interesting. } 16... g4 17. f3 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Bg4 19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20. Rf4) 16... Nc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. g4 Qh6 19. Rae1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Be3 { This pair of bishops is nice. } 21... Qg7 $146 { Predecessor: } (21... Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qg6 23. Qxg6+ fxg6 24. Bxg5 d4 25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Kg2 Nc6 27. Re4 Rae8 28. Rfe1 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Kg7 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Bd2 { ½-½ Wojtaszek,R (2680)-Keymer,V (2719) Rubinstein Memorial 60th Polanica Zdroj 2024 (5) }) 22. Bd3 d4 23. cxd4 Nb4! 24. Qd2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 { h2-h4! would now be deadly. } 25... Be6 26. d5 Rfd8 27. d6 $36 { White has some pressure. } 27... Bxa2? (27... h6 { and Black has nothing to worry. }) 28. Rf2! $18 Qe5? 29. Rxa2 { White is clearly winning. } 29... Rxd6 30. Qb1 b6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Bc1 Qd5 33. Qa1+ Kg6 34. Re5 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.63 Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: --- Black=1 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=14 Black=16 Best: White=1 Black=2 Strong: --- Black=1 } 1-0