[Event "National Middle School Championship"] [Site "Round Rock"] [Date "2023.04.23"] [White "Vaseegaran Nandhakumar"] [Black "Advait Nair"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2158"] [BlackElo "2009"] [Annotator "FM Sandeep Sethuraman"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "National Middle School (K-8) Championships"] [ChapterName "Vaseegaran Nandhakumar - Advait Nair"] [FEN "r3r1k1/pp3ppp/1q1b1n2/2n1pP2/3pP1P1/3P3P/PP2N1B1/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 16"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/JIs7Thj7/JjEjRcOL"] [Orientation "white"] 16... Nfxe4?? { Black can't resist, but this gives away all of his advantage and then some. } (16... h6 { was calm, cool, collected, and most importantly good. } 17. Ng3 Qb5 18. Rf3 Be7 { and Black's huge space advantage guarantees him a stable edge if he can fend off White's kingside attack. }) 17. dxe4?! { This is how White continued, and White is still much better. } (17. b4!! { This brilliant move was extremely difficult to spot. Who would think that, with all of these hanging pieces, the best move would be to put a pawn en prise. However, this is a deflection tactic that wins the game. } 17... Qxb4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 { Now there's no discovery and White is up a clean piece for two pawns. }) (17. Bxe4?? { Without the inclusion of b2-b4, this move fails miserably. } 17... Nxe4 18. dxe4 d3+ { and Black wins back his knight while White is sadly overextended. }) 17... d3 18. Be3 dxe2 19. Qxe2 { The two bishops eventually decided the game in the favor of the 2023 National Middle School Runner-Up! } 1-0