[Event "Chessable Masters, Division III"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.02.06"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "rqb2rk1/1p1n1ppp/p2b4/4pP2/4P3/1NN5/PP1B2PP/2RQ1R1K w - - 0 18"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/KkITMFGZ/aXHsqANQ"] [Orientation "white"] { We are often warned about allowing a knight to d5 in the Sicilian, and this might be the clearest example of positional domination I've seen in a while of why this can be so fatal. } 18. Nd5! f6 (18... Nf6 { to trade the knight fails instantly due to Black's lacking development. } 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 $18) 19. Na5 Rf7 20. Qg4 b6 (20... Nf8 21. Nb6 $18) (20... Bc5 21. Rf3 Bd4 22. Rg3 $18) 21. Nc6 Qb7 22. Nd8 Qb8 23. Nc6 Qb7 24. Nd8 Qb8 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Rf3 Bb7 28. Rh3 Bxd5 29. Qxh7+ Kf7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. Rh7 Bf8 32. Qh5 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0