[Event "KC FIDE Invitational"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/Kvfo9Uhx/8MLUdlhZ"] [Date "2022.12.03"] [White "Baker-Nagar, Sikan"] [Black "Wadhwa, Aayush"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1962"] [BlackElo "1963"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D01"] [Opening "Rapport-Jobava System"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Kvfo9Uhx/8MLUdlhZ"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,81,43,29,29,15,16,19,9,19,30,22,35,31,37,27,28,19,31,-17,-28,-34,-14, -24,-24,-24,4,-24,28,39,101,100,115,107,112,80,121,150,188,69,88,119,352,289, 289,282,235,244,241,59,302,367,378,441,441,474,754,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,47,55,52, 63,35,39,0,0,0,46,23,41,10,10,0,695,699,716,734] } 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 O-O 9. g4!? Nxg4 10. Rg1 Qh4 11. Bg3 (11. Rg3 f5 12. f3 Ngf6 13. Qd2 { White has more activity here, with the idea of Rg3-h3 and 0-0-0. }) 11... Qe7 12. Nxb6 cxb6 (12... Nxb6 { There was nothing wrong with the logical capture. In particular, needling the c4-square prevents White's bishop from doing as much damage on the sneaky f1-h3 diagonal. }) 13. Nf4 f5 14. h3 Nh6 15. c4! { Without a pawn on c6, White astutely transfroms the structure to punish Black's inaccuracy. } 15... Nf6 16. Bh4 Qd6 17. Qb3?! (17. Nh5! { Straightforward, but sufficient. } 17... Nxh5 (17... Ne8 18. Bg5 Nf7 19. Nxg7! Nxg5 (19... Nxg7 20. Bf6 $18) 20. Nxe8 $18) 18. Qxh5 { There is no good response to the threat of capturing on h6. } 18... Kh8 19. Rxg7! Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qxh6 { With the unstoppable threat of Bh4-f6+. }) 17... Ne4 (17... Kh8! { Necessary prophylaxis, taking away threats of pins along the half-open g-file, as well as pressure on the a2-g8 diagonal that proves fatal in the game variation. }) 18. cxd5 e5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 f4?? (20... Kh8 21. f3 Nf6 22. Rd1 $18) 21. e7+ Rf7 22. Bc4 exd4 23. Bxf7+ Nxf7 24. Rd1 fxe3 25. fxe3 Qh6 26. Rg4 Nc3 27. Rf4 Qg6 { Until here, White has been clearly winning. } 28. Qxf7+?? Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Rxd4 Re8 31. Rf4+ Ke6? (31... Kg8 { But this is a dead draw. How does White make progress? The bishop has no way to re-route to the d6-square without surrendering the e-pawn. Perhaps going after the queenside pawns is sufficient, but after } 32. Rd4 h6! { Black is in time to sever the bishop's defense of the e-pawn } 33. Rd7 g5 34. Bg3 Kf7 35. Rxb7 Rxe7) 32. Rf8 Kd7 33. Rf7 Nb5 34. Rxg7 Nxa3 35. Kd2 Nc4+ 36. Kd3 Nd6? (36... Ne5+ 37. Ke4 Ng6!) 37. e4 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Rxh7 Ra8?? (39... a4 { What do you do with passed pawns? Push 'em, baby! } 40. Rh5 Ke6 41. Rh6+ Kd7 42. Rh5 { Is one of many peaceful endings, else Black poses serious winning chances. }) 40. e8=Q+! Kxe8 41. Rh8+ { A tragic end to a valiant defensive effort from Black. } 1-0