[Event "KC FIDE Invitational"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/Kvfo9Uhx/Nhnh5hdo"] [Date "2022.12.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Brooks, Michael"] [Black "Whitsell, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2341"] [BlackElo "1812"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Inverted Hanham"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Kvfo9Uhx/Nhnh5hdo"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Re8 8. b4 a6 9. a3 Bg4 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Rb8 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Qb2 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Bg4 Rbd8 20. g3 Qe7 21. Bh3 Nd7 22. Bg2 Nf8 23. d4 f6?? { White has been patiently keeping tension in the center, finding improving moves and waiting to see what decisions Black makes. } (23... exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne6 26. Bb2 c5 { It is not intuitive that Black should be playing to open the center against White's bishop pair. But Black has plenty of activity and should be able to have some hopes with a plan of an outside passed pawn on the queenside in the endgame. }) 24. d5! { On the face of it, Black should be happy with this clamp, and he only has one bishop. But White embarks on an astute plan to re-route the dark-squared bishop to the c5-square, provoking further concessions on the queenside in the process. } 24... Na7 25. Bb2 Rb8 26. Na5! Qd7 27. Qb3 b5 28. Rc1 Nc8 29. Rc2 Nb6 30. Bc1 Kh8 31. Be3 Na4 32. Rec1 Ng6 33. Rc6 Nb6 34. R6c2 Ne7 35. Qd3 Rf8 36. Bc5 Rfc8 37. Qe3 Qe8 38. Bh3! Rd8 39. Bxd6 { White has dominated the c-file, and then removed Black's only defender of the key c7-square. In the time being, Black has been totally unable to make progress with the knights on the closed board. } 39... cxd6 40. Rc7 f5 41. Qg5 Rd7 42. Bxf5 Nxf5 43. Qxf5 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Rc8 45. Rb7 Nc4 46. Nxc4 bxc4 47. Qg4 Qf8 48. Rf7! { A nice tactical flourish to end the game. } 48... Qg8 49. Rxg7 Qf8 50. Rf7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0