[Event "LTU-chT"] [Site "Lithuania"] [Date "2019.04.27"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Vardanyan, Aras"] [Black "Lileikis, Antanas"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1884"] [WhiteTeam "Vilnius Tauras"] [BlackElo "1950"] [BlackTeam "Marijampole Suduva"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Modern Line"] [StudyName "benkonian's Study"] [ChapterName "Vardanyan, Aras - Lileikis, Antanas"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/LpqTwxaB/lh4lDFZs"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/benkonian"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 { I was mainly a 1. d4 player at the time, but this game wasn't a very inspiring attempt } 1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 { didn't really have a repertoire against the slav, but this move seemed sensible enough } 4... g6!? { trying to immediately use the strange position of the white Queen. } 5. Nc3 (5. cxd5 { now I would mostly consider this. In the exchange slav structure the bishop on g7 is considered bad since it's looking at the well defended d4 pawn, so this was a good moment to transpose into this structure }) 5... Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. b3?! Bf5 (7... c5! { this is also one of the reasons why white should have considered taking on d5. This pawn break is entirely logical with the bishop on g7. Where could we know this from? The Grunfield! }) 8. Bd3 { white shouldn't be happy with this bishop exchange, but he can't keep moving the Queen around either } 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Na6 10. e4?? { not very surprisingly, this move just loses. White can't do such things with the king in the center and while only having 3 developed pieces against 5 } (10. O-O { white is quite alright }) 10... dxe4 (10... e5!! { would have been even stronger. Now absolutely everything is hanging for white } 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Qe3 dxe4 13. exf6 Qxf6 { there are other ways to play for black, but the point is that white is completely undeveloped }) 11. Nxe4 c5 { this continuation is also quite logical for black, opening up his g7 bishop. Now white is in big trouble, why did he not anticipate that black would try to open up this diagonal? } 12. Bb2 (12. O-O cxd4 { I remember I was not ready to give up the pawn just like that, but it was the lesser evil }) 12... cxd4 13. O-O Nb4 (13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 $19) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qd2 Nc6 { black has a pawn up and will soon have two connected passed pawns in the center. It's basically over. The rest of the game is commented only slightly } 16. Rfe1 a5 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Rd8 21. b5 Na5 22. Qb4 Nc6 23. Qd2 Nb8 24. g4 Qd6 25. Re4 (25. g5 Bg7 26. Qa5 { white has some chances, but it's still close to lost }) 25... e5 26. g5 Bg7 27. Qe1 Nd7 28. Nd2 Nc5 29. Rh4 f5 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. Rg4 Qf5 32. f3 Bh6 33. Rg3 Bf4 34. Rg2 Rf8 { white's pieces could not be worse } 35. Nf1 Qd3 36. Qe2 Qb1 37. Bb2 Be3+ 38. Kh1 Ne6 39. Rg1 Bxg1 40. Kxg1 Ng5 41. Ba3 Nxf3+ 42. Kf2 Rf7 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1