[Event "1-st Archibald Chess Professional - 2019"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2019.05.14"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Stupak, Kirill"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2551"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D77"] [Opening "Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Modern Defense"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/alexcolovic"] [StudyName "alexcolovic's Study"] [ChapterName "Stupak, Kirill - Esipenko, Andrey"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/MmCjedXj/pTB006WL"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 (9. Re1 { was Artemiev's choice } 9... Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Bb2 { 1-0 (53) Artemiev,V (2736)-Esipenko,A (2603) Skopje MKD 2019 }) 9... Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qa5 (11... Qb6 { is the alternative. }) 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. h3!? { A very rare move, played only once before. } (13. Nc4) (13. Nd2) 13... Be4 14. Bf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb4?! { This turns out to be useless, as Black cannot take advantage of the control over the d3 and c2 squares. } (15... Bd5!? { with the idea of ...Ne4 looks pretty solid for Black. }) 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Ng5 { I saw this position as I walked by and it appeared that White had managed to untangle and start pushing Black's pieces backwards. } 17... h6?! (17... Bd5 { is the engine's preference. After } 18. e4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 e6 21. Rab1!? { the endgame does look in White's favour, though after } 21... h6 { White needs to calculate complications after } 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. d5) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qf3 { And Black doesn't have compensation for the lost bishop pair. From this unpleasant position he drifted into a more unpleasant one which he couldn't hold. } 1-0