[Event "XXXIII Pan-American Youth U18 Female"] [Site "McCormick Convention Center C"] [Date "2023.08.16"] [Round "3.30"] [White "Kelsey Liu"] [Black "Erin Bian"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2027"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "1957"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C75"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/NdPr3HIs/KyiWggh6"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bb3 (10. h3 { is theory here. Black's bishop did its job on d7 and is now ready to attack the d4-pawn indirectly via ... Bd7-g4, arguing that provoking d4-d5 will close the center and thereby make a kingside pawn storm more effective. }) 10... Nh5 $146 11. a4 Qe8 12. Re1 Kh8 13. Nc4 { White prepares for a long forcing line where she ends up a pawn up and under some pressure, but she correctly determines it will not be enough to provide Black full compensation. } 13... f5 14. dxe5 f4 15. Bd4 dxe5 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5+ Qxe5 19. Qxd7 Rad8 20. Qe6 Qg5 21. Rad1 f3 22. Qh3?! (22. g3 Nf4 { was likely enough for White to look for alternatives, but after } 23. h4! { the queen trade is forced. } 23... Nxe6 24. hxg5 Nxg5 25. Rd5 { although White can't be thrilled about this position. }) 22... fxg2 (22... Rd2! { would have kept the initiative. } 23. Rxd2 (23. e5 Rxb2 24. Bd5 fxg2 25. Bf3 Nf4 26. Qg4 Qh6 $17) 23... Qxd2 24. Rd1 (24. Rf1? Nf4 25. Qh4 (25. Qxf3 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rxf3 $19) 25... fxg2 26. Rd1 Nh3+ 27. Kxg2 (27. Qxh3 Qxf2#) 27... Rxf2+ 28. Kxh3 Rxh2+ $19) 24... Qxb2 25. Bc4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bf1 fxg2 28. Qxg2 Qxc3 $17) 23. Qxg2 Qe5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rf8 26. f3 Qf4 27. Qf2 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qf4 29. Qd4+ Ng7 30. Rd3 Qc1+ 31. Bd1 h6 (31... Qxb2 32. Qc5 $16) 32. Qe3?! (32. Qf2 Ne6 33. Rd7 $17) 32... Qxe3 33. Rxe3 { Presumably, the trade of queens should favor Black, as the f3-pawn is vulnerable, the rook can activate with tempo, and various weaknesses around Black's king are no longer exploitable. } 33... Ne6? { Black chooses to activate the wrong piece first. Now she will have the less active rook. } (33... Rd8! 34. Be2 Rd2 { looks like full compesnation for the pawn to me! } 35. b4 Ne6 36. Bc4 Nf4 37. Kg1 Kg7) 34. Rd3! Rd8?? { Now she loses any lingering chances of ever having the more active rook to compensate for the pawn deficit. } 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. f4 b5 39. Kf3 Nb7 40. Bd5 Nc5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Bc6 b4 43. cxb4 Nd3 44. e5+ Kg7 45. Ke4 Nxb4 46. Bb5 c5 47. Be8 c4 48. Bb5 Kf7 49. Bxc4+ Ke7 50. b3 h5 51. Bd3 Ke6 52. Kd4 Nc6+ 53. Kc5 Ne7 54. h4 Kd7 55. b4 Kc7 56. b5 { White Won } 1-0