[Event "XXXIII Pan-American Youth U18 Open"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/NdPr3HIs/ZHBWQkgy"] [Date "2023.08.16"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"] [Black "Karthik, Advaith"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2403"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2132"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E24"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Accelerated"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/NdPr3HIs/ZqnsRXEz"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 h6 8. Bd3 e5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rae1 Na5 14. f4 Ba6?! { A standard plan in the 4. a3 Nimzo-Indian, but not when White's center is this dominant. } (14... c5!? 15. Ng3 Nc6 { is more combative. } 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d5 Na5 { and only now, once the center has stabilized, does it make sense to go for the c4-pawn. } 18. Re3 { That said, White has a nice initiative here. }) 15. Ng3 Nd7 (15... Bxc4? { is clearly too slow here. } 16. Nf5 Qf8 (16... Qd8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd3! $18) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nxh6+! gxh6 19. Rxf6) (15... Bc8 { is an admission of regret, but at least it stops Ng3-f5 and possibly argues that the knight isn't great on g3 otherwise? }) 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Rf3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc8 21. Nxh6+ { That's a wrap! } 21... gxh6 22. Rf6 Qg7 23. Ref1 h5 24. Bh6 Qh7 25. Qe3 Re7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Bf8 { A lovely demonstration of Black's lack of coordination. } 1-0