[Event "XXXIII Pan-American Youth U16 Female"] [Site "McCormick Convention Center C"] [Date "2023.08.16"] [Round "4.73"] [White "Tang, Zoey"] [Black "Chen, Rachel Ruoxuan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2285"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2158"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D37"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/NdPr3HIs/iuLdCeac"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Bc2 Be6 18. f4 Qc8 19. Rac1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. Qb3 Re7 23. Rc5 Rd8 24. Rf1 Qd6 25. Rfc1 Qe6 26. a5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Red7 28. Rf1 { For the next half-dozen moves, Tang plays truly classy chess. She can expand on the queenside with b2-b4-b5 (and she might). She can play for the c-file with Rf1-c1 (and she might). But, what's Black going to do? Exactly. So, why hurry? } 28... Qg4 29. Qe3 { Let's add e5-e6 to the list of possible plans. } 29... Re7 30. Qf2 Qd7 31. Rfc1 Qg4 32. h3 Qd7 33. R1c3 Kh8 34. Kh1 Kg8 35. Qc2 Re6?? (35... Rde8 36. Kh2 { would allow White to keep asking questions. } 36... Kh8 37. Rg3 Qd8 38. Qf5 Rc7 39. Qg4 { is one possible illustration of how White could slow-play to induce more weaknesses. } 39... g6 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Rc3 Qe7 42. Qf3 $16) 36. Rc7 Qb5 37. Qf5! { And there it is. White committed to practically nothing while managing to invade the seventh rank with a rook and develop insurmountable pressure against the f7-square, all thanks to one fairly hard-to-see misstep from her opponent. } 37... Rg6 38. Qxf7+ Kh7 39. Qf5 Qe2 40. Rxg7+! { Now we strike. } 40... Kxg7 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Qxg6 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qxd4+ 45. Kh1 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0