[Event "USAT22"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2022.11.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Lin, Daniel"] [Black "Hodzhamkulyyev, Bahadur"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2243"] [BlackElo "2240"] [TimeControl "5400+5"] [Annotator "jjlang"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/OUTmvF4C/aGtlpRtl"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. O-O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 c5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 b5 14. g5 b4 15. gxf6 bxa3! (15... bxc3 { The recapture is playable, but White's problems are much easier to solve. } 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf6 18. Rxd6 Bxc3 19. Bxc5 Be5 { The half-open c-file provides compensation for Black. }) 16. b3 a2 17. Nxa2?? (17. Kb2 Bxf6 18. Ra1 Qb4 19. Rxa2 { White should be able to survive here. }) 17... Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Bxf6?? { This is too slow. } (18... Bxb3! { White has no answer to the immediate ripping open of the b-file. } 19. cxb3 Qxb3+ 20. Kc1 Rfb8 21. Qc2 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Rb2) 19. Qc1 Qa5 20. c4?? { White errs just when he is about to reach sanctuary. } (20. Rxd6 $18 Bxb3 21. cxb3 { And now Black does not have time to immediately attack the weak pawn, as after } 21... Rab8 22. Rxf6 Rxb3+ 23. Ka1 { The king is perfectly secure on a1, as Black has no dark-squared bishop. }) 20... Rfb8 { The remaining attack plays itself. } 21. Rd3 Rb6 22. Be2 Rab8 23. Bd1 Qa4 24. Qc2 Bxc4 25. b4 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxb4+ 27. Nxb4 Qa1+ { White resigns } 0-1