[Event "2023 North American Junior U20"] [Site "Dulles"] [Date "2023.12.22"] [White "Zoey Tang"] [Black "Angela Liu"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2284"] [BlackElo "1895"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D38"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Alekhine Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/PMUD6XkL/kaPYvRtP"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Rd1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Bd4 Be4 17. Qc3 Rfd8 18. b4 h5 19. h3 b6 20. b5 Rac8 21. Qe1 c6 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. f5 Qg5 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. h4 Qh6 27. Qg3 Rdc8 28. Qg5 Ng4?? (28... Qxg5 29. hxg5 Ng4 30. g6 { looks like it's game-over, but Black has a resourceful response: } 30... Rc2!! { Now, White has to sac the light-squared bishop and still has problems of her own. } 31. gxf7+ Kf8 32. Bxc2 Rxc2 33. Rf4 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh1?? Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rh1#) 34... Nh2+ 35. Ke1 { and Black can bail out with a draw, although maybe she does not even need to. } 35... Nf3+ (35... Bf3 36. Rd3 Bg4 $13) 36. Kf1 Nh2+) 29. Qe7! { With a queen coordinating with White's light-squared bishop against f7, rather than a pawn, this time it really is game over. } 29... Bxg2 (29... Rc2 30. Qxe4 { is an important note. }) 30. Kxg2 Rc2+ 31. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 32. Kg1 Qc6 33. e4! { One final point that we have to assume Tang had calculated. } 33... Qa4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qg5 Rg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qc2+ 37. Rd2 Qxe4+ 38. Rf3 Qe1 39. Qxg7# { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0