[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A29"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QLPThvQV/NnAehQ0l"] [Orientation "white"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O (8. a3 { Nakamura mentioned in his post-game recap video that he had mixed up move orders here. The point is that after } 8... Bc5 (8... Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 { also effectively kills Black's ... g7-g5 idea. For instance: } 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 (11... Ne5 12. Bxe4! { covers the f5-square, neutralizing the threat of ... g7-g5. }) 12. d3 (12. Bxe4? Qe8!) 12... e3 (12... g5? 13. dxe4! { with an extra attacker on the d4-knight and coverage of the f5-square for the previously trapped h4-knight. })) 9. O-O g5? { White has the killer } 10. d4! { with tempo on the bishop. } 10... Nxd5 (10... gxh4 11. dxc5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bxe4??) 11. dxc5 $16) 8... g5! { Already, the position is unpleasant for White. Perhaps he could have tried the chaotic } 9. a3? (9. d4!? h6 (9... gxh4?? 10. Bg5 $18) 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. f3 gxh4 12. Bxh6 { with promising attacking chances as compensation for the piece. }) 9... Ba5 10. d3 (10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 { reaches a variation we had looked at before ... g7-g5 was included. Now White is too slow to untangle, and the knight is a goner. }) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. dxe4 gxh4 13. Bh6 Re8 14. gxh4 Qxh4 15. Qc1 f6 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 { Black has rerouted his knight, and now is a pure piece up. } 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Rg1 Ng6 20. f4 Bb6 21. e3 Kf7 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qc3 Bh3 { This is winning, although Black missed a more pleasing idea. } (24... Ng4! { was an even cleaner idea. The threat is, after some filler move like } 25. a4 { a smothered mate: } (25. Rge1 Rxe3 $19) 25... Qxh2+ 26. Bxh2 Nf2#) 25. Raf1 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Ng4 27. d6 cxd6 28. Qb3+ d5 29. Qa4 Re4 30. Qd1 Bxe3 31. a4 Rae8 32. Qb3 b6 33. Qb5 Bd4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1