[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2023.08.02"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Janik, Igor"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E20"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QLPThvQV/QnzcHc3R"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 { This is not a fashionable way to meet the Nimzo-Indian, but anything is playable! } 4... c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Ne2 b5 { This is still the main line after 4. ... c5! } 8. Nf4 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qb6 11. cxb5 (11. Qxa8?? Bb7 $19 { is the point. }) 11... Bb7 12. Qd1 (12. Qd2 { is slightly more popular (two games in the database, versus one!) but White's plan is to leave the d2-square open for the bishop. }) 12... d5 13. Bd2 $146 dxe4 14. fxe4 Re8 15. Be2?! (15. Bc4 { was necessary, keeping things sharp enough to (almost) justify White's structural woes. But the resulting position is...thorny. } 15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxe4+ 17. Be2 Qxb5 18. Qd8+ Re8 19. O-O-O Qxe2 20. Rhe1 Nc6 21. Qg5 Nd4!! 22. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 23. Kc2 Be4+ 24. Kb3 c4+ 25. Ka3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Bd3) 15... c4! { A thematic "sac" in Benoni and Benko structures (Benoni enthusiasts will happily claim this position as "one of ours" after ... b7-b5). } 16. Bf3 (16. Bxc4 Bxe4 { is crushing with White's king caught in the center. }) 16... Nd7 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. O-O { White had to work so hard to castle that now he has too many other weaknesses to nurse, such as the d3-square and the e4-pawn (for starters). Black remains in control from here. } 19... Qa5 20. Rac1 Nd3 21. Rc2 Rab8 22. a3 Bd6 23. g3 Be5 24. Nd1 Qa4 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxe4 27. Bxe4?? (27. b3! Qxa3 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Re8 $17) 27... Rxe4 28. Qf3 Qe8 29. Bc1 Rb6! 30. Qh5 h6 31. Qd5 Rb5 32. Qd6 Nxc1 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1