[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2649"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QLPThvQV/c1f4VRDJ"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 g6 { Liang decides to follow the same formula in his second "must-win" game with Black. } 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 f5?! { Don't try this at home. } 7. h3 (7. Qa4+ { immediately was worth trying. } 7... Kf7 (7... c6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nd2 $16)) 7... Bh5? 8. g4 fxg4 9. Ng5! { White threatens both h3xg4 and Ng5-e6. } 9... g3 10. Qa4+ b5 11. Qxb5+ c6 12. dxc6 gxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qf6+ 14. Ke1 Ne7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 O-O { Taking stock, Black has succeeded in achieving a chaotic, imbalanced position. But White has no discernable weaknesses and a slight lead in development. It will take a miracle to exploit the vaguely exposed king. } 17. Be3 Bh6 18. Rg1 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Qf3 20. Kd2 { From here, White is perfectly safe. } 20... Nd7 21. Bg2 Qf7 22. Rf1 Nf6 23. Kc1 Qc7 24. Rg3 Rab8 25. Qa6 Rf7 26. Bg5 Rb6 27. Qc4 Ne8 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qf1 Qc7 30. Bf3 Ng7 31. Bg4 Rb8 32. Rf3 Qb6 33. Qf2 Qa5 34. Be7 h6 35. Bxd6 Rb5 36. Bxe5 Qb4 37. Bc3 Qxe4 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0