[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2023.08.06"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2483"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C67"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit Accepted"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QLPThvQV/nmO4dJDt"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. c3 d4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxd4 $146 Nxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Bg2 Bb4! { A nice move in a wild position. Black restricts White's development and prepares to play on the kingside only after slowing down White's center. } 18. d5 f5 19. Re5 Qf6 20. d4 fxg4 21. Qe2 gxh3 22. Bxh3 Qh4 23. Bg4 Rxf2!? (23... h6 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Be3 Bd6 { is strong, and required less calculation or commitment. }) 24. Be6+ (24. Qxf2?? { loses as White cannot afford to part with the light-squared bishop which both covers the weak light squares around the white king and promises to clog the e-file. } 24... Qxg4+ 25. Kh2 Rf8 $19) 24... Rf7 25. Be3 Bd6 26. Rg5 (26. Qf2!? $13) 26... Be4 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qh5+ Qxh5 29. Rxh5 h6 30. Rf1+ Kg6 31. Rh3 Bxd5 32. Bf4 Rd8 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Rg3+ Kh7 { Approaching the time control, White has mostly neutralized Black's fearsome bishop pair. } 35. Rf5? (35. Bxd6 Rxd6 { is equal. }) 35... Be6 36. Rf2 Bb4! { Suddenly, Black still has the dangerous pair of bishops against White's discoordinated rooks and relatively restricted dark-squared bishop. } 37. Rfg2 g5 38. Rh2 Kg6 39. Rf2 Be7 40. Re3 Bd5 41. Rfe2 Bd8 42. b4 g4 { They have reached time control just in time to realize how mobile Black's kingside pawns are. } 43. Bf4 h5 44. Re8 h4 45. Rh8 Bf6 46. Rh6+ Kf5 47. Rxf6+ Kxf6 48. Re5 h3 49. a5 b6 50. Kh2 bxa5 51. bxa5 c6 52. Kg3 Bf3 53. Re1 Rb7 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1