[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Guseinov, Gadir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QLPThvQV/raohhr2S"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 { So far, the players have been following a well-known line that has been played at least once before by Dominguez. } 10. c4 { The main move, but the first deviation from Dominguez's previous work. } (10. a3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Be2 Rb8 15. Bd2 Qxb2 16. Qa5+ Ke7 17. Bc3 Rb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. a4 { when White won on move 63 in Dominguez Perez – Le, Chess.com, 2023. }) 10... Ne3 11. Qd3 Bb4+ { The modern treatment of this position. Play is relatively forced from here until Black deviates on move 22 (!). } 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Kf2 Qxb2+ 15. Be2 Nxc4 16. Rab1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxa6 Qxe4 19. Rhd1 O-O 20. Bf3 Qf5 21. Kg1 Rfc8 22. Rb7 d5 $146 { From here, play remains roughly balanced, with Black having three pawns for White's bishop. But White slowly starts to create pressure as the players approach time control. } 23. Rxa7 Rab8 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Bd1 Rf8 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Bxe2 Rb2 28. Bd1 c5 29. a4 c4 30. Rc7 g6 31. h4 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. Bxg4 Rb6 34. Rf6 Ra6 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Kg7 37. Rf2 Rxa4 38. Bxf7 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Kh6 40. Rg2 { White reaches time control comfortably. Black has two minutes remaining to make this move. } 40... Rf1?? { Cruel fate! One more turn and Guseinov would have had an extra 30 minutes to work out the solution. } (40... Rfa8!! { was the only way to avoid mate. } 41. Bg8 R8a7 { or } (41... R1a7)) 41. Bg8 { Black resigned. Black has to give up too much material to avoid mate, and the passed pawns are not fast enough to provide compensation after, e.g.: } 41... Rxg8 42. Rxg8 e5 43. Rc6+ Kh7 44. Rd8 $18 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0