[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/WG6mMaLn"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [White "sameermujumdar"] [Black "friday_night_jets"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2422"] [BlackElo "2448"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [Termination "Normal"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Giannatos"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Qs1s09FO/24FbufW3"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 { NM Sameer Mujumdar (Ernst & Young) vs NM Saumil Padhya (Deloitte) } { [%clk 0:15:00] } 1... c5 { [%clk 0:14:19] } 2. Nc3 { [%clk 0:14:48] } 2... d6 { [%clk 0:14:16] } 3. f4 { The Grand Prix Attack against the Sicilian, a popular choice of many English Grandmasters of yesteryear. } { [%clk 0:14:49] } 3... g6 { [%clk 0:13:51] } 4. Nf3 { [%clk 0:14:39] } 4... Bg7 { [%clk 0:13:54] } 5. Bb5+ { [%clk 0:13:19] } 5... Bd7 { [%clk 0:12:31] } 6. Bxd7+ { [%clk 0:13:03] } 6... Qxd7 { [%clk 0:12:35] } 7. d3 { [%clk 0:13:07] } 7... Nc6 { [%clk 0:11:30] } 8. O-O { [%clk 0:13:08] } 8... e6 { [%clk 0:11:11] } 9. Be3 { [%clk 0:12:38] } 9... Nge7 { [%clk 0:09:42] } 10. Qd2 { [%clk 0:12:32] } 10... O-O { [%clk 0:09:24] } 11. d4 { [%clk 0:12:28] } 11... cxd4 { [%clk 0:09:17] } 12. Nxd4 { After White plays d4, the position now resembles an "Open Sicilian," though a relatively quiet one where both sides have castled kingside. } { [%clk 0:12:33] } 12... Rfd8 { [%clk 0:08:19] } 13. Rad1 { [%clk 0:12:27] } 13... Rac8 { [%clk 0:07:34] } 14. Nce2 { [%clk 0:11:17] } 14... d5 { [%clk 0:05:26] } 15. e5 { [%clk 0:11:09] } 15... f6!? { A double-edged move. Black chips away at White's center and tries to get activity for the Bishop on g7. The downside is that the e6 pawn and h4-d8 diagonal become a bit weak. Black's resulting pawn structure with three pawn islands resembles some variations of the French Defense. } { [%clk 0:05:22] } 16. exf6 { [%clk 0:10:10] } 16... Bxf6 { [%clk 0:05:27] } 17. Nxc6 { [%clk 0:10:14] } 17... Nxc6 { [%clk 0:05:21] } 18. c3 { [%clk 0:10:14] } 18... Qe7 { [%clk 0:02:53] } 19. Qd3 { [%clk 0:08:44] } 19... b6 { [%clk 0:02:10] } 20. Rfe1 { [%clk 0:08:41] } 20... Na5 { [%clk 0:02:00] } 21. Nd4 { [%clk 0:08:27] } 21... Nb7 { [%clk 0:01:49] } 22. Bf2 { [%clk 0:08:14] } 22... Nc5 { [%clk 0:01:46] } 23. Qh3 { [%clk 0:07:54] } 23... Bxd4? { White has done a good job of putting pressure on the e6 pawn, and induces a blunder from Black. } { [%clk 0:00:42] } 24. cxd4! { [%clk 0:07:50] } (24. Bxd4 { is the more natural recapture, gaining a strong central Bishop and aiming for play on the dark squares, but White forces the win of material with cxd4. }) 24... Ne4 { [%clk 0:00:36] } (24... Nd7 25. Bh4 Nf6 26. Rxe6 $18) 25. Bh4 { The point. White wins the exchange. Black was unable to save their knight and the exchange. } { [%clk 0:07:54] } 25... Qd6 { [%clk 0:00:23] } 26. Bxd8 { [%clk 0:07:53] } 26... Rxd8 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 27. Rc1 { [%clk 0:07:52] } 27... Rf8 { [%clk 0:00:09] } 28. Qe3 { [%clk 0:07:36] } 28... Rxf4 { [%clk 0:00:09] } 29. Rc8+ { [%clk 0:07:17] } 29... Kg7 { [%clk 0:00:11] } 30. Rc6 { White tries to trade into an easily winning endgame. Black can either trade Queens or make large concessions. } { [%clk 0:07:18] } 30... Qb8 { [%clk 0:00:09] } 31. Rxe6 { [%clk 0:07:09] } 31... Rf7 { [%clk 0:00:12] } 32. Rc6 { [%clk 0:06:37] } 32... Rf2 { [%clk 0:00:11] } 33. Rec1 { [%clk 0:06:26] } 33... g5 { [%clk 0:00:08] } 34. Qh3 { [%clk 0:06:23] } 34... Rf7 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 35. Qh6+ { [%clk 0:06:20] } 35... Kg8 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 36. Rc8+ { 1-0 Black resigns. } { [%clk 0:06:25] } 1-0