[Event "Esna Round 5: CM Darmanin, Jake 2106 - GM Ziska, Helgi Dam 2541 1⁄2 - 1⁄2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/TKvNGPZX/Xxq7VbVq"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Esna2021"] [UTCDate "2021.12.02"] [UTCTime "13:31:54"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/TKvNGPZX/Xxq7VbVq"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bb3 Qd6 10. Na3 Qc7 (10... e4 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qf6 14. Bc2 g6 15. O-O Bf5 16. Qe2 Rfe8 $44 { Black has a huge developmental advantage and its enough compensation for the pawn } 17. d3) 11. d4 (11. d3 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 $14 { It seems that black has advantage because of the d5 pawn and d3 pawn is a weakness but its not true. White will play Nc4 and Re1 and engine thinks its better for white because e5 pawn will be attacked with many pieces by white. }) 11... cxd4 12. Nb5 Qa5 (12... Qb8 13. cxd4 e4 14. Ng5 O-O $10 { This position a little bit better for Black as it was in the game. A6 is threating the knight and d4 will be hanging after it. }) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 (13... d3 { Because winning was a must for black therefore he should play d3 which is much sharper variation. } 14. Nd6+ Kf8 (14... Bxd6 15. Nxc6+ dxe2 16. Nxa5 $16) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Qf3 Ba6 $10) 14. Qxe5 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qxe7 Bxb5 17. Rd1 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc6 (18... Qxc3? 19. Ba3 $18) 19. Be3 Qf5 20. Qc5 Qg6 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Bxg5 Ne4 23. Be3 Nxc3 24. Rd3 Ne4 25. Rad1? { Natural move but wrong. The rook on d3 will not have good spot after Bb5. It would be a pity to lose this game after many good moves but luckily black missed the right move. } (25. f3 Nf6 26. Rad1 $44) 25... h6? (25... Bb5 26. Rd5 Nc3 27. Rxb5 Nxb5 $17) 26. f3 Ng5 27. Rd6 { The D file and bishop pair compensate the pawn disadvantage. } 27... Rfe8 28. Kf2 a6 29. h4 Ne6 30. g4 Rad8 31. Bxe6 Rxd6 32. Bxf7+ $10 Kxf7 33. Rxd6 Re5 34. Rd3 Ra5 35. a3 h5 36. Kg3 g6 { 1/2-1/2 Game was analyzed by IM Imre Fancsy } *