[Event "World Blitz 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.29"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2768"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern Defense: Standard Line"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/TO2we2IV/7w472JLt"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,107,17,21,78,68,78,83,97,94,90,61,54,58,62,55,41,33,33,24,24,24,23,23, 23,10,18,-10,-14,5,3,-5,5,-2,-5,-15,-5,1,0,0,2,-6,12,9,33,30,31,21,17,8,10,-4, 21,24,14,2,35,-5,-8,-8,-9,-12,-27,-46,-11,-42,-32,-38,-7,-45,-5,-24,-41,-63, -41,-68,-61,-63,-58,-61,-67,-67,-70,-70,-56,-67,-85,-89,-89,-86,-86,-84,-77, -84,-77,-79,-77,-108,-77,-80,-76,-108,-106,-162,-83,-205,-232,-252,-290,-508] Nakamura shows impressive patience, calmly pressing on a weak pawn until his opponent errs in a rather subtle way. } 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nd4 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 Qe7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Qe3 Ne5 19. f3 g5 20. b3 a5 21. Rf1 Ng6 22. Rad1 Kh8 23. Rf2 Rf7 24. Rdf1 Raf8 25. g3 e5 26. Nc3 Ne7 27. Qd2 Qg7 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 b6 30. Kg2 h5 31. Qd2 Qg6 32. Qe3 Rf6 33. Kh1 R8f7 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kg1 Qh6 36. Kg2 h4 37. g4 h3+ 38. Kg1 Rf4 39. c4 Qe6 40. Kh1 R7f6 41. Rg1 Qf7 42. Rgf1 Kf8 43. Kg1 Ke7 44. Qd3 Kd8 45. Qe3 Qe6 46. Qd3 Ke7 47. Qe3 Qd7 48. Qd3 Qc8 49. Qe3 Qe8 50. Qd3 Qc6 51. Qe3?? (51. Re1 { The only defensive resource was re-routing the rook to e3, laterally defending the weak pawn. }) 51... Rf8? (51... Qc5! 52. Re2 (52. Qxc5 bxc5 { And White cannot defend the f3-pawn! }) 52... Rxf3) 52. Qd3 Qc5 { The idea still works! } 53. Qd5 (53. Kh1 Qd4! 54. Qe2 Qc3 55. Qd1 Qe3! { Zugzwang! }) 53... Qe3 54. Qc6 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1