[Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2021.07.14"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Adly, Ahmed"] [Black "Hesham, Abdelrahman"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2397"] [Annotator "Beukes, Dante"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko"] [StudyName "Africans at the World Cup 2021 Round 1 tiebreaks"] [ChapterName "Adly, Ahmed - Hesham, Abdelrahman"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/WicUTFjZ/oXMBIe1T"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 { Hesham decides to repeat his opneing choice from the classical portion. } 4. Bg5 { and once again, it is the victor who deviates first. } (4. a4 { was played in the first game. }) 4... g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 b4 7. a3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nc4 a5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nd4 Ba6 15. Nc6 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nc5 17. Qf4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Nxb4 { [#] Black has just played 18...a4 and White captured the b4-pawn. Of course this is not just a blunder, but rather just very strong pawn play by Hesham, who now opened up the scope of the sniper on g7 with 19...f5! and gained a winning advantage. } 19... f5 20. exf5 Bxb2 21. Nc6 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 $19 Re4 23. Qh6 f6 24. Bd3 Ree8 25. Bb5 g5 26. h4 Qg7 27. Qh5 Re4 28. hxg5 fxg5 29. Ra3 Rf8 30. g4 Rf6 31. Qh3 Rh6 32. Qg3 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Ne4 34. Qd3 Rh4 35. Qc4 { [#] This is the important position of the game. There are many ways to win here, but the way Hesham played is absolutely beautiful. In the official commentary, GMs Nigel Short and Evgeny Miroshnichenko were analysing this game at this moment. They were looking at some lines after 35...Qh6, when suddenly Hesham played 35. ..Rh2+!! Both the commentators' and Adly's reaction to this move was "What is that?" It took a bit of analysis before they realised that Black had just played a brilliant combination. Nigel Short remarked, "He is a genius," upon realising that idea behind 35...Rh2+!! } 35... Rh2+!! { "What is that?" } 36. Kxh2 Qh6+ 37. Rh3 Rh1+ 38. Kxh1 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Qxg4+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kh1 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 Ng3#) 40... Nd2+ 41. Ke1 Nxc4 { 0-1 White resigns. } 0-1