[Event "Superbet Romania"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.07"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Richard Rapport"] [Black "Bogdan-Daniel Deac"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "USER"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "r5k1/1p3r1N/2p3p1/P3Q3/5PP1/P7/1K1R4/5q2 w - - 0 40"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Z9HYIFdP/ioU6cKos"] [Orientation "black"] { Last but not least, in 2022 Deac was invited to participate in the Romanian leg of the Grand Chess Tour once again, which was renamed to Superbet Romania. This time he was much less of an underdog than the year before, but he was still significantly lower rated than the rest of the field. Thus, the following victory against the top player Richard Rapport, who just shortly before the tournament actually switched federations to Romania and took the national nr #1 spot from Deac, was very much worth mentioning - even though it featured some luck - just like the game against MVL the year before. We join the game on move 40. Rapport could have forced a draw, but he decided to play for the win and was suddenly duly punished. } 40. Ng5?? { A terrible blunder, throwing the game on the spot. } (40. Nf6+ { Giving the check on f6 would lead to a draw. } 40... Rxf6 41. Qxf6 Qb5+ { And Black has perpetual check. }) 40... Qxf4 { A cold shower. Black simply takes up a pawn and forces the exchange of queens. } 41. Qxf4 (41. Nxf7 Qxd2+) 41... Rxf4 { And Black is a clean exchange up and Deac had no problems in converting it. } 0-1