[Event "2023 U.S. Senior Chess Championship"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2023.07.20"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Shabalov, Alexander"] [Black "Akopian, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2453"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E11"] [Opening "Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZBuAQUT7/AoQLKJIP"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Re8 14. Bc3 Nfe4 15. Be1 Qf6 16. Rac1 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Qb3 Nb2 20. Rd4 Nc4 21. Qb1 b5 22. Rdd1 Nb2 23. Rd4 Nc4 24. Rdd1 h6 25. Nd4 Qb6 26. Nb3 Ra3 27. Nc5 Ba8 28. Rd3 Ra7 29. Nb3 h5 30. Rcd1 h4 31. gxh4 Re6 32. h5 Re5?! (32... Re8 { was more prudent, defending the back rank. }) 33. Nc5 Rae7?? (33... Re8 { better late than never! } 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Rg3 e3 { is a better version for Black, although White still enjoys an initiative after } 36. Qf5 Bxg2 37. Rxg2 exf2+ 38. Bxf2 Ne3 { preventing Be1-c3-xg7, at least. }) 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Rg3 { A quiet, but deadly, blow. There is no defense to Be1-c3 and the skewer on the g7-square. } 35... f6 { Well, except cutting Black's own queen off from defending the h6-square! } 36. h6 g5 37. Bc3 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Bxd5 39. h4 e3 { and Black resigned before White could even pick up the bishop with check. } 1-0