[Event "2023 U.S. Girls' Junior Chess Championsh"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2023.07.20"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Tang, Zoey"] [Black "Atwell, Rose"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2290"] [BlackElo "2171"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation"] [StudyName "2023 National Championships"] [ChapterName "Tang, Zoey - Atwell, Rose"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZBuAQUT7/mMOYm9JJ"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 11. O-O g6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. f3 Nf8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bc2 h5 16. e4 h4 17. e5 Qe6 18. Nh1 Nh5 19. Nf2 Qe7 20. Ne2 { The opening has gone White's way. Some slow play has allowed White to achieve her model Carlsbad plan with f2-f3 and e3-e4, eventually getting up to e4-e5. After the game, she admitted she was worried about Black's counterplay after her next move. } 20... c5 21. Rfe1 Bc6 (21... cxd4 { is still advantageous for White, but far more testing. } 22. f4 (22. Nxd4 Ne6 { is the sort of position Black can try to suffer through. }) 22... Rac8 23. Bb1 Qc5 24. Nxd4 Ne6 25. Nb3 Qb6 { and now White has the advantage if she is willing to pull the trigger with } 26. f5! { but loses it after anything else, including capturing the hanging d-pawn, which illustrates why Atwell's choice to defend the d-pawn on move 21 was based on a misevaluation of the position. } (26. Qxd5? Bc6 $17) 26... Nef4 27. Nd4 gxf5 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rc7 30. g3 $16) 22. Ng4 Ne6 23. f4 Bb5 { Now, White's pieces spring to life and the weakened black king is doomed. } 24. Nc3 Nxd4 (24... Bc6 25. f5! { was the point: } 25... gxf5 26. Bxf5 Qg5 27. Bxe6 Qxd2 28. Bxf7+! Kxf7 29. Rxd2 $18) 25. Nxd5 Qe6 26. Ngf6+ Nxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. f5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 { Black does not have compensation. } 31. Qc3 Bc6 32. Rd2 Re6 33. Qxc5 h3 34. Rf2 Qg5 35. g3 b6 36. Qe3 Qd8 37. Ref1 Re7 38. Rd2 Rd7 { At this point, the game is over, but White finds the cleanest finish with } 39. Rxf7+! { Exploiting the pinned rook and decoying the king into a pawn-fork! } 39... Kxf7 40. e6+ Kg8 41. exd7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0