[Event "2023 U.S. Junior Chess Championship"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2023.07.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Daggupati, Balaji"] [Black "Guo, Arthur"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2494"] [BlackElo "2483"] [Annotator "WGM Jennifer Yu"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C95"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZBuAQUT7/pavM7h7e"] [Orientation "white"] { Annotations by WGM Jennifer Yu } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nf1 a5 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. g4 Ba6 17. Ng3 Rfb8 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 b4 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. cxb4 axb4 22. Bg5 Nfd7 23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Be3 Bc8 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. Nxe5 Bxf5 27. Bxc5 Bc8 28. Nc6 dxc5 29. Nxb8 Qxb8 30. e5 Nc7 31. Bf5 Nb5 32. Qd3 Nd4 { Guo dares Daggupati to capture the h7-pawn. He accepts the challenge and soon faces dire consequences. } 33. Bxh7+?! (33. d6 { Advancing the passed pawn keeps the balance. } 33... h6 34. Ra1 { The game is far from over. White's passed pawns restricts Black's minor pieces, making this complicated, imbalanced position around equal. }) 33... Kh8 34. f4 { Attempting to hold together the central pawns. However, this opens up a diagonal of attack on White's king. } (34. Bf5 Bb7! { White's pieces are all on top of each other, making the defense of both center pawns impossible. }) 34... Qa7 35. Be4 c4! 36. Qe3 Ne2+! 37. Rxe2 Bc5 { Brutal! } 38. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 39. Kg2 cxb3 40. d6 Qd4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1