[Event "Jeddah Young Masters"]
[Site "Jeddah"]
[Date "2024.01.25"]
[White "Andy Woodward"]
[Black "Faustino Oro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Lang, JJ"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZCLkopx7/Z4SArFrD"]
[Orientation "white"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 a5 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Ne5 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nf6 13. e3 Nd5 14. Ne5 f6 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. Qb3 b6 17. f5! { Slightly passive play from Black allows
Woodward to begin chipping away and the centralized knight. } (17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. f5 a4 19. Nxa4 exf5 { gives Black counterplay, hence time is of the essence. }) 17... Nxc3 18. Rxc3!? (18. Qxc3 exf5 19. Bxc6 { wins the pawn back with a huge
improvement in structure. And the pin is illusory: } 19... Rc8 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxb6 $16) 18... a4 19. Qc2 (19. Qd1! { was an improvement,
anticipating the necessary ... c6-c5 break but cooking up a surprise on the d-
file. } 19... Bd6 (19... exf5? 20. d5! c5 21. d6 { is the point of putting the
queen on d1. } 21... Bxd6 22. Nxc5! { when } 22... Bxc5 23. Bxa8 $16 { with the point that
Black does not want to part with their own light-squared bishop, making Qd8xa8
less attractive. But if White keeps the light-squared bishop, Black has no
compensation for the Exchange! }) 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxc6 Ra5 22. e4 $14) 19... exf5?! (19... e5! 20. Bxc6 exd4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. exd4 Bxf5 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qe2 $13) 20. Bxc6 Bxc6? (20... Ra7!? 21. Nf4 Bd6 { gives Black some chances
of counterplay on the c-file and h2-b8 diagonal. }) 21. Rxc6 Bd6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qe6 { Now, Black's army is completely paralyzed. } 23... Bb8 24. Rfc1 Re8 25. Qxf5 Ra5 26. Qc8 Rg5+ 27. Kf1 Bxh2 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxb6 { White remains up a pawn! } 29... h5 30. Ke2 Bd6 31. Nc5 Rg4 32. Nb7 Rb8 33. Rb5 Bf8 34. Rxh5+ { Two pawns! } 34... Kg8 35. Rb5 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0