[Event "U.S. Championship 2023"] [Site "St Louis"] [Date "2023.10.12"] [White "Zatonskih, Anna"] [Black "Yu, Jennifer"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "IM Sandeep Sethuraman"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "r2q1k2/2p3pB/1p2p3/3b4/p2P1r2/Pn3N2/1P3PPP/RQ2R1K1 w - - 0 23"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/b0nfXV2i/8yAdkxqL"] [Orientation "white"] 23. Ne5! { An only move, but fairly natural. } 23... Rxd4?? (23... Rf6 { was the only way to try to hold. } 24. Qd3 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 c5 26. Qh3 { White is still better because of the monster knight and Black's weak king, but here at least Black has some counterplay. }) 24. Qg6! Qe8 (24... Rf4 25. Qh5 { ends the game immediately: } 25... Rf6 26. Be4) 25. Qg3! { The queens must stay on obviously. } 25... Ra7 26. Ng6+ Kf7 27. Rad1! { Bringing the last piece into the game and removing a potential defender. The rook on a7 is useless. } 27... c5 { Trying to bring it into play but it's too late. } 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Qf4+ Nf5 30. g4! { Winning a piece and breaking through the position. } 30... Qd8 31. gxf5 Qf6 32. fxe6+ Bxe6 33. Nh8+ { A nice touch to end the game completely. } 33... Ke7 34. Bf5 g5 35. Qe4 { Yu resigned. } 1-0