[Event "U.S. Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2023.10.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[Annotator "WGM Katerina Nemcova"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[FEN "r3b3/1k3p1R/2n1pP2/3pP2B/2pP4/8/2PK4/1N6 b - - 0 62"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/b0nfXV2i/SeVWPV1s"]
[Orientation "white"]
{ [#] }
62... Nxd4 63. Bxf7?? { A big blunder by Shankland who tried to take
advantage of Mishra's low time. } (63. Nc3! { After this move, the position is
balanced but still complicated. White is attacking the f7-pawn while Black
will switch his attack to the e5-pawn. The game may continue: } 63... Nc6 64. Bxf7 Bxf7 65. Rxf7+ Kb6 66. Nxd5+ (66. Rd7 Nxe5 67. Rd6+ Kc5 68. Rxe6) 66... exd5 67. e6 Re8 68. e7 Kc5 69. Rf8 Rxe7 70. fxe7 Nxe7) 63... Nf3+! 64. Ke3 Ng5! $19 65. Bxe6+!? { Shankland is correctly choosing the most hopeful
line for complications. } (65. Bxe8+? Nxh7 66. f7 Kc7 67. Nc3 Kd8 { and once
the black king stops the f7-pawn, the knight can be activated as well as the
rook. Black's position is winning. }) 65... Nxh7 66. Bxd5+ Bc6 67. Bxc4 Nf8?? { Although this move looks completely logical, it is a big mistake. White can
suddenly equalize. } 68. Nd2?? { A normal-looking move, but not enough to put
pressure on Mishra. } (68. e6!! Nxe6 69. Bxe6 Re8 70. Kf4 Rxe6 71. Kf5 Re2 (71... Bd5 72. f7 Re1 73. f8=Q Rf1+ 74. Ke5 Rxf8 75. Kxd5 { This is a
theoretical draw. }) 72. f7 Rf2+ 73. Ke6 Kc7 74. Ke7) 68... Nd7 69. Kd4 Rd8 70. f7 Nf8+ 71. Ke3?! { A passive move that makes things easier for Black. } (71. Kc5!? { Although this move also loses, it provides White with some chances.
Black has to play accurately here. } 71... Bd7!! { The only move that keeps winning
chances for Black. The idea is that it stops White from playing e5-e6. } (71... Rxd2?? 72. e6 Nxe6+ 73. Bxe6 Rxc2+ 74. Kd6 Rf2 75. Ke7) 72. Kd6 Ng6!! $19 { Another only move. Black has to stop White's king from reaching the e7-square. }) 71... Bd5! 72. Bxd5+ Rxd5 $19 { And the position is easy to win for Black.
The king just needs to get to e7 and then capture one pawn after another. } 73. Nf3 Kc7 74. Ke4 Rc5 75. Kf5 Kd7 76. Kf6 Rc6+ 77. Kg7 Ke7 78. Nh4 Ne6+ 79. Kg6 Nd8+ 80. Kg7 Nxf7 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1