[Event "2023 US Open Championships"] [Site "Grand Rapids"] [Round "1"] [White "Alexander Shabalov"] [Black "Gary Scott Pratt"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2518"] [BlackElo "1800"] [TimeControl "40/100, SD/30, inc/30"] [Board "3"] [Annotator "JJ Lang"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Basman-Williams Attack"] [UTCDate "2023.08.02"] [UTCTime "14:40:19"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/bGhelHiK/MQ62yPnp"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 { [%clk 1:31:03] } 1... Nf6 2. c4 { [%clk 1:31:02] } 2... g6 { [%clk 1:36:23] } 3. h4 { [%clk 1:31:15] } 3... Bg7 { [%clk 1:36:47] } 4. Nc3 { [%clk 1:31:39] } 4... d6 { [%clk 1:36:52] } 5. e4 { [%clk 1:31:57] } 5... c5 { [%clk 1:35:14] } 6. d5 { [%clk 1:32:20] } 6... Nbd7 { [%clk 1:35:05] } 7. Be2 { [%clk 1:31:34] } 7... a6 { [%clk 1:34:54] } 8. h5 { [%clk 1:31:13] } 8... O-O?! { Walking into White's attack. } { [%clk 1:29:06] } (8... Nxh5! { A theme emerging from these games: when a strong player shoves the h-pawn at you, you might be better off taking it and 'hunkering down' from there. } 9. Bxh5 gxh5 10. Qxh5 Bxc3+! { A common theme in the KID is chucking the dark-squared bishop when the kingside pawn storm is unlikely to be successful, such as here. } 11. bxc3 Ne5 $17) 9. a4 { [%clk 1:31:08] } 9... Ne8 { Too passive. } { [%clk 1:28:25] } 10. Nf3 { [%clk 1:30:42] } 10... Ne5 { [%clk 1:27:41] } 11. Nxe5 { [%clk 1:30:31] } 11... Bxe5 { [%clk 1:27:54] } 12. Bh6 { [%clk 1:30:33] } 12... Bg7 { [%clk 1:27:35] } 13. Qd2 { [%clk 1:30:46] } 13... Nf6 { [%clk 1:27:35] } 14. g4! { The speed of all of Shabalov's pieces is impressive. } { [%clk 1:28:00] } 14... e6 { [%clk 1:25:53] } 15. hxg6 { [%clk 1:26:18] } 15... fxg6 { [%clk 1:25:38] } 16. Bxg7 { [%clk 1:26:40] } 16... Kxg7 { [%clk 1:25:38] } 17. Qh6+ { [%clk 1:26:59] } 17... Kg8 { [%clk 1:25:48] } 18. g5 { [%clk 1:26:58] } 18... Nh5 { [%clk 1:25:42] } 19. Bxh5 { [%clk 1:27:07] } 19... gxh5 { [%clk 1:26:02] } 20. g6! { One nice precise flourish. } { [%clk 1:27:21] } 20... Qe7 { [%clk 1:25:58] } 21. Rg1 { [%clk 1:27:02] } 21... exd5 { [%clk 1:25:16] } 22. O-O-O { [%clk 1:25:01] } (22. Nxd5! { The engine says we can pull this off: } 22... Qxe4+ 23. Ne3 Qe7 24. O-O-O { Even stronger with the knight on e3, as now Black's ... Bc8-g4 is less effective. } 24... Bg4 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. Rxg4) 22... Bg4 { [%clk 1:24:37] } 23. Rxd5 { [%clk 1:23:32] } (23. Nxd5 Qg7 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ne3 $18) 23... Qg7 { [%clk 1:24:16] } (23... Rxf2 24. Rxh5 Bxh5 { would at least narrow White's path to victory: } 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Nb6 Qe7 27. Qxh5 Raf8 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. gxh7+ Kh6 30. h8=Q+ Rxh8 31. Nd7!! { is the only winning move. } (31. Qd3? Qh4! $10) 31... Qh4 32. Qe6+ { is the point: now nothing can interpose on f6. }) 24. gxh7+ { [%clk 1:23:15] } 24... Kh8 { [%clk 1:24:32] } 25. Qxg7+ { [%clk 1:23:32] } 25... Kxg7 { [%clk 1:24:50] } 26. Rxh5 { 1-0 White wins. } { [%clk 1:23:55] } 1-0