[Event "2022 Women's Olympiad"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2022.07.29"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Alvarado Perez, Coralys M."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "1471"] [Annotator "Solon, Nate"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/LAEvhexG"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,51,35,29,53,56,52,50,75,80,98,103,103,95,101,63,51,56,43,46,84,74,158, 161,159,158,138,139,351,351,359,350,530,530,530,530,535,516,523,526,534,528, 549,489,579,522,538,540,574,527,575,561,1133,1145] } 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ { This random check looks like a beginner's move, but it's not much worse than any other queen move. Even Jan Gustafsson, the lead openings expert for Magnus Carlsen, tried it once. } 4. Be2 c6 5. d4 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qd7?! { The queen turns out to be awkwardly placed here. } (9... Qa5 { was the safest square for the queen. Black would have decent chances to make it out of the opening alive. } { [%cal Gb2b4] }) 10. d5! { A lazier player like your commentator would probably just castle, but Tatev wastes no time blasting open the position. } 10... e6? { Ignoring White's threat. Black's position was already difficult though. } (10... f6 11. Bd4 e5 12. dxe6 Qxe6 { This is the computer's best defense, but White still has a big lead in development. }) 11. dxc6 Qxd1+ { Giving White another tempo to bring the rook to the center, but the alternatives were no better. } (11... Qxc6 12. Bb5 { is a deadly pin. }) (11... bxc6 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. O-O-O+ { with a scorching initiative. }) 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Nb5! { Maximum aggression! The knight can't be taken. } 13... Bb4+ { Accepting the knight would have led to mate in five. } (13... cxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. Rd7+ Ke8 16. Rxa7+ Kd8 17. Rxa8+ Ke7 18. Re8#) 14. c3 cxb5 15. Bxg7 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 f6 17. Bxh8 { The dust has cleared and White is up a whole rook. The rest was a relatively straightforward mop-up job. } 17... Kf7 18. g4 Be4 19. f3 Bc6 20. g5 fxg5 21. Rg1 Ne7 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Bxa7 Nf5 24. Bc5 h6 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bh5+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0