[Event "2022 Olympiad"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2022.07.31"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2549"] [Annotator "King,Alex"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "4q2k/6pn/3Qp2p/2p1Np1P/p1P2P2/P5P1/1P4K1/8 b - - 0 42"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/cEB5nS42"] [Orientation "white"] { [#] [%evp 0,60,42,103,125,112,114,124,133,124,104,104,136,116,117,118,131,118,118, 138,118,118,157,131,140,153,158,237,164,190,95,111,95,73,79,53,61,75,81,81,81, 124,131,159,129,171,192,200,200,215,200,234,280,421,328,427,530,642,622,642, 701,1170,1233] } 42... Kg8? $18 { Cracking under pressure. } (42... Nf6! 43. Qxc5 Qxh5 { is perfectly safe for Black, e.g. } 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qxe6 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 Qh5+) 43. Qd7! { A well-timed offer of a queen trade. } 43... Qa8+ (43... Qxh5 { runs into } 44. Qxe6+ Kf8 45. Ng6+ $18) (43... Qxd7 44. Nxd7 { leads to a winning knight endgame for White: } 44... Nf6 45. Nxc5 Nxh5 46. Nxa4 $18) 44. Kg1 Nf8 45. Qf7+ Kh8 { Black's knight is passively placed on f8, and White now carefully transfers his king to the queenside while maintaining pressure on Black's weak pawns on a4, c5, and e6. } 46. Kf2 Qb8 47. Ke1 Qa8 48. Kd2 Kh7 49. Nd3 Qd8 50. Kc2 Qd6 51. Ne5 Qb8 52. Kc1! { Avoiding a check on b3. Now that the b2-pawn is defended, White is ready to break down Black's defenses with Ne5-g6. } 52... Qa8 { Preparing to abandon the defense of the queenside in desperate search of active counterplay. } (52... Qd6 { loses immediately to } 53. Ng6 Nd7 (53... Nxg6 54. hxg6+ $18 { followed by mate. }) 54. Qxd7! $18) (52... Kh8 { loses to the same move, in slightly slower fashion: } 53. Ng6+! Nxg6 54. hxg6 Qc8 55. Kc2 $18 { Black is in zugwang and cannot continue to defend e6. }) 53. Nd3 Qd8 54. Nxc5 Qd6 55. Nxa4 Nd7 56. Qg6+ Kh8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qd8 Qd3 59. Nc3 Qf1+ 60. Kc2 Qf2+ 61. Kb3 Nc5+ 62. Ka2 Qxg3 63. Qd4 { White has maintained his king safety and now his connected queenside passers, especially the a-pawn, will prove decisive. } 63... Nd3 64. a4 Nxf4 65. a5 Nd3 66. Ka3 Ne5 67. a6 Nc6 68. Qc5 Qc7 69. b4 f4 70. b5 Qa5+ 71. Kb3 Nd8 72. Qa3 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0