[Event "FIDE Olympiad"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/erWBKxM5"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Narayanan.S.L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E36"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/erWBKxM5"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,147,61,14,29,-16,-10,-30,21,-14,-14,0,2,-47,17,17,15,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,3, 15,15,15,32,45,53,46,66,57,42,60,55,46,43,44,44,44,44,41,43,36,37,31,34,29,29, 31,25,25,39,13,10,14,16,11,15,0,0,0,0,0,19,3,46,43,56,74,67,56,74,51,39,62,60, 60,60,60,67,89,89,81,74,85,100,93,108,83,109,81,81,81,85,67,109,108,111,110, 119,107,145,154,135,163,153,137,183,172,167,163,237,229,230,230,230,179,221, 195,195,195,212,212,241,231,244,236,240,247,245,235,147,148,177,217,352,241, 301,370,497,507,507,507,982,244,547,547,547,557] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 Qc6 11. Qxc6+ Nxc6 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nce7 14. Rc1 Nf5 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Rc8 17. Ke2 f6 18. e4 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Ne7 20. g4 { White has a small but clear advantage. } 20... O-O 21. Rc2 h6 22. Rhc1 c6 23. b4 Ra8 24. Rb1 Rfc8 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Rbc1 Rd7 28. g3 Rad8 29. Rc3 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. R1c2 Rd6 32. Nd2 Re6 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. f3 Kf6 35. Rd3 Ng6 36. Ne3 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Rd6+ 38. Ke2 Ne7 39. Nc4 Rd4 40. Nb2 g6 41. Ke3 Rd8 42. Rh2 Ng8 43. Nd3 g5 44. Rc2 Rd6 45. Ke2 Ne7 46. Nb2 Rd8 47. Nc4 c5 { Black should have avoided this advance. After } (47... Ke6 48. Ne3 { , it is clear that White is much better, but he still has to break through. }) 48. bxc5 Nc6 49. Ke3 bxc5 50. Nd2 Na5 51. Rxc5 Rxd2 52. Rxa5 Rb2 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Rxa7+ Kd6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. a4 Rb3+ 57. Ke2 Rb2+ 58. Kd3 Rb3+ 59. Kc4 Rxf3 60. a5 Rxg3 61. Rxh6 Kd7 62. Kd5 Kc7 63. Rh7+ Kb8 64. Kxe5 Rxg4 65. Rg7 Rg1 66. Kf5 Ra1 67. e5 Kc8 68. Kxg5 Rxa5 69. Kf6 Ra1 70. e6 Rf1+ 71. Ke7 Rh1 72. Rg2 Rh7+ 73. Kd6 Rh8 74. Rc2+ { Very solid technique and beautifully executed by Sam. } 1-0