[Event "2022 Women's Olympiad"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/n4CbCbpo"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Nguyen, Thu Giang"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "2119"] [Annotator "King,Alex"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/n4CbCbpo"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. h3 a5 12. a3 Ba6? $18 { Surprisingly, with this one bad move Black's position goes from perfectly fine to fully lost. } (12... Rd8!? $13 { would have been much better, retaining control of f5 with the light-squared bishop. }) 13. Nh4! { Abrahamyan, a noted attacking specialist, seizes her chance. } 13... Nbd7 14. Qf3 Rfd8 15. Ngf5 Bf8 16. Bxh6!? { One of many winning breakthroughs at White's disposal. } 16... Nc5 (16... gxh6 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Bxf7 { leaves Black with no good defense to 19.Ng6+, e.g. } 18... Nc5 19. Ng6+ Kh7 20. Nxf8+ Rxf8 21. Qg7#) 17. Bg5 Ncxe4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nh6+ $16 (19. Qg3!? { was simpler: } 19... Nd5 20. Rfe1 $18) 19... gxh6 20. Qxf6 Bg7 21. Qg6 Rd5 $18 { A poor practical decision - if White is up material then she no longer needs to break through with her mating attack. } (21... Bc8!? { would have given Black better chances to survive than she really deserves, e.g. } 22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Rd3 Kh8 $16) 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qg4 { Abrahamyan now switches to a technical approach, gradually simplifying and converting her material advantage in an endgame. } 23... Bc8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Ra6 26. Qd3 Qc6 27. Rad1 d4 28. Rfe1 Rb6 29. c3 Qc4 30. cxd4 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 exd4 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Re7 Kg8 34. Rc7 Be5 35. Rc5 Bf6 36. Kf1 a4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Kg7 39. Rg3+ Kf8 40. Rf3 Kg7 41. Ke2 Rd6 42. Rb7 Rd5 43. Kd3 Rc5 44. g4 Re5 45. Rf5 Re1 46. Rbxb5 Rd1+ 47. Kc2 Re1 48. Rb7 Re6 49. Kd3 Rc6 50. h4 Kg6 51. h5+ Kg7 52. f4 Re6 53. g5 Re3+ 54. Kc4 hxg5 55. fxg5 Be5 56. Rbxf7+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0