[Event "FIDE Olympiad"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/r433K7OU"] [Date "2022.08.07"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E73"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/r433K7OU"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,66,21,32,21,-9,47,38,38,39,32,43,46,33,22,0,13,19,66,65,93,29,105,17, 96,-36,24,-1,8,-42,-39,-66,19,19,1,1,1,1,-6,-24,15,-111,-87,-11,-12,-12,-32, -25,-8,-174,-84,-88,-86,-103,-109,-271,-253,-285,-266,-351,-327,-304,-345,-402, -613,-653,-665,-665,-665] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h3 c6 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. c5?! { An interesting decision, White seems to gain the better chances after } (12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5?! (13. Qd2!?) 13... Nxg3?? (13... dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxh5 Nb4 { would have been fine for Black }) 14. Nxc6 Qe8 15. fxg3?? (15. Rg1! { wins for White; now Black is winning. }) 15... Qxe3 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Re8+ 18. Kd2 Bh6+ { and Black was winning in Jakovenko,D (2736)-Tkachiev,V (2642) Moscow blitz 2009. }) 12... f4 13. gxf4 Nxf4 14. Rg1 Nxc5 15. b4 Ncd3+!? { Black can also consider } (15... e4!? 16. Bd4 Rf6 (16... Ng6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Qf6 { and Black cannot be worse }) 17. bxc5 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bf5 19. dxc6 dxc5 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 { with a complete mess. }) 16. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Rxf3 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. O-O-O?! (19. Qc4+ Rf7 20. Rd1 { would have been a better choice for White, offering him the upper hand. }) 19... d5 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Bd4 exd4 23. Qxf3 Qd6 24. Rg5?? { White is trying to provoke Black to play ...h7-h6 but the move is a blunder. It was obligatory to play } (24. Ne2 { when one line runs } 24... Qh6+ 25. Kb1 Bd7 26. Nxd4 Qf8 27. Qc3 Qxf2 28. Re1 Re8 29. Nxc6+ Kg8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Nd4 Bd7 { with an endgame that should be about equal. }) 24... h6? { Black is more or less winning after } (24... Bd7! 25. Nd1 Rf8 26. Qg3 Qe7 { and White has to seek refuge in a lost endgame to keep the game going. }) 25. Rg3 Ba6 26. Qf7?? { Another blunder. Once more, it was necessary to play } (26. Ne2! Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Rf8 28. Qd2 Rf4 29. Qe2 { and White survives. }) 26... Qf8! 27. Qc7? { White hopes to land some swindle, because the alternative } (27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nd1 Bb5 29. h4 Kh7 { is rather hopeless. }) 27... Qf6 28. Nd1 Be2 29. f4 Re8 30. Qd7 Rf8 31. Rg1 d3 { If it wasn't obvious already, it certainly becomes clear now, White is toast. } 32. Qxa7 Bxd1 33. Kxd1 Qb2 { and White resigned. } 0-1