[Event "2022 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2022.07.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Morris-Suzuki, Sophie"] [Black "Yu, Jennifer"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Scott,Harold"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D17"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cfnNS6tI/dkafd2ti"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,108,19,34,32,-12,44,40,34,25,20,-10,0,-13,16,7,-6,23,34,31,77,66,87, 84,92,85,87,74,82,84,66,65,52,43,80,0,80,-3,15,-10,-11,29,0,0,33,22,45,55,56, 29,-16,-48,58,29,38,36,66,66,51,52,53,66,67,63,49,44,40,26,30,-41,-9,-27,-18, -9,-9,-33,0,-9,-23,0,-14,-101,-123,-129,-146,-122,-129,-137,-137,-188,-196, -222,-222,-254,-251,-255,-268,-248,-253,-272,-272,-379,-338,-421,-447,-464, -473,-603,-615,-627,-639] } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Bd7? $16 { An error that could have costed Jennifer dearly. In the interview after the game, she admitted to mixing up her moves. } (9... Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 { is what Jennifer had in mind. }) 10. e4 e6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qb3? { This inaccuracy allows a part of White's advantage to slip away. White needs to play accurately so that Black doesn't get the chance to consolidate. White would have kept control of the position by preventing the ...c6-c5 break with } (14. Na2! Bd6 15. Nd3! $16) 14... c5! 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rfd8 (16... cxd4! 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 $14) 17. dxc5 (17. Nxd7 Nfxd7 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 c4 21. Qd1 $16) 17... Bxc5 18. Nxd7? { Sophie misses an opportunity. } (18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Nxd7 Nxf4 20. Nb5 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bf1 $16) 18... Nbxd7 19. Nb5 Qe5 20. Bd2 b6 21. Be1 Nh5 22. g3 Qb8 23. f4 Nhf6 24. Bf3?! { 24.Bf3 may seem like a natural move, but it is more important to prevent Black from playing ...e6-e5. Therefore, White should play 24.e5. } 24... e5 25. f5 g5 { Holding back g3-g4 with } (25... h5 { makes more sense, and after } 26. Rac1 { retreating the bishop with } 26... Bf8 { offers more protection on the kingside should the g-file open up and it also clears the square for the knight to come to c5. }) 26. Qd3 g4 27. Bg2 Kg7 28. Bd2 h6 { Clearing the square for the knight to come to f8 and h7. } 29. Qe2 Nf8 30. Nc3 h5 31. Bg5 (31. h4 gxh3 32. Bf3 N8h7 33. Bxh5 Bb4 34. Bf3 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Ng5) (31. Nd5 N8h7 32. Bc3 $14) 31... N8h7 32. Bh4 { Keeping Black from advancing on the kingside with ...h5-h4. Although it takes the bishop out of action elsewhere on the board. } 32... Rd4 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. e5? $17 (34. Nd1 Nd7 35. Nf2 Ne5 36. Nd3 Nxd3 37. Qxd3 Qe5 { and Black is for choice as the bishop on h4 is out of play. }) 34... dxc3 35. exf6+ Nxf6 36. bxc3 Re8 37. Qd2 Be3 38. Qd3 Qd8 39. Qb5 Bc5 40. h3? $19 gxh3 41. Bxh3 Re3 { Black's pieces are much more active and the White king is more vulnerable. Also, the c3-pawn is weak and not long for this world. } 42. Qf1 Rxc3 43. Qf4 Be3 44. Qe5 Bd4 45. Qf4 Rc2 46. Rf1 Qd5+ 47. Qf3 Qxf3+ 48. Rxf3 Ra2 49. Rf4 Rxa4 { Now it's mop up time. } 50. g4 hxg4 51. Bxg4 Ra1+ 52. Kg2 Rg1+ 53. Kh2 Nxg4+ 54. Kh3 Bf6 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1