[Event "ch-USA w 2022"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/dfRDZs7P/SWik9VbZ"] [Date "2022.10.14"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Eswaran, Ashritha"] [Black "Yu, Jennifer"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2297"] [Annotator "cahan"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/dfRDZs7P/SWik9VbZ"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,112,16,29,65,53,64,48,22,35,31,37,37,28,14,15,16,10,8,-5,28,31,21,-1, 0,27,23,45,24,33,26,22,25,15,51,37,67,75,66,19,23,17,17,0,65,-68,-57,-342,-340, -340,-340,-336,-335,-346,-328,-341,-289,-268,-293,-293,-271,-302,-291,-285, -294,-300,-289,-294,-280,-308,-246,-246,-269,-289,-240,-309,-351,-361,-379, -412,-425,-320,-386,-395,-411,-411,-342,-341,-333,-351,-340,-370,-375,-389, -392,-398,-398,-407,-408,-403,-399,-422,-418,-485,-490,-474,-507,-505,-505, -887,-853,-859,-859,-880,-880] } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O Rhe8 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Re1 Kf8 15. c4?! { This pawn advance looks tempting but renders the d4-pawn soft and target for Black. } 15... Rad8 16. Bd2?! (16. Bf1 { was better, more or less keeping the chances balanced. }) 16... Be7 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. Nf3 Rd7 { The pressure against White's d4-pawn is mounting, and now the c4-pawn is also under attack. } 19. b3 Bg4 20. Bc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Red8 22. b4? { An odd decision, allowing Black's knight access to the a4-square. } 22... Na4 23. Rxe7?? { Pure and unfounded desperation. Now Black is easily winning. } (23. Bd2 Rxd4 24. Bh6+ Ke8 25. Bf1 { would obviously have been better for Black, but White was far from lost. }) 23... Rxe7 24. Be1 Rxd4 25. Bf1 Kg7 26. Rb1 Nb6 27. Rc1 Nd7 28. Bc3 Rf4 29. Kg2 Ne5 30. Be2 g5 31. Bd2 Ng6 32. Be3 Rh4 33. Bf1 b6 34. Rd1 Rh6 { A funny-looking move, but Black is trying to reorganize her forces to convert the advantage. } 35. Kg3 Nh4 36. Bh3 Nxf3 37. a4 Rh4 38. c5 Ne5 39. Bd4 Re8 40. b5 cxb5 41. axb5 bxc5 42. Bxc5 Rc4 43. Be3 Rb4 44. Bf1 Rg4+ 45. Kh3 h5 46. Be2 Rh4+ 47. Kg3 Ng4 48. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 Re7 50. Rd6 Re5 51. Bd4 Rf4+ 52. Kg2 Rxb5 53. Bxa7 Rg4+ 54. Kh3 Rb3+ 55. Be3 f5 56. f3 Rh4+ { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1