[Event "ch-USA 2022"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/dfRDZs7P/sx9dTCoD"]
[Date "2022.10.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[Annotator "Watson,John"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Modern Line"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/dfRDZs7P/sx9dTCoD"]
[Orientation "white"]
{ [%evp 0,101,24,-2,25,32,39,33,16,-5,-6,-15,-5,19,26,5,17,13,39,25,30,15,28,-3,
-9,-28,-24,-23,-29,-33,-31,-37,-33,-33,1,-10,1,-16,-7,-29,-3,-19,-18,-27,-5,
-20,-25,-5,4,4,10,0,0,0,7,-4,42,42,49,38,213,213,177,177,258,226,232,232,243,
232,225,225,237,228,225,218,265,266,266,367,368,271,279,285,335,345,345,290,
292,298,306,318,346,375,386,396,507,527,527,507,550,587,595,595] }
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne1 Qb6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Bd2 b4 18. Be3 a5 19. Qe2 Kf8 20. g3 Ba6 21. h4 h5 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Bg5 Rhe8 24. Rdc1 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Rac8 27. Kg2 f6 28. exf6+ Nxf6 29. Qe2 { [#] } 29... Kg8?? { Here Black could return the pawn with } (29... Ne4! 30. Nxe4 (30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qc6) 30... dxe4 31. Qxe4 Rc3! { with equality. White's most obvious try with } 32. Qe5+ Kh7 33. Rxc3 bxc3 34. Qxa5 (34. Rxa5 Rc8 35. Rc5 c2 36. Qf4 Rxc5 37. dxc5 Qxc5 38. Qf7+) 34... Qxa5 35. Rxa5 { comes to nothing after } 35... Rb8 36. Ra7+ Kh6 37. Rc7 (37. Re7?? Rc8) 37... Rxb3) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxa5! { Winning. e6 and g6 are too
weak, and Black's dark squares are vulnerable. } 31... Re8 { There's no defense: } (31... Qxa5 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Ne6! Rg8 35. Qxf6 $18) (31... Ne4 32. Ra6 Qxd4 33. Rxe6! $18) 32. Ra6 Qxd4 33. Rxe6 Rf8 34. Qc2 Ne4 35. Rxg6+ Kh8 36. Rh6+ Kg8 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Rxh5 Qf6 39. Rg5+ Kh8 40. Qe2 Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42. Kh3 Rc8 43. Rg4 Rc2 44. Rxb4 Rxf2 45. Kg4 Rf1 46. Rb7 Kg8 47. b4 Kh8 48. b5 Kg8 49. b6 Kh8 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. b7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0