[Event "122nd U.S. Open"] [Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"] [Date "2022.08.02"] [Round "4.11"] [White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"] [Black "Shawkat, Saif"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2106"] [Annotator "Hartmann,John"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E90"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/dhk4PGrT/94HEhu9s"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,43,25,19,31,-9,39,40,37,33,40,46,25,29,43,18,37,27,33,11,5,2,40,30,98, 84,132,30,111,133,121,121,179,145,167,169,158,77,197,241,336,322,513,428,687, 685] } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be3 { Going out of book, but something that Elshan has played quite a bit before. } 6... Ng4 (6... e5 7. dxe5 (7. d5 Na6 (7... Nh5 8. Nd2) 8. Be2 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. h3 (11. Nd2!) 11... Nh6 12. Nd2 Nf7 13. f3 Bh6 14. Bf2 { 1-0 (70) Fedoseev,V (2707) -Firouzja,A (2561) Abu Dhabi 2018 }) 7... dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 (9... Na6! 10. Bg5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 c6 $15) (9... Rd7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bc2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. b3 a5 15. Nxf4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Bg4 { 1/2-1/2 (61) Azmaiparashvili,Z (2672)-Smirin,I (2652) Saint Vincent 2005 }) 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rc1 a4 15. Ba2 cxd5 16. Rc7 Rd7 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Bxd5 { 1-0 (32) Moradiabadi,E (2570)-Gautier,A (2028) Vaujany 2015 }) (6... Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O c5 9. d5 a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. f4 b6 17. Kh1 Qc8 18. Bg1 Qb7 19. Bh2 Nd7 20. Bg4 Rbd8 21. e5 b5 22. e6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Nf6 24. Bf3 Qb6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd5 Nfxd5 27. cxd5 Rf8 28. Be4 Ra8 29. f5 Ra4 30. Qe2 g5 31. h4 h6 32. f6 exf6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bg3 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 c4 36. Rf3 Re8 37. Qg6 Rf8 38. Bf2 Qb7 39. Rh3 { 1-0 (39) Moradiabadi,E (2545)-Barrientos Chavarriaga,S (2487) Dulles 2019 }) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 { Seems incongruous in this structure. The e-pawn always remains weak / backward / targeted. } (8... g5 { relatively best? } 9. Bg3 e5) 9. d5 Na6?! (9... a6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Be2 Ngf6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. a5 Qc7 15. f4 Neg4 16. Nd1 $16 { 1-0 (48) Larsen,B-Ardiansyah,H Manila 1973 }) 10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O b5 { Playing for an idea where it isn't warranted. } 12. cxb5 a6 { [#] } 13. Nd2 { Perhaps imprecise. } (13. a4! axb5 14. axb5! Rb8 (14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. b6) 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc4) 13... Nf6 (13... axb5! 14. Bxg4 b4! 15. Bxc8! (15. Na4? Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Rxa4 $15) (15. Ncb1?? Bxb2) 15... bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxc8 { It's not clear that White can keep the pawn, but retrieving it will cost Black a high price. } 17. Nc4 (17. Qc2 Nb5) (17. Rb1 Bxc3 18. Nc4 Bd4 19. a4) 17... Bxc3 18. Rb1 { with a2-a4-a5 etc, Rb7, so forth } (18. Rc1 Bd4 $13)) 14. a4 Rb8 15. Qb3 Qe8 { Logical, but this further restricts the black pieces. } 16. b6 (16. e5 dxe5 17. b6 { is similar }) 16... a5 { Trying to stop the pawn roller. } (16... g5 17. Bg3 a5 18. Nc4 (18. e5!?) 18... Nd7 19. Nxa5 Rxb6 20. Nb5) 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Na8?! { [#] Black's pieces have no space, and the hole on c6 beckons. } (18... Nxb5 19. axb5 Nxb6 (19... a4 20. Rxa4 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. Ra8) 20. Nxa5!) 19. Nxa5 Naxb6 20. Nc6 c4 21. Qc2! { Simple chess, renewing all the threats. } (21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Ne5 23. Qc2 Nxc6 24. dxc6) 21... g5 (21... Rb7 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxd6) 22. Nc7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0