[Event "122nd U.S. Open"] [Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"] [Date "2022.07.30"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Reifurth, Lawrence M"] [Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "2614"] [Annotator "Hartmann,John"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B44"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/dhk4PGrT/Q2SIy55S"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 { [#] } 6... Qc7? { A move order error. White does not take advantage of this, however. } (6... a6) (6... Bb4) 7. Be2 (7. f4 { [%cal Ge4e5] } 7... Bb4 8. Nb5! { key move } 8... Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2! { and Black is in a bit of trouble. }) 7... a6 8. Qd2 Bb4 { [%csl Ge4] } 9. f3 d5!? { Thematic, but perhaps not best. } (9... O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 { is a normalish Sicilian. }) 10. Nxc6?! (10. a3!? Ba5 (10... Be7 11. exd5 Nxd5 (11... exd5? 12. g4) 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Rhe1 { dry, slightly better for White. Not what a GM wants vs a club player. }) (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 dxe4 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Bf3 { [%cal Gf3c6] }) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na4 { very nice for White. }) 10... bxc6 11. a3 Bd6 { [#] Black has gotten all he wants out of this opening and is at least equal. } 12. g3?! { Not clear why this move is played, especially if White isn't going to castle kingside. 12...Bxh2 wasn't a real threat - White castles queenside and has a good position. } (12. f4 Be7 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. O-O-O) 13. e5 Nd7 14. O-O c5 { probably trending better for Black }) (12. exd5?! exd5 $15 13. O-O-O O-O) (12. Na4 c5) 12... Rb8! { [%csl Gb2] } 13. O-O-O? { Castling into the fire. } (13. b4 h5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Rd1 h4! 16. g4 Bd7 (16... Bb7!) 17. Bxa6 O-O 18. Ne2 Ra8 { 0-1 (47) Pfarr,M (2037)-Schindler,V (2141) Bayern 2017 }) 13... O-O 14. f4? Qb7 { Threat after threat after threat wins the game now. } 15. b4 (15. Na4 Nxe4! 16. Qd3 c5 { [%cal Gc8d7] }) 15... c5! 16. e5 (16. b5 axb5 17. Bxb5 (17. Nxb5 Nxe4) 17... Nxe4) 16... cxb4 17. exd6 (17. exf6 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 { isn't much better. }) 17... bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qb1+ 19. Kd2 Ne4+ { 0-1 Black wins. } (20. Kd3 Qb5+ 21. Kd4 Qa4+ 22. Kd3 Nxc3) (20. Ke1 Nxc3 21. Rxb1 Rxb1+) 0-1