[Event "122nd U.S. Open"] [Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"] [Date "2022.08.04"] [Round "6.11"] [White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"] [Black "Mei, Austin R"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2265"] [Annotator "Hartmann,John"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A13"] [Opening "English Opening: Neo-Catalan"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/dhk4PGrT/nnX7dUA2"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,77,38,17,17,17,15,-25,-20,-8,-4,-4,11,-22,-18,-22,-17,-17,-6,-45,-31, -35,-37,-27,-27,-31,-12,-28,-30,-19,-16,-39,-37,-37,230,248,223,204,192,193, 198,190,190,202,204,119,379,417,482,502,496,349,591,657,670,647,648,691,648, 702,758,758,786,726,758,786,786,859,866,862,833,928,930,948,930,1001,29993,907, 935,973] } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 Re8 12. b5 Nb8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ne4 { [#] Now Black gets a little fancy, and it doesn't work out. } 15... Ncxe4 { This is fine, but the followup is the problem. } (15... Nfxe4 { is another try at the same idea but it too fails after } 16. Bxd8 Nc3 17. Qd2 Rxd8) 16. Bxe4 Nxe4? (16... h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 { and it's just a game }) 17. Bxd8 Nc3 18. Qf3 { [%csl Gb7] } 18... Rxd8 19. Rfe1 f6 20. a3 { interesting idea to simplify a bit } (20. a4 { [%cal Ga4a5] }) 20... Rb8 21. Nb4 Be6 22. Nd5 Bc5? { [#] } (22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nxb5 24. Re4! { [%cal Ge4h4] }) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf6 Bf7 25. Rxe5 Bf8 26. Rg5+ Bg6 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ Kg8 35. c5 Rdd8 36. Qg4+ Kh7 37. Re5 Nd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Qe4+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0