[Event "Grand Chess Tour | Sinquefield Cup 2023"] [Site "St Louis"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "4.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2748"] [BlackTeam "ROU"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E83"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Formation"] [StudyName "Sinquefield Cup"] [ChapterName "So, Wesley - Rapport, Richard"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/gIvXpdsS/NAlcqv0z"] [Orientation "white"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Rb1 h5 (9... Rb8 10. b4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 e6 { has been tried a few times, and one recent unsuccessful attempt to revive this line was: } 14. Be2 $16) 10. b4 Nh7 $146 { Black's idea is presumably ... Bg7-f6-g5 in conjunction with ...e7-e5 to play a closed center without the bad bishop. If White wants to avoid this, he will have to push d4-d5 and allow ... c7-c6 and ...e7-e6 dynamics. } 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nd1 b5 17. Nb2 Nxc4?! { Black was not forced to resolve the tension, but was attracted to an odd idea based on the ...e7-e5 intermezzo. } (17... Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. O-O Nf6 $14 { would be a normal continuation. The .. .h7-h5 push is a bit odd, but so is White's b2-knight. }) 18. Nxc4 e5 19. Nb3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4?! { Black either overestimated the compensation here, or overestimated White's position after } (20... Bb5 21. Bxb5 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 axb5 23. Ne2 Nf6 $14) 21. Rxc4 Bb5 22. Rc1 d5!? (22... Qh4+ 23. Kd1 Rd8 24. Rc2 d5 25. Bb6 Rd6 26. Rc8+ Nf8 27. Bf2 $16) 23. Qxd5 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Qb7 Rd3 27. Qb6 Qxb6 28. Bxb6 Ng5 { This is the closest thing to an attack that comes out of Black's play. The f3-pawn and square are both weak, but after } 29. h4 Rxf3+ (29... Nxf3 30. Rhd1 { Just forces more trades: } 30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Nh2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Nc5 $18) 30. Kg2 { Black has to part with even more material, and is lost. } 30... Rxb3 31. axb3 Nxe4 32. Rhe1 Nd2 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Kg8 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Re3 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0