[Event "2023 National High School Championship"] [Site "Washington D.C."] [Date "2023.04.02"] [White "Jason Wang"] [Black "Gus Huston"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2395"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E07"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/gWVmQS5K/HHmRL2jn"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,63,25,26,18,-17,3,6,18,-17,5,3,-5,13,16,24,17,18,26,20,20,17,6,-4,2, 11,2,-9,136,21,11,4,-14,-7,21,19,44,11,26,20,71,71,69,70,161,60,135,99,185,230, 326,359,370,374,364,364,549,512,706,621,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996] } { Annotations by JJ Lang } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. Nc3 b6 9. b3 { The most sporting choice! White avoids any of the simplifications that come from the immediate 9. e4. } 9... Ba6 10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Ne2 Re8 $146 { This natural move turns out to be a novelty. } (12... Qc7 { has been tried before, including in some high profile blitz. } 13. Bb2 exd4 14. Nfxd4?! Ne5 $17 15. Qc2 Nxc4 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Nxc6 Na3 18. Qb2 Qxc6 19. e5 Qb5 (19... Ne4! 20. exd6 Nc4 21. Qb4 Ncxd6 $15) 20. exd6 Qxb2 21. Bxb2 Bxe2 22. Bxa3 Bxf1 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Kxf1 Kf8?? 25. Rc1? (25. d7+ Kg8 26. Rd1 $18) 25... Ke8 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Re7 Rc8 28. Bb2 Ne8 29. d7 Rc1+ 30. Bxc1 Kxe7 31. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd3 Kc6 34. Kc4 b5+ 35. Kb4 { 1-0 (35) Chigaev,M (2631)-Lenderman,A (2600) Chess.com INT 2022 }) 13. Bb2 Bf8? (13... exd4 { was the best play for complications. } 14. Nexd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ncxe4 16. Nxc6 Qc7 { At this point, Black's pressure on the weak c4-pawn should provide at least some compensation for White's coordination. } 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rfe1 Qb4 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Nf4 Rac8) (13... Qc7 { likely transposes into previously discussed lines. }) 14. Rad1 (14. dxe5! Ng4 { was Black's idea, but after } 15. Rad1 Ndxe5 (15... Ngxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 $18) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Bxc4 20. Re1 { White is up a piece and there is no way to exploit the weak back rank. }) 14... exd4 15. Nexd4 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nc5 (16... b5! { Opening the long diagonal seems risky, but this created counterplay. } 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Rxc6 { and the diagonal is pretty harmless. }) 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Bf1 Rad8 20. f4 Ned7 21. e5 b5 22. Bg2 Bb7 23. N2f3 bxc4? { Black underestimates the speed of White's thematic attack. } (23... h6! 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Nxb5 Qa5 26. Nfd4 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Qxa2) 24. Ng5 g6 25. e6! fxe6 26. Ngxe6 Nxe6 27. Nxe6 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Nc5 30. Rxg6+! Kf7 31. Qf5+ Ke8 32. Re1+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0