[Event "Tata Steel Chess 2023 Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2023.01.21"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C43"] [Opening "Russian Game: Modern Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/gbi5O625/jx5v2f78"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,86,19,33,31,18,50,50,23,39,24,7,14,36,20,11,13,17,25,16,29,22,26,29, 27,18,43,43,44,19,38,33,50,20,24,10,2,-42,-54,-33,-25,-12,9,-96,-96,-96,-89, -120,-120,-117,-108,-95,-81,-126,-125,-125,-109,-109,-108,-131,-115,-120,-105, -91,-96,-163,-142,-178,-191,-176,-83,-90,-88,-194,-165,-293,-233,-302,-612, -719,-784,-784,-784,-800,-800,-806,-1034,-1132,-1297] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf5 Kh8 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bf4 Rae8 15. Rad1 d4! { Black correctly evaluates that his best chances will come from dynamics, rather than a static defense of the d-pawn. } (15... Rd8 16. g4 Bg6 17. h4 $16 { White is successfully expanding. }) 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. h4 Qa6 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Qb3 d3 { Compared to the position after 15. ...Rd8, Black has counterplay in the form of a passed d-pawn, and also controls more of the d-file and the critical d4-square. } 21. h5?! (21. Re3 { The passed pawn must be kept under lock and key, not merely surveilled. } 21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bg5 (23. Bg3?! Rfd8 $15) 23... Bxg5 24. hxg5 Rfd8 25. Rd2 { Without dark-squared bishops, it is fair to say that White has successfully locked down the criminal on d3. }) 21... Bxf5 22. gxf5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bg3 d2 25. Re3 Qh6 { The complications clearly favor Black, who was statically worse before his 15th move. Now, as terrifying as White's advanced pawns look, they have been unable to accomplish anything, while Black's passed pawn has made it all the way to d2 as the dark-squared bishop is ready to join the fun on the critical e1-square. } 26. Qxb7 (26. Rd3! Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Rd8 28. Qe3 Qxh5 29. Rxd2 { White's best chance was to remove the d-pawn } 29... Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qxf5 31. Qd5 { and hope that the active queen provides compensation, as a trade of queens would spell doom in the same-color bishop endgame. }) 26... Bg5! 27. Rc3 Qxh5 28. Qf3 Qh3 29. Bh2 Rg4+ 30. Bg3 h6 31. Qg2 Qh5 32. f3 Rd4 33. Qh2 Bh4! 34. Kf1 Rfd8 (34... Qg5 { This would also be decisive. }) 35. Bf2 Re4! 36. f6 gxf6 37. Qh3 Rf4 38. Bxa7 Qxe5 { Finally, Black controls the e1-square. } 39. Be3 Qb5+ 40. Kg1 Qe2 41. Qf1 Rg8+ 42. Kh1 Qxf1+ 43. Rxf1 Rxf3 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1