[Event "2022 Summer GM A"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/iJ58YOrj/7jiPajvi"] [Date "2022.07.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Mulyar, Michael"] [Black "Turgut, Aydin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2347"] [BlackElo "2360"] [Annotator "Tillis,Bryan"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/iJ58YOrj/7jiPajvi"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,165,25,26,13,-23,2,0,33,2,-4,-20,-19,7,33,21,21,59,70,51,61,61,61,60, 80,55,164,151,166,175,169,154,156,168,115,143,159,148,155,167,164,169,173,163, 226,198,205,226,216,200,209,190,203,204,198,207,203,204,166,160,158,164,196, 175,193,136,134,126,118,125,123,118,122,115,184,144,243,151,153,156,163,164, 239,248,235,196,185,175,185,178,171,203,215,224,229,224,220,195,200,201,218, 222,227,180,174,175,175,179,191,212,218,201,223,214,231,208,197,208,208,235, 250,250,341,341,341,341,368,355,421,388,408,414,457,476,490,520,725,502,521, 426,446,390,420,372,380,390,386,356,384,411,436,382,431,421,425,425,430,434, 441,453,488,499,530,618,1302,1302,1312,28801] All throughout the event IM Mulyar has played very solidly and confidently. His tournament started off with this game which was one sided shortly after the opening. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7?! (7... O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 { Got more tension and better chances as seen in 0-1 (30) Kashlinskaya, A (2494)-Gavrilescu,D (2476) Chess.com INT 2020. }) 8. Ne2 Nxc5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 { The engine gives White a nice plus. It makes sense as the isolated pawn seems a bit weak and without the dark-squared bishop a potential kingside play is done. Black will now need to defend passively for the rest of the game. } 10... O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nb5 Qd7? { This is a better option for Black but White still carries an edge with best play. } (12... a6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bxc5 axb5 15. O-O) 13. Rc1 Na6 14. O-O { Believe it or not, the machine already has White at +4. Respect the power of the bishops in the open position. } 14... Rfc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Qd4 Qc2 17. Bd3 Qc5 18. Be5 { Nearly all of White's pieces are better than their counterparts. } 18... Qxd4 19. Bxd4 b6 20. b4 Ne8 21. Rc1 Bd7?! 22. Be5 { A strong move putting the question to the e8-knight. } 22... Nb8 23. Nd4 Bg4 24. h3 Nd7 25. Bg3 { Ohh yes, there is no reason to part with the pair. } 25... Be6 26. Ba6 Nef6 27. Rc7 { All of the pieces are optimized. Slowly build tension until something in the opponent's position breaks. } 27... Nf8 28. Nc6 Bd7 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Bb7 Rd8 31. Nxd5 Ne4?! 32. Kh2? (32. Nxb6 { A strong move that simplifies the win. } 32... Nxg3 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. fxg3 { This will be over much faster than the main game. }) 32... Ne6 33. Rc1 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Kg8 35. Nf4 { When you are up material you simplify the win. } 35... Kf8 36. Ba6 Ng5?! 37. f3 Be8? 38. h4 Ne6 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. Rc7 { The rest is a matter of technique. It shows how hard it is to win a won game when playing against a strong opponent. Even though the evaluation has White at over +6 it still takes another 40 moves to win the game. } 40... b5 41. Rxa7 Rd3 42. Bc8 Rxe3 43. Kf2 Re5 44. Bb7 Rh5 45. g3 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. Be4 h5 48. f4 Rg8 49. Rb7?! h4 50. gxh4 Rg4 51. Kf3 Rxh4 52. Kg3 Rh8 53. Rb8 Rg8+ 54. Kf2 Kf7 55. Bd3?! Rg4 56. Kf3 Rg8 57. Rb7+ Kf6 58. Bxb5 Bh5+ 59. Kf2 Rc8 60. a4 Kf5?! 61. Ke3 Rc3+ 62. Bd3+ Kf6 63. Kd4 Ra3 64. a5 Bf3 65. Rb6 Ke7 66. Bc4 Bg4 67. a6 Rf3 68. a7 Rxf4+ 69. Kc3 Bf3 70. Rb8 Kd6 71. a8=Q Bxa8 72. Rxa8 Rf3+ 73. Bd3 e5 74. Re8 Re3 75. Kc4 Rf3 76. Rd8+ Kc7 77. Rd5 Rf4+ 78. Kc5 e4 79. Bc4 e3 80. Re5 Rf3 81. b5 Rg3?! 82. b6+ Kd8 83. Bd5 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0