[Event "2022 Summer IM C"] [Date "2022.07.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Xie, Bryan"] [Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2191"] [BlackElo "2366"] [Annotator "Tillis,Bryan"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation"] [StudyName "2022 Summer Norm Events in Charlotte"] [ChapterName "Xie, Bryan - Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/iJ58YOrj/t0k6X1ax"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,42,42,27,73,57,69,36,31,40,42,42,44,25,11,9,-10,2,10,4,-2,8,8,-2,-26, -26,-23,-39,-50,-51,8,-46,-49,-192,-179,-179,-185,-244,-299,-307,-268,-399, -402,-412,-406] In this tournament so far, Shawn sits down and gets up with another point. In this game we see fine preparation in a line in the Classical Caro-Kann which has gotten very popular. } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 { This move at one time was looked down on. Now, it is quickly becoming the most popular move over the past year. } 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 { This is second choice in the database and good preparation to keep the opponent on their toes. } (6... Bd6 { This is by far the mainline. } 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 { With very interesting play following 0-1 (57) De Silva,L (2212) -Vachier Lagrave,M (2760) Chess.com INT 2022. }) 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O-O?! { This quick and natural move will lose the game. } (11. Ne2 Nd7 { 1/2-1/2 (57) Sengupta,D (2565)-Gukesh,D (2433) Pardubice 2018 }) 11... Qd5 { A simple double attack. } { [%cal Rd5g2,Rd5a2] } 12. Nf3 Qxa2 13. Rhe1 Nd7 14. Re7 Qd5 15. c4 Qd6 16. Rde1?? { This move is a terrible blunder, the game will now end very quickly. } 16... Ne5 17. R1xe5 fxe5 18. Rxb7 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qh6+ { No reason to trade when you feel you can win faster by keeping tension. } 20. Kb1 Qg6+ 21. Ka2 c5 { A fantastic tactic to end the game! } { [%csl Ra6,Rd4][%cal Rc5d4,Rg6a6,Ra6b7,Ra6a2] } 0-1