[Event "1000 GM Bay Area"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/klN1Ppmb/CtG7X2gA"] [Date "2022.12.09"] [White "Mark Heimann"] [Black "Harshid Kunka"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/klN1Ppmb/CtG7X2gA"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 9,89,28,55,66,66,47,85,53,67,62,88,63,83,39,70,27,27,0,19,14,28,24,33, 35,57,5,60,69,76,60,101,93,82,103,162,152,197,199,192,153,212,166,275,269,248, 231,262,227,267,227,411,437,430,368,370,317,487,437,437,420,561,575,600,579, 578,552,698,684,679,746,735,665,1123,1124,1280,964,1115,912,29987,29988,29988, 29989] } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Nb3 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Re1 Na7 12. h3 c5 13. c4 Nc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nbd4 Bg6 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nxc6! { White fixes a weakness, occupies a key square, and begins to illustrate how unfortunate the Caro-Kann can be when the Black player cannot find counterplay and pawn breaks. } 18... bxc6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Qa4 Qb7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 f6 23. e6! $16 { Black has no chances to free up any pieces. } 23... Bd6 24. Bg4 Rfe8 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. f4 f5 27. Bf3 Re7 28. g3 Rf8 29. Re3 Rf6 { Black sees nothing better than sacrificing material, but this does not liberate his position. } 30. Bd8 $18 Be8 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Kf1 Bb8 33. Qd3 Ba7 34. Re2 Rh6 35. Kg2 Bb8 36. Qxf5 Rf6 37. Qd3 h5 38. Qxa6 Rg6 39. Rc3 d4 40. Rb3 Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Bxf4+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kf1 Qg3 44. Qc8 Qxh3+ 45. Bg2 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0