[Event "2023 New York Winter Invitational GM A"] [Site "New York, USA"] [Date "2023.01.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Stremavicius, Pijus"] [Black "Levine, Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2369"] [BlackElo "2451"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"] [StudyName "Winter Norm Invitationals"] [ChapterName "Stremavicius, Pijus - Levine, Joseph"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/klN1Ppmb/TqSblFmd"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. h3 Nf8 12. O-O Ne6 13. Rae1 Ng5?! (13... Be7 14. f4 Bd7 15. Bf5 b5 16. Ng3 a5) 14. f4 Ne6 { It is unclear what Black gained with this provocation. } 15. Kh1 Nf8 16. Ng1 Be7 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Bf2 Nd6 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. g4! { Now, White's attack starts playing itself. } 20... f6 21. Rg1 Be6 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. f5 Bg8 24. h4 Nf7 25. Ne2?! Bd6 26. Bf2 Nh7 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. exf4 Nd6 29. Ne5! { A nice positional sacrifice. Black is in shambles. } 29... fxe5 30. dxe5 Nb5 (30... b6 { Practically speaking, perhaps Black's chance was to see if White's greed would get the best of him. } 31. g5! (31. exd6?! c5 32. g5 d4 33. gxh6 Nf6 34. hxg7+ Kh7 35. Rg5 Qxd6 36. Rdg1 Bd5+ { where Black should have some chances. })) 31. g5 Nf8 32. gxh6 g6 33. e6 Rxe6 34. fxe6 Bxe6 35. h5 Bf5 36. hxg6 Bxg6 37. f5 Bh5 38. Bxb5 Bf3+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Rg3 Bxd1 41. Qxd1 Nh7 42. Bd4+ Nf6 43. Qg4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0