[Event "2023 New York Winter Invitational IM C"] [Site "New York, USA"] [Date "2023.01.13"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Hardaway, Brewington"] [Black "Saksham, Rautela"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2366"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C84"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/klN1Ppmb/pTMyFnuZ"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 15,108,32,39,22,39,37,45,34,41,28,87,11,0,12,1,-46,-40,-55,-44,-56,83, 70,66,-17,0,-32,0,0,6,-20,0,-3,4,-3,0,-23,-6,-32,-21,-45,-49,-70,-83,-193,-107, -160,-31,-31,-28,-37,-31,-291,-129,-134,-19,-212,-22,-33,61,50,52,55,65,70,91, 80,95,60,245,216,400,373,350,356,348,132,147,176,239,227,868,853,1005,1040, 1022,1019,907,947,927,887,1308,1277,2081,2008,29999] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4?! Nxg4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Qd2 d5?! (17... Qd7 { White's half-open g-file does not make up for how out-of-play his light-squared bishop will be, nor the weaknesses of his center pawns. } 18. Kh2 c5 19. Ne2 (19. Nf5 d5! 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. f4 f6 $15) 19... c4 20. Ba2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rae8 22. f4 Re7 23. Rae1 Qc7 24. Qe3 Rfe8 25. Rf2 Kh8 $15) 18. Qg5 Qc5 19. Nf5 Bg6 20. c3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qe7 22. e5 Nd7 23. Rae1 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bd1 Rf4 26. Kg2 Raf8 27. Bg4 Kf7 28. Kg3 Ke7 29. Re3 g6 30. h4 d4 31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. f4 Nb6 33. b4? { The weak a3-pawn proves more fatal than it would first appear. } 33... Rfd8 (33... Nd5! { White is effectively out of moves. } 34. Ref3 h5 35. Bh3 Kd7 36. R1f2 a5 37. bxa5 Ra8 $19) 34. Rff3 Ra8 35. Re1? (35. h5 { would be essential, as now the bishop will not be locked out. }) 35... Nd5? (35... h5! $19) 36. Re4 Rxe4 37. dxe4 Nb6 38. Rc3 Rc8 39. Kf2 Nc4 40. Be2 Nb6 41. h5 Na4? (41... Nd7 { would be more stubborn } 42. Rh3 Rf8 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Ke3 c5 45. bxc5 Nxc5 46. Rh7+ Rf7 47. Rh8 g5! $14 { . }) 42. Rh3 Rf8 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Ke3 c5 { The knight has remained out of play this whole time. } 45. bxc5? (45. Rh6 $18) 45... Nxc5 46. Rh6 g5 47. fxg5 Nd7 48. Bg4 Nc5 49. Rh7+ Kd8 50. g6 Rg8 51. Bh5 Nd7 52. Kd4 a5 53. g7 Ke7 54. Rh8 Rxg7 55. Re8# { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0