[Event "Kyiv Spring Rapid 2021"] [Site "Kyiv UKR"] [Date "2021.07.16"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Vysochin, S.."] [Black "Babiy, Olga"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2236"] [Annotator "OlyaChess"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/l40uKG8C/kdEJi2fV"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 b6?! { After this move White has additional options } (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 { is a more popular move order. }) 8. O-O (8. Bg5!? Be7 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qa3 dxe5 14. Nxe5 $16 { 1/2 (19) Manik,M (2407)-Michalik,P (2578) Slovakia 2016 }) (8. Bxd5!? exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 { 0-1 (40) Giri,A (2774)-Duda,J (2756) chess.com INT 2021 } 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Bf4 $16 { With pressure on Black's position }) 8... Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe4 { White's idea is Bc4-d3 seizing the initiative. There are other options besides this one. } (10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 $14 { 1/2 (58) Nakamura,H (2787) -Oparin,G (2565) Gibraltar 2016 }) (10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 { 0-1 (25) Abdulov,O (2387)-Kozul,Z (2602) Plovdiv 2012 }) (10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 { 1/2 (53) Bortnyk, O (2585)-Gusain,H (2461) Kavala GRE 2017 }) 10... Ba6 { Preventing that idea! } (10... Bb7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rc8 18. Rac1 $16 { 1/2 (44) Zumsande, M (2419)-Esen,B (2565) Reykjavik 2013 }) 11. b3 (11. Bxa6 Nxa6) 11... Qc7 $146 (11... dxe5 12. dxe5 b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nbd2 Nd7 { 0-1 (29) Rodriguez,E (2290)-Bruzon Batista,L (2691) Montreal 2013 }) 12. Nbd2 (12. Na3!? { is a better square for the knight. It does not interfere with the c1-bishop on the c1-h6 diagonal, and sometimes the knight can jump to b5. } 12... dxe5 13. dxe5 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nb4 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Qg4 $40) 12... dxe5 13. dxe5 Bxc4 14. bxc4? (14. Nxc4 { is an improvement, activating the knight and opening the g5-square for the bishop to influence: } 14... Nd7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe5 18. Rac1 $44) 14... Nb4 15. a3 (15. Qxa8! N8c6 16. Qxf8+ Bxf8 $19 { Usually two rooks compensate for the queen, but not in this case: with the minor pieces, the queen is more mobile and Black's pieces are much better coordinated, giving her the advantage. }) 15... N4c6 $17 { Black has an easy game, while White did not have time to create an attack. } 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Ba1 Bxa3 19. h4 (19. Ng5!? { is an interesting tactical opportunity: } 19... Nf8 20. Nxf7! Qxf7 (20... Kxf7 21. Qf3+ Kg8 22. Qxa3 $15) 21. Qxc6 $17 { Black is better because the a1-bishop is out of the play, but at least White won back the pawn! }) 19... Be7 $19 20. h5 h6 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Qg4 { White has no play, and his bishop is too passive on the a1-square. } 22... Rd7 23. Nf1 Rad8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne3 Qd3 26. Qg3 Ne4 27. Qf4 Nd2 28. Nh2 { Black wants to exchange pieces. But if White avoids the exchanges, Black can activate the pieces even more. } 28... Bg5 29. Qg3 Ne4 30. Qf3 Nd2? { Blundering a piece in time trouble. Any other logical move still leaves Black with a big advantage. } 31. Qg3? { Mutual mistakes - this was the last round, and everyone was very tired! } (31. Qxc6 $18) 31... Nxc4 32. f4 Be7 33. Nhg4 Kf8 34. Kh2 Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Bb4 36. Rd1 Bd2 37. Rxd2 Qxd2 38. f5 Qe2 39. f6 Qxh5+ 40. Kg1 Qg6 41. Qf3 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qxa1 43. fxg7+ Kg8 (43... Kxg7 44. Qf6+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qf6+ Ke8 47. Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 44. Ng4 Nxe5 45. Nf6+ Kxg7 46. Nh5+ Kf8 47. Qf4 Ng6 48. Qxh6+ Ke8 49. Ng7+ Ke7 50. Nh5 Qe5+ 51. g3 Rh8 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1