[Event "2025 FIDE World Senior Team Championships: Tsodikova, Natalya - Jeute, Peter"] [Date "2025.02.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Black "Jeute, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2051"] [BlackElo "1951"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Main Line"] [StudyName "2025 FIDE World Senior Team Championships"] [ChapterName "Tsodikova, Natalya - Jeute, Peter"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/lbyDv1vS/W9SpDvlb"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [UTCDate "2025.02.24"] [UTCTime "13:56:59"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 { Notes by JJ Lang } 5. d3 { The main move in this variation. } (5. d4 Bg4 6. Ne2 { is a bit less comfortable, as the d-pawn can now be attacked by } 6... Nc6 { when } 7. f3 $14 { is hard to avoid unless White wants to try } (7. Bd2!? O-O-O { with a sharp position, although again } 8. f3 { is probably necsesary. } 8... Bf5 9. a3! { The engine prefers White, who has won 10 of the 11 games in the Lichess Masters DB here. But, otherwise, Black equalizes, and it looks like this is the sort of position White should be familiar with before playing. } 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Rxd4 11. Nb5! Qxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Rxd2 13. Kxd2 a6 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Bd3 $16 { Removing Black's bishop pair should give White the better game, although Black has some compensation for the Exchange. })) 5... Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 { This position has never been reached in the Masters DB on Lichess. } 7. Nd5 (7. Nf3 { is the engine's preference. } 7... c6 8. Qe2 $14 { and White preserves the option of castling queenside. With the c4-bishop covering the a2-pawn, this seems consistent. } { [%cal Ge1c1] }) 7... Qc5 { The only move. } 8. Bb4!? { Black walks into White's trap. } 8... Qc6 (8... Qd4?? 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Bc3! $18) 9. Bb5 { Here, Black resigned, although the engine claims Black gets a perfectly fine position, despite only ending up with two pieces for the queen: } 9... Bxb4+ 10. c3 Nxd5 { There's the second piece for the queen. } 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 { And the third! But doesn't White get one back after } 12. cxb4 { with Black boasting only two pieces for the queen? Yes, but } 12... Ndxb4 { or } (12... O-O-O { is similar, but less direct. }) 13. Ne2 (13. Nf3? Bxd3 $17 { leaves White's king even more caged in. }) 13... Nxd3+ 14. Kf1 O-O-O { sees Black's pieces coordinate through the open center with a serious initiative! The engine even prefers Black here, settling around -0.7 in Black's favor. } 1-0