[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/552Hdggo"] [Date "2020.09.05"] [White "randyhough"] [Black "LisaLightSpeed"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] [Termination "Normal"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E64"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Rare Line"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/axel_muller"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/nHbx4mGk/m2zEuy2k"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 { Not necessarily the move a King's Indian Player wants to see. } 3... Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O (4... c6 { Followed by d5 leads to a very solid Grünfeld setup. }) 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 { With e6 black can transpose to a regular Benoni positon. } 7... a6 { This move looks good too. } (7... e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 { and we reach a regular Benoni position. }) 8. O-O (8. a4 e6) 8... Bg4? { It's generally desirable for black to exchange a pair of pieces but now is not the right time. Bg4 in combination with a6 also doesn't look good. } (8... b5!? { was necessary } 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 { And black has the usual Benko counterplay for the pawn. }) 9. Nd2 { The bishop on g4 looks a bit lost now. } 9... Qd7?! { The knight on b8 lost its only square. } (9... Bd7 { Acknowledging that Bg4 wasn't the best idea might have been the best option. }) 10. a4 Bh3 11. a5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. e4 Nbd7 14. f4 { White goes all in. } 14... h5? { This is not very helpful. Black needed to seek counterplay. Opening the position with e6 and reminding white that his king is not all that safe might have been the best option. The move h5 weakens the black king. White was preparing to play f5 anyway, now the move strikes g6 even harder. } (14... e6!?) 15. Qe2 (15. Nf3!?) 15... e6? { Weakening the light squares around the king even further. } 16. Nf3?! (16. dxe6! fxe6 17. Nf3 { And black will find it difficult to protect all the weaknesses. }) 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Rac8 { Black needed to take advantage of the extra time white granted her. Rac8 is too slow. } (18... b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 { By attacking d5 with both knights black makes it difficult for white to get e5 in. }) 19. Ng5 c4 20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 { A typical maneuver but usually the white king is less exposed. How should black react here? } 21... Qc5? (21... e4! { There are a lot of reasons why this move makes sense: It closes the b1-h7 diagonal for white's queen. it opens the e5 square for a knight, it opens the diagonals for black's queen and bishop. If white captures the pawn the roon on e8 becomes very powerful. } 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Ne6 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Re8 { and black has sufficient compensation. }) 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6 { Now the end is swift. } 23... Re7 24. Ne6 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 Qxe6 27. Bh6 Qe7 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Qxe4 Nc5 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Rf7 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0