[Event "2022 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Champions"] [Site "Almaty"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "4.18"] [White "Pourkashiyan, Atousa"] [Black "Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2256"] [BlackElo "2326"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/okgre2NA/9n2KdP2L"] [Orientation "white"] { Battle of the Americans! An upset win for White over USA's Olympiad top board. White gets into trouble early after opting to long castle against the Petroff, facing a furious queenside pawn storm. Black missed one resource to keep the pressure on, and afterwards her attack was slowed to the point where, even when she won material, it was too late. In the ensuing queen endgame, Black faced serious problems and was unable to solve White's king activity. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O-O d5 11. h3 c5 12. Kb1 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Bf3 Be6 16. g4 b4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 (17... a5!) 18. c3 Bc5 19. Be3 Rab8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qd4 Qb5 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. g5 Ne8 24. Bg4 Nd6 25. g6! hxg6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nxg6! Nf5 28. Qe5 { Finally, Black is starting to face accountability for the static pawns in the center. } 28... Qb6 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Qf4 d4 31. Nh4 dxc3 32. Nxf5! { White calculates the winning sequence correctly. } 32... exf5 33. Qxc4+ Kf8 34. Qxc3 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Qf6 36. Rd1 Kg8 37. b3 Re8 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Qd4 Qg6 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. Rd8 Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Qd4 a6 45. h4 Kh7 46. Kb2 Qe6 47. a4 Qe2+ 48. Ka3 Qe7+ 49. b4 Qe1 50. a5 Qc1+ 51. Kb3 Qb1+?? (51... Qf1 { Black's only chance was keeping White's king cut off from the c4-square and subsequent activation. }) 52. Kc4 Qf1+ 53. Kd5 Qe2 54. Kd6 Qe8 55. Kc7 Qe2 56. Kb6 Qb5+ 57. Ka7 Qe2 58. Qc5 Qd3 59. Kb7 f4 60. Qh5+ Kg8 61. Qe8+ Kh7 62. h5 Qc4 63. Qg6+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Kh7 65. Qg6+ Kg8 66. h6 Qxb4+ 67. Kxa6 Qc4+ 68. Kb7 Qd5+ 69. Kb6 Qd4+ 70. Kb5 Qd5+ 71. Kb4 Qd4+ 72. Kb3 Qd5+ 73. Kc2 Qc5+ 74. Kd3 Qb5+ 75. Kc2 Qc5+ 76. Kd1 Qd5+ 77. Ke2 Qe5+ 78. Kf3 Qc3+ 79. Kg2 f3+ 80. Kg3 Qe5+ 81. Kxf3 Qc3+ 82. Ke4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0