[Event "2022 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Champions"] [Site "Almaty"] [Date "2022.12.28"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2370"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/okgre2NA/Og3aq6CB"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,59,30,23,23,15,15,15,15,12,12,2,24,24,22,18,42,38,24,16,58,58,58,56, 66,55,61,50,30,24,1,-3,-3,-20,-15,-10,-9,-4,-3,-3,50,10,6,29,46,111,152,108, 163,170,204,289,329,470,556,556,573,616,774,772,29987,29988] } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Ne8 10. Bg3 Nd6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nf5 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 b5 (19... Bf5 { Black could play more principled moves, trading off the bad bishop, without much to fear. } 20. Qc2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qe6 22. f4) 20. Bb1 Bf5 21. e4! { Now, if Black captures on e4 with the pawn, it will not come with tempo on the bishop. } 21... Bg4?? (21... dxe4 { Still, there was nothing better. } 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nxe4 Qe6 24. Nc5 Qg6 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. g4 Qg6 27. Qf3 $14) 22. f3 d4 (22... Be6 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Qc2! { White is close to winning here. } 24... Kf8 25. Qh7 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Ke7 27. f4!) 23. Nd5!! { An astounding move, punishing Black for keeping the bishops on the board. } 23... cxd5 24. fxg4 { White has no instant path to the h7- or f7- squares, yet nevertheless Black's king is done for. } 24... Bc5 25. Kh2 Qe6 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Qd3 Kf8 28. e6! Qxe6 29. Rde1 Qxg4 30. Rxf7+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0