[Event "2022 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Champions"] [Site "Almaty"] [Date "2022.12.28"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Gong, Qianyun"] [Black "Savitha, Shri B"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "2311"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open"] [StudyName "World Rapid Championship"] [ChapterName "Gong, Qianyun - Savitha, Shri B"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/okgre2NA/SfVbMEia"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,104,30,30,56,56,47,29,47,-23,46,18,35,18,21,3,10,-8,-5,-7,-26,-34,-19, -74,-71,-69,-74,-66,-72,-94,-72,-72,-77,-67,-67,-79,-50,-51,-30,-43,-31,-33, -26,-31,-38,-38,-7,-37,-6,12,23,-65,-69,-312,-319,-322,-29,-362,126,137,117, 138,100,47,114,67,71,0,59,-65,0,-32,-32,-160,-166,-186,-186,-199,-199,-243, -212,-242,-226,-234,-226,-239,-246,-244,-249,-231,-239,-248,-243,-272,-255, -272,-134,-134,-139,-125,-139,-146,-145,-182,-188,-232,-247] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bg5 Qc7 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 a6 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. f4 h6 12. Nh3 d6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bb1 Qe7 15. Nf2 e5 16. f5 Nd4 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Qd8 19. Nd5 Bd7 20. Rc3 Kh7 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Qh5 Qf8 23. a3 f6 24. Ba2 Be8 25. Rg6 Kh8 26. Nxf6?? { White goes "all in" on an attack that just isn't there. } (26. Ne3!) 26... Bxg6 27. fxg6 Rc8?? (27... gxf6! 28. Rxf6 Qg7!?) 28. h3 (28. Bxg8! gxf6 29. Bd5 Kg7 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bxa6 Rxb2 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Bf1 $14) 28... Rc7 (28... gxf6!) 29. Bxg8 { For the past few turns, Black had been too afraid to capture on f6. Can you blame her? Still, the situation is now critical. } 29... gxf6 { Anything else was clearly lost. } 30. Bf7 Kg7 31. Rf2 Qe7 32. Kh2 b5 33. Bd5 Rc5 34. g4 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Nxc2 36. g5?? fxg5 { The only move, but a winning one. } 37. Qe2 Nd4 { The knight coordinates with the queen's control of the now-open f-file. In the short term, this cannot be exploited. But in the long term, it cannot be prevented. } 38. Qg4 Qc7 39. h4 Kxg6?? (39... Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qd3+ 41. Kg2 Kxg6 $17) 40. h5+ Kg7 41. Kh3 a5 42. Ba2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Bd5 Qd8 45. Bc4 Qc7 46. b3 Qd8 47. Bd5 Qf6 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ Ke8 51. Qc8+ Qd8 52. Qb7 Qd7+ { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1