[Event "FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 202"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.12.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2582"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [FEN "1k5r/p1p1n1pp/2p1bp2/1q2p3/Q3P3/1N2P1P1/PPP4P/2KNR3 w - - 0 21"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Tactics Tuesday 03/25/2025: FIDE World Rapid & Blitz, Pt. 10 (Nakamura & Caruana)"] [ChapterName "Nakamura, Hikaru - Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/qAeXMt7P/EFrra9Fh"] [FEN "1k5r/p1p1n1pp/2p1bp2/1q2p3/Q3P3/1N2P1P1/PPP4P/2KNR3 w - - 0 21"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { In our example, White correctly assesses that Black's vulnerable king justifies keeping queens on the board. So White played } 21. Qa3 { to prepare dark-squared infiltration with Nb3-a5 or Nb3-c5 next, baiting Black into } 21... Bxb3 { when Nakamura uncorked the fantastic intermezzo of } 22. Nc3! { rather than the immediate } (22. Qxe7 Qa5 { with tempo on the hanging e1-rook. Now, }) 22... Qb6 23. Qxe7 Bc4 { gives White a lasting initiative. Note that Nakamura never captures the g-pawn, instead improving his pieces: } 24. b3 Ba6 25. Kb2 Rg8 26. Na4 Qb5 27. Rd1 { All of White's pieces are activated! } 1-0