[Event "Pro Chess League 2023"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.02.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Ambartsumova, Karina"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [BlackElo "2399"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E62"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Karlsbad Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/r4rOm8dU/sorqLfrq"] [Orientation "white"] { Attacking the exposed king } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Bf5 { The first thing I like about Mishra's play is his ability to push past initial evaluation. Clearly, Black played this move to prevent White's e2-e4. } 13. e4 { And so what if she did? We must still calculate past the obvious line of captures where we hang the b2-bishop at the end. } 13... Nxe4 { If we didn't understand how badly we wanted (if not needed) to play e2-e4, we wouldn't know that we must pause here and look for improvements over 14. Nxe4. But once we look... } 14. g4! { We find! } 14... Ng3 15. gxf5 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Qd7 17. Bh3 b6 18. Kh1 Nb7 19. Ng5 Qc7 20. fxg6 hxg6 { Black's rooks are so far away from exerting any influence on the board. So White should be crushing, but should not let the foot off the gas too complacently, lest the board open up into a more genuine imbalanced fight. That's why Mishra knows, even from a good position in a rapid game, time is not on his side, so it is worth continuing to look for how to exploit enemy weaknesses. } 21. Be6! { There it is! } 21... Nd8 22. Qxg6 Nxe6 23. Qh7# { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0