[Event "Pro Chess League 2023"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "Lang,JJ"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/r4rOm8dU/y9CYnrre"]
[Orientation "white"]
{ Defense! }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h4 Bg4 11. Re1 c5 12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 Bd7 14. Be5 h6 15. Bd3 c4 16. Bf1 Qa5 17. Kb1 { There are two ways for Black to
approach this position. One is "can I take?" and the other is "must I take?". } 17... hxg5?? { Black asks the wrong question. It turns out the answer is "no, you
cannot take," but for reasons that are incredibly hairy. } (17... Rac8 { The
right question was to ask whether White had any pressing attack after a simple
developing move such as this. } 18. Bd4 Rfe8 { The answer was no. So why push it? } 19. Nh3 Rc6 $17) 18. hxg5 Nh7 19. Bxg7?? (19. Bxc4! { is the real gut
punch. } 19... Nxg5 20. Qd4 Ne6 21. Qd3 f6 22. Bg3 $18) 19... Rfe8?? (19... Bxg5! 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxd7 Rd8 24. Qh3 Kxg7 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 $15) 20. Be5! Bf5 (20... Bxg5?? { might be what Black missed when
evaluating the initial capture. } 21. Qxg5+! Nxg5 22. Rh8#) 21. g4! Bg6 22. f4! Be4 23. Rxe4! dxe4 24. Qh2 Bxg5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bd6+ Be7 27. Qh8# { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0