[Event "New York Presidents' Day Norm Invtl"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2024.02.17"] [White "Danila Poliannikov"] [Black "Darcy Lima"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/rbSYSN7z/imaF8H5Z"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 (5... d6 { via a different move order, we reach essentially the same position on move 15. } 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 Nge7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. Bc2 Nd8 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Qd2 { Here, Koneru chose } 15... Ng6 16. Ne2?! (16. a4 Ngf4 17. a5 g5 18. b4 Ng7 19. c4 { is not too different from the game, in the sense that White has far more opportunities to control the game with various pawn levers. }) 16... Rd8 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. h4 c6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng8 21. Qe2?? Nf4 { Suddenly, Black's kingside forces come to life. } 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nf5 Qxh5 { and Black won shortly: } 24. Qd2 g6 25. N5h4 Bg4 26. Bd3 Bb8 27. Be2 d5 28. e5 Rde8 29. exf6 g5 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. dxe5 gxh4 { when White resigned in Kamalidenova – Koneru, Warsaw, 2021. }) 6. c3 Ng6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Re1 Kh8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf1 Qe8 14. Bc2 Nd8 15. Ng3 Ne7 $146 (15... Ne6 16. a4 Ngf4 17. b4 Ng5 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nf5 g6 20. N5h4 Qe7 21. Qd2 Ne6 22. Nf5 Qf7 23. Bb3 Rae8 24. Nh2 Bb8 25. Rad1 c6 26. Nf3 d5! $15 { by which point Black has equalized and had far more active chances on the kingside compared to the text game. A draw was agreed on move 66 in Gopal – Aradhya, Nashik, 2022. }) 16. b4 Nf7 17. a4 c6 (17... c5 { might have offered more active resistance. }) 18. a5 Be6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qe2 Bb8 21. c4 Bc7 22. d5 Bd7 23. Nh4 cxd5 24. cxd5 Nc8 25. Rac1 { From here, it's hard to criticize any of Black's choices. The position is very hard to play, and Poliannikov shows why he earned a norm with his patient, restrictive play on the queenside to slowly build up a winning advantage without ever allowing an ounce of counterplay. } 25... Na7 26. Bd3 Bd8 27. Nf3 Nb5 28. Nd2 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Nc4 Kg7 32. Nb6 Bxb6 33. axb6! Nd8 34. h4 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. f4 Qg6 37. Qf2 Kh8 38. h5 Qf7 39. fxe5 Qxd5 40. Bxb5 axb5 41. exd6 Bc6 42. Bd4+ Kg8 43. Rc5 Qxd6 44. Nxf5 Bd7 45. Ng3 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0