[Event "New York Presidents' Day Norm Invtl"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2024.02.19"] [White "Pedro Alejandro Jimenez Fraga"] [Black "Danila Poliannikov"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening"] [StudyName "New York Norms Presidents' Day Invitational"] [ChapterName "Pedro Alejandro Jimenez Fraga - Danila Poliannikov"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/rbSYSN7z/rQ2i3F8A"] [Orientation "white"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 d6 8. h3 h6 9. d4 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Ne3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qb6 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Rd5 Rc5 22. Rd3 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Qf3 Nc7 25. Red1 Nb5 26. Bh3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Be7 28. R1d2 Qa5 29. Kh2 b5 30. Rc2 { Black has achieved a very pleasant position, neutralizing White's attack before trading off his bishop pair and creating a weakness on c3. The only question is whether the opposite-colored bishops can do what they do in a minor piece endgame, or whether Black can make something of his heavy pieces before they get there. } 30... Rb8 31. Qf5 Rb7 32. Qh5 Bf8 33. Rf3 Qc7 34. Re2? { White takes a gamble, hoping that the trade of a pair of rooks is worth the pawn. It is one of his liabilities, after all. } (34. Re3 { , for instance, just kept on suffering. } 34... g6 35. Qd1 h5 36. Bf1 b4 37. c4 a5 $17 { and Black is continuing to make (very incremental) progress. }) 34... Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Kg2 b4 { It's Black who can make use of the newly opened file. With two sets of heavy pieces still on the board, this should be enough to create and promote a queenside passer. } 37. Re3 Qc4 38. Re2 a5 39. Qf3 a4 40. Qe3 b3 41. axb3 axb3 42. Rb2 d5 43. exd5 Qxd5+ 44. Kh2 Bc5 45. Qc3 Bd4 { On their own, opposite-colored bishops struggle to help promote pawns, as they can only attack the square in front of their passed pawn if they are unable to defend that pawn. Clearly, the "backup" means Black's dark-squared bishop need not worry about this here. } 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Bg2 e4 48. Rd2 Rb6 (48... b2?? 49. Rxd4 Qxd4 50. Qxb7 { was White's last trick, although apparently this is still drawn. } 50... Qxf2) 49. Qe8 f5 50. Bh3 b2 51. h5 b1=Q 52. Rxd4 Qbb5! (52... Qxd4?? 53. Bxf5+ { Okay, so maybe THIS was White's *last* trick ;). } 53... g6 54. hxg6+ Kg7 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qh7#) 53. Qf8 Qbc5 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1