[Event "Serbia IM Mix"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.05.24"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Kukreja, Sankalp"] [Black "Woodward, Andy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2170"] [BlackElo "2354"] [Annotator "Andy Woodward"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/stJ20TuJ/MetsVAtQ"] [Orientation "black"] { [%evp 0,43,30,15,64,42,70,66,66,51,51,26,50,36,65,33,26,10,10,-16,1,-12,35,13, 47,81,60,24,107,-21,-21,-21,-21,22,97,-117,55,119,188,221,345,72,354,112,193, 206] This was my second game, played the second morning after I arrived in Serbia. I drew with a lower rated player in the first round. This game didn't go as I anticipated either. My underrated Indian opponent played really well. He gained 90 rating points from this tournament alone while my last round Indian opponent gained 163 rating points. No wonder I was advised to avoid Indian players if possible :-) But as a result, I gained two new friends from playing together. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 { This was a surprise. He had only played 6.Be3 and 6.Bg5 before. } 6... e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4?! { This is objectively not the best but you need to know how to play against it or you will get a position like what happened in the game. } 8... Nc5 9. e5 dxe5? 10. fxe5 Nxb3? (10... Nfd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 h3 15. gxh3 (15. Bxe6!? Nxe5! 16. Bxe5 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 (17. Qf3 hxg2 18. Qxg2 Rh5! 19. O-O-O! Qg5+ 20. Qxg5 Rxg5 21. Bg3 Rg4 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Nd5 Bc5) 17... Nxe6) 15... Qh4+ 16. Bg3 Qxh3 17. Qxh3 Rxh3) 11. axb3 { This is already better for White because Black's pieces are so far behind in development. } 11... Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 $18 Qd5? 14. Qg4?? (14. Qh5 { would exploit Black's error. } 14... g6 15. Qh4 Bg7 16. Ba3 $18) 14... Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qc5?! (15... Qe4 16. Nb5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Qg3 Qg6) 16. b4! { Now most queen moves are met with 17. Qh5, winning. } 16... Qc4? (16... Qd5 17. Rad1 f6) (16... Qxc3 { loses to } 17. Nb5! { [%cal Gb5c7,Ga1a8,Gb5c3] }) (16... Qb6 17. Qh5) 17. Be5 (17. Qh5 { Here again this move was winning. } 17... g6?? (17... Be7 { is best, sadly, and White wins after } 18. Bd6!) 18. Qe5 Rg8 19. Nb5!) 17... Bd7 18. Kh1 O-O-O?? (18... f6 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bxf6 O-O 22. Qxb7 Bxf6 23. Qxd7 Bxd4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxd4 Rf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Qg1 Qe2) (18... h5 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. Qxf7 h4 21. b5 Qd5) (18... Bc6 { This was the best due to } 19. Qh5 O-O-O 20. Rxf7 Be8!) 19. Rxf7 { The rest was just losing. } 19... Qxc3 20. Nf3 Qc6 (20... Qxb4 21. Rf4 h5 22. Rxa6 Qb1+ 23. Ng1 bxa6 24. Rc4+ Kb7 25. Qe4+ Kb6 26. Bc7+ Ka7 27. Bxd8) 21. Rf4 b5 (21... h5 22. Qh4 b5 23. c4 g5 24. Nxg5 Rg8) 22. c4 Kb7 23. Nd4 Qxc4 24. Qf3+ Qd5 25. Qa3 Ra8 26. Rf7 Ra7 27. Qa5 Be7 28. Rxe7 Ka8 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Bd4 Qd6 31. Bxa7 Kxa7 32. Qxa6+ Qxa6 33. Rxd7+ Kb8 34. Rxa6 Rc1+ 35. Ng1 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 e5 37. Rxg7 e4 38. Rf6 e3 39. Rf8# { I didn't have a good start. But I really wanted to come back! } 1-0