[%evp 0,44,16,28,26,-23,22,-8,13,33,84,49,34,34,49,121,124,68,114,114,112,71,
71,111,111,63,3,128,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] My opponent from
China is one of the top U-12 female players in the world. She is skilled in
attacking chess. I was jealous to hear that her mom plays blindfold chess with
her as part of her training!1.d4d52.c4dxc4This was the first surprise.
She had never played this line in her previous games.3.e4b54.a4c65.axb5cxb56.Nc3Qb6Here she had been blitzing out the moves so I knew she
was prepared.7.Nd5Qb78.Bf4e59.Bxe5Nd7I remembered seeing this in
an Aronian-Nakamura game from earlier this year in Berlin, but I couldn't
remember how to play it correctly.10.Bg3?!...10.Bf4!This was the best
move, and what Aronian played against Nakamura in their Grand Prix game back
in March.Ngf611.Nc7+Kd812.Nxa8Qxe4+(12...Bb4+?13.Bd2Qxe4+14.Ne2Bxd2+15.Qxd2Qxa816.Qa5+Ke717.Qxb5+−)13.Ne2Qxa814.Nc3a615.f3Nd516.Bd2Nxc317.Bxc3b418.Bd2Nb619.Ra5!±10....Ngf611.Nc7+Kd812.f3...Here Black is already slightly better.12....Bb4+13.Ke2Nxe4!I thought for about 30 minutes, calculating unnecessary stuff.14.fxe4...14.Nxa8I thought that maybe this would work, but then after 20 minutes of
calculating I realized Black could playRe8!with the idea that if15.Bc7+?(15.Be5trying to block the e-file fails toNd2!-+with ... f7-f6 on the way.)Qxc716.Nxc7Ng3+17.Kf2Nxh1#A very
beautiful checkmate.14....Qxe4+15.Kf2Nf616.Be2...I realized it was
going downhill.16....Bb716...Qf5+I thought she was going to play this because
I saw the following brutal variation.17.Nf3Ne4+18.Kg1Nxg3removing the
defender19.Nxa8and here I saw the only move that keeps an advantage:Ne4!!with the idea of ... Qf5-f4-e3, and if White plays Qd1-
d2 then ... Bb4-d2!!20.Qc1(20.Bxc4bxc421.Qe2)Bd2and Black is
on top.17.Bf3Ng4+18.Bxg4Qxg2+19.Ke3Qe4+20.Kf2Qg2+21.Ke3Qe4+21...Qxh122.Bf3Bxf323.Qxf3Qxf3+24.Nxf3Rc825.Rxa7+−22.Kf2Qg2+There is no mate and if Black takes on h1 then White can play 23. Bf3 and
will be winning. An interesting game with sharp tactics all around.22...Qxh1??23.Bf3Bxf324.Qxf3Qxf3+25.Kxf3Rc826.Rxa7+−1/2-1/2