[Event "FIDE World Senior Team Championship"] [Site "Krakow"] [Date "2024.07.06"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Khachiyan, Melikset"] [Black "Flear, Glenn C"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2414"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2390"] [BlackTeam "England 1"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [FEN "6k1/1pp2pp1/p2r1n1p/4N3/1P2P3/2P4P/1P3PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 23"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2024 World Senior Team Championships"] [ChapterName "Khachiyan, Melikset - Flear, Glenn C"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/tbFVUhfT/A6KIW4i7"] [Orientation "white"] { From this equal position, Black over-presses due to a concrete resource, and White is able to punish him for it. } 23... Rd2?! (23... Re6 24. f4 g5 25. Ng4 (25. g3 Nh5!) 25... Nxg4 26. f5! Rb6 27. hxg4 c5 28. Kf2 cxb4 29. c4) 24. Nc4 Rc2 25. e5 Nd5 { Black's plan had to be connected with this sequence, as now the threat of ... Nd5xb4 wins a clean pawn. However, Khachiyan shows fantastic understanding of the resulting endgame. } 26. Rd1 c6 (26... Nxb4?? 27. Ne3 { is a tactical refutation, of course. }) 27. Rd2 Nxb4 { Black's whole point was to save the pawn here. } 28. Rd8+ (28. Rxc2 Nxc2 29. Na5 { was also promising. }) 28... Kh7 29. Rd7 b5 30. Ne3 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nd5 32. Rxf7 Nxe3 33. fxe3 { The endgame is won for White, as Black's rook has no good way to cover the e-pawn. This is a funny instance of White's doubled pawns actually being an asset. } 33... Re1 34. Rf3 Rd1 35. Kg3 Rd8 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. Ke4 Re8 38. b4 Re7 39. Rf8 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0