[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 "?"]
[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