[Event "Rouen Open"] [Site "Rouen FRA"] [Date "2023.12.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Alireza Firouzja"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2634"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/u9vHrp1t/Kgfg1aAu"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 $146 11. Nc4 Be7 { Possibly, the bishop was better off on c7, with ideas of ...Ng6-f4 providing some activity. } (11... Bc7 12. Be3 Qd5 13. O-O-O (13. Nfd2!? Qxg2 14. O-O-O Qd5 15. Rhg1 Kf7 16. Ne4 e5 17. Bxc5 Nf4 18. Qe3 Rd8 19. b3 $16) 13... Nf4 $14) 12. Be3 e5 13. Nfd2 Bg4?! (13... Qd5 14. f3 Nf8 15. Ne4 Ba6 $16) 14. f3 Be6 15. Qf2 f5 16. Bxc5 Bxh4 17. g3 Bg5 (17... Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Be7 $16 { is not great, but it does ward off the knight. }) 18. Nd6+ Kd7 19. O-O-O Qa5 20. a3 Rab8 21. f4 exf4 22. N6c4! Bxc4 23. dxc4 { The point: Black's bishop on g5 is not bothering White at all, as the knight need not leave d2 in order to claim an advantage. Black's king has nowhere to hide. } 23... Kc8 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Kb1 Rd8 26. Nb3 Qc7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxa7 { with a completely winning position. Black has nothing better than the sac, but it is still hopeless. } 28... Rxb3 (28... Rb7 29. Be3 Ne6 30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. Qf3 $18) 29. cxb3 Qd3+ 30. Ka2 Ne2 31. Qg2 Nc1+ 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Qxc6+ Kd8 34. Qe6 Qd7 35. Qg8+ Kc7 36. Qb8+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0