[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2023.10.27"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Garifullina, Leya"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2402"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/uDXLUcuQ/HFqqrdmc"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 Na5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O-O a6 11. f5 b5 12. f6 Bxf6 13. e5 Bg7 14. Ne4 Nb7 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Bxe6! { Fearless, and the type of move that shows the shape Vaishali is in. } 16... Bxe4 (16... fxe6 17. Nf6+ Kf8 (17... Bxf6? 18. exf6 { is winning, since Black's knight can't move on pain of f6-f7+. })) 17. exd6 (17. dxe4 { was better, as now } 17... fxe6 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. e5 $18) 17... Nxd6 { Black missed one miracle save: } (17... Qxd6! 18. Qxe4 Qxe6 19. Qxb7 O-O!! { when the knight doesn't matter: } 20. Rhe1 (20. Bxe7 Rfb8 21. Qc7 Qxa2 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. Ke2 Rc8 $44) (20. Qxe7?! Qxa2 $15) 20... Qxa2 21. Rxe7 Qxb2+ 22. Kd2 Bc3+ 23. Ke2 Qxc2+ 24. Nd2 Rad8 $15) 18. dxe4 { Now, this transposes to lines after 17. dxe4, so White is again winning. } 18... Qb6 19. e5 Ndf5 20. Bd7+ Kf8 21. g4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qf3 Ra7 24. Rhf1 Nf5 25. gxf5 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0