[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2023.11.05"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2517"] [BlackElo "2441"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/uDXLUcuQ/JuFIwpZl"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. h3 Qc7 15. g4 Nb6 16. Bg5 h4 17. Bxh4 Rfc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h4 a5 20. g5 Bg7 21. h5 a4 22. Na1 a3 23. b3 gxh5?! (23... Qc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. hxg6 Rxf3 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. c4 Nd7 28. Nc2 e4 { with compensation due to White's bad light-squared bishop and relatively passive pieces. }) (23... Nxd5!? 24. c4 (24. Qxd5?? Qc3 $19) 24... Nf4 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nc2 $14) 24. Bh3?? (24. c4! { Given the threats of ...Qc7-c3 both to reach a tolerable endgame and to threaten mate if the queen drifts, this interference was necessary. }) 24... Rf8?? (24... Qc3 25. Qxc3 { Did you catch that } (25. Qc1?? { loses instantly to } 25... e4! $19) 25... Rxc3 26. Kc1 Re8 $17 { when Black has multiple endgame trumps and is not even down a pawn for them. } 27. Bf1 e4 28. fxe4 Rg3 29. Kb1 Rxe4 30. c4 Nd7 31. Nc2) 25. c4 { With the extra chance, White now consolidates. } 25... e4 26. fxe4 Qe7 { Black tries to make the most out of the long dark-squared diagonal. } 27. Nc2 { White intends to meet ...Qe7-e5 with Qd2-d4. } (27. Qf4! { would be the simplest prophylaxis, as Black is losing in any position where queens are traded, and now has no other way to reroute the queen to coordinate with her dark-squared bishop. }) 27... Qe5?! (27... Qxe4 { but Black could have at least regained the pawn this way, which is why 27. Qf4 was favorable. } 28. Rde1 Qf3 29. Nd4 $16) 28. Qd4 Qg3 (28... Nxc4 { had to be calculated, but after } 29. bxc4 Qe7 { White has a number of ways to stop the queen from occupying the b-file: } 30. Qe3! Ra4 31. Bf5 $18) 29. Rd3 Bxd4 30. Rxg3 { White has too many pawns, and can start making travel plans for Toronto. } 30... Be5 31. Rf3 f6 32. Rg1 Kf7 33. g6+ Kg7 34. Ne3 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0