[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2023.10.27"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/uDXLUcuQ/USj0ZWjz"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. a5 Ba7 15. h3 Re8 16. d4 Bb7 17. Bc2 d5?! $146 (17... Rc8 { is more flexible. }) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Qg5 (21... Rxe5 22. f3 Qg5! { would be more confrontational. }) 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe5 { This is less effective without knights on the board, as Black has a harder time pointing to what his attack is constituted in. } 24. Rg3 Qf6 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Qd7 Rb8 27. Qxc7 Rd8 28. Rf3 Qe7 { Black has nothing better than having to "suffer" in the endgame. } 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. b4 Rd2 31. Kf1 g6 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Ree3 Kg7 34. g3 h5 35. h4 Rc2 36. Rd3 f5 37. Rfe3 Rc6 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Rh7?? { This gives Black a miracle chance to regain a hold of the position. } (39. Ra7 R2xc3?? 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Rxa6+ { was the simple point. }) 39... f4? { Close to the time control, neither player is showing their best chess. } (39... R2xc3! 40. Rxc3 (40. Ree7 Re6) 40... Rxc3 41. Ra7 Rc6) 40. Ree7 Kf5 (40... R2xc3?? 41. Rhf7# { is an important point, to put it mildly. }) 41. Rhf7+ Rf6 42. gxf4 Rxc3 43. Re5+ Kxf4 44. Rxf6+ Kxe5 45. Rxa6 Rc4 46. Rxg6 Rxb4 47. Rg5+ { When the dust settles, this position is still no walk in the park. } 47... Kf4?? { The losing move. } (47... Kd4 48. a6 (48. Rxh5 Rb1+ 49. Ke2 b4 50. Rb5 Kc3 { is the point, with Black's king close enough to liberate the rook to chase down White's wayward passers. }) 48... Ra4 49. Rxb5 Rxa6) 48. Rxh5 Rb2 (48... Rb1+ 49. Ke2 b4 50. Rb5 $18 { and Black's king is too far away from the b-pawn. }) 49. Rc5 Kf3 50. Ke1 b4 51. h5 b3 52. Rc3+ Ke4 53. h6 Rb1+ 54. Kd2 b2 55. Rb3 Kd5 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0