[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2023.11.04"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2517"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B60"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/uDXLUcuQ/hi0grwvA"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 { Black eschews the main lines of the Richter-Rauzer. One plan here is associated with a quick ...Ra8-c8, ...Qd8-a5, and ideas of ...Rc8xc3. } 7. Nxc6 { White is having none of it! } 7... Bxc6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bb5 Rg8 10. O-O Qd7 { Black has the bishop pair and the g-file opposite White's castled king. White has the only center pawn, less damaged structure, and a knight that could be a force on d5. } 11. Bxc6 $146 { The ever-adventurous Rapport has reached this position before, but the game continued: } (11. Qd3 Bh6 12. a4 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. a5 Kf8 15. Na4 Ra7 16. Nb6 Qg4 17. g3 Bf4 18. Ra3 h5 19. b4 Be5 20. Nc4? (20. Qe3 h4 21. f4 Bb2 22. Rd3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qh3 24. Rf2! $16 { could keep an edge, with the idea that now } 24... c5? { preparing ...Bb2-d4, is too slow, thanks to } 25. Rh2 $18) 20... h4 { with a draw on move 49 in Dominguez Perez – Rapport, Chess24. com, 2022. }) 11... bxc6 12. f4 Rb8 13. Qf3 Qg4 (13... Rxb2?! 14. Rab1 Rb6 15. a4 $14) 14. b3 Rb4 (14... f5! { was urgent. } 15. Qf2 d5! 16. e5 e6 { improves Black's bishop and fixes the center in a way where the c- and d-pawns could prove dangerous. }) 15. Rad1 e6 16. Qf2 f5?! { is less effective here, now that White is faster with Rd1-d3-g3 ideas. } 17. a3 Rb7 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Kh1 Bh4 20. Qd2 d5 21. h3 Qg6 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Ne2 e5! { Now or never. Black asks an important question. } 24. Re3 Re7?! (24... e4 { was best, by process of elimination. As we will see, the b-rook would be giving up too much in shifting to the defense of the e-pawn. } 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. b4 Rc7 27. Rd1 f5 28. c4 Bf6 29. Rc3 c5 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. Qc2) 25. Qb4 Qg6 26. g4 h5 { or } (26... e4 27. Qb8+ Kd7 28. Qxa7+ Kc8 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qa5+ Kb7 31. c4 Rd7 32. Qb4+ Kc8 33. Nd4 $18) 27. fxe5 hxg4 28. Qb8+ { White's queen enters first, and Black has no attack after } 28... Kd7 29. Qxa7+ Kc8 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Qa7+ Kc8 32. Qa6+ Kc7 33. Nf4! { Tying the position together with a bow. } 33... Qh7 34. Qa7+ Kc8 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qb7+ Kd8 37. Qb8+ Kd7 38. Qb7+ Kd8 39. Qxc6 Rc7 40. Qxd5+ Ke8 41. Qa8+ Bd8 42. Rd1 Qh4 43. Red3 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0