[Event "North American Open 2022"] [Date "2022.12.30"] [Round "9"] [White "Belous, Vladimir"] [Black "Wang, Jason"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Jason Wang"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A09"] [Opening "Réti Opening: Advance Variation"] [StudyName "North American Open (Wang annotations)"] [ChapterName "Belous, Vladimir - Wang, Jason"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/vFd6hQmq/UwaVG10i"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,9,25,23,17,-21,9,-47,-32,-35,-28,-33] } 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O e4!? (5... Nf6 { This is more solid, but I opted for a pawn sacrifice I looked at briefly before the game. }) 6. Ne1 h5! 7. Bxe4 Bh3 8. Bg2?! (8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Ng2 (9. Bg2 h4 10. d3 (10. Bxh3 { White is already in trouble, as } 10... Qxh3 11. Qxb7 Kd7 { is disastrous. }) 10... Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Qd7! { White will not take the b7-pawn, as I will play Rb8 and my attack will continue fiercely. } (11... hxg3 12. fxg3 Qh3 $13) 12. Nxh4 O-O-O { Despite being two pawns down, I have a very strong initiative. }) 9... Nf6 10. Bf3 h4 11. Qb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qf3 c5 $15) 8... Qd7 9. Qb3 O-O-O { Funnily enough, the computer thinks that Black is almost winning already. } 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Nd3 (12. d3 Bd6 (12... h4 13. g4 Qxg4+ 14. Qxg4+ Nxg4 $15) 13. Bg5 h4 14. Qg2 Qf5 { Again, Black has a strong initiative. }) 12... h4 13. Nf4 (13. g4 $17) 13... Qd7 14. d3 Ne5 15. Qg2 h3 { Hemming White's queen into the corner of the board. } 16. Qh1 c6! { Cutting off the knight's d5 square and threatening ...g7-g5 to trap the knight. } 17. e4 dxe3 18. Bxe3 g5 19. Ne2 Qxd3 20. Nbc3 g4 21. Rfd1 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 gxf3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Nxf3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Ng4 $19 { With this move, Belous resigned the game. } 0-1