[Event "U.S. National Invitational Tournaments"] [Site "Grand Rapids"] [Date "2023.08.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Yan, Ruiyang"] [Black "Jou, Esther"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2356"] [BlackElo "2123"] [Annotator "IM Sandeep Sethuraman"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/w2guu0Vb/ItWPJtp0"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 (9... Nxc5! { Is simple and strong. Now there is direct access to e4, and the bishop might develop to b7. }) 10. a3 Nxc5 11. Nd4 (11. b4?? Nxb4) 11... Qd8 12. Qf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14. O-O-O Ba6! { The bishops have to be traded here. If White's bishop gets to d3, the initiative will be too strong. } 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. f5 f6? { A combative try, but it fails because of the better placement of White's pieces. } 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. fxe6 Re8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nxd5 { White will stay up a pawn and have a two-result game. } 21... Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxe6 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. Rhd1 Ree8 25. Kb1 Rac8 26. Qg4 Rcd8 27. Rd7! { Taking control of the seventh and effectively sealing the game. Yan displays great technique to convert the full point. } 27... a6 28. Qd4 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Qe5 30. Qc6 h6 31. h3 Qe2 32. Rd3 Re6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qd5 Qf1+ 35. Ka2 Qf6 36. Qd3+ Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Rd2 Kf6 39. Kb3 Ke7 40. Kb4 Re5 41. Kc4 Rc5+ 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. c4 b5 44. Kc3+ Ke5 45. b3 { Now a passed pawn will be created, and the black king is cut off. } 45... a5 46. Rd7 g5 47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Rb7 bxc4 49. bxc4 Re5 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Kd3 h5 52. Rb5 Re6 53. Rxa5 Rb6 54. Rxg5 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Rxa3 56. Rxh5 Ke8 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0