[Event "U.S. National Invitational Tournaments"] [Site "Grand Rapids"] [Date "2023.08.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Braddy, Elizabeth R"] [Black "Ram, Jwalanthi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1806"] [BlackElo "1911"] [Annotator "IM Sandeep Sethuraman"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B33"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/w2guu0Vb/N2ZUMugV"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5 { And we've gone into almost 14 moves of main line Sveshnikov theory, but now Braddy deviates } 15. cxb5 d5! { It is essential to keep the center. Pawns don't matter as much here. } 16. exd5 e4 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Bc4 Qxb2 19. Nc2 axb5 20. Rab1 Qc3 21. Rxb5 Ra4 22. Bb3 Ra6 { Now White has consolidated and is up a pawn, but Black has two open bishops. } 23. Rb4 Rg6 24. Ra4 Qh3 25. f4 Bd7 26. Kh1 Qh4 (26... Bb5! { would have been a crazy try } 27. Bc4 Rxg2! 28. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bxa4 { and now Black is at least fine. }) 27. Ra7 Bc8 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Rb1 Qd6 31. Na3 Bh6 32. g3 Bd7 33. Rbb7 { Now it looks like Braddy is well on her way to winning this game and clinching a share of second place, but Ram puts up strong resistance. } 33... Be8 34. Ra6 Qd8 35. Rxg6? { Giving up activity to simplify the game. } (35. Qa7!) 35... hxg6 36. Qc5 Qa8 37. Ra7 Qb8 38. d6! { White is back to completely winning, d6-d7 is unstoppable. } 38... Qb2 39. d7 Bxd7 40. Rxd7 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 Bg7 43. Bxf7?? { Too greedy. White was up a piece, and there was no need to take this pawn as well. } (43. Nb5 { and White is completely winning }) 43... Qe2 44. Bc4 Qg4+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 e3! { Now Braddy must be careful to even hold the draw. } 47. Qb4 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 e2 49. Bxe2 Qxe2 50. h4?? { A strange move, and now Black takes this crucial tempo to start a decisive attack. } 50... Qf3+ (50... Re8! { You have to play this first to prevent Rd7-e7. This ... Qe2-f3 idea isn't going anywhere. }) 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Re8 53. Re7 Rd8 54. Rxg7?? { Black doesn't have to take back immediately. The e7-square can be defended with tempo. } 54... Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kh3 Kxg7 57. Qc3+ Kh6 58. Nc4 Rc8 { The game is over. Black wins the knight and clinches a share of second. } 59. Qf6 Qxc4 60. Qg5+ Kg7 61. Qe7+ Qf7 62. Qe5+ Kh7 63. a4 Qb7 64. Qe1 Rc2 65. Qg1 Qf3 66. Qa7+ Kh6 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1