[Event "U.S. National Invitational Tournaments"]
[Site "Grand Rapids"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Managadze, Nikoloz"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "IM Sandeep Sethuraman"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/w2guu0Vb/nynLoHFH"]
[Orientation "white"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 f5 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Qxe4 { It looks like White has won a pawn and weakened Black's structure for
nothing, but Black has easy development and it's actually equal. } 8... Nc6 9. Nf3 Bc5 (9... e5! { is the way to keep equality. } 10. Bd3 g6 11. Qe2 Bf5 { and the
king will move to the queenside. }) 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. d3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bd2 Nxe2+? { The knight is needed to keep control over the center,
and the white bishop wasn't as important. } (14... Bd6! 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qe7 { and the opposite-colored bishops give Black a decent
chance to make a draw. }) 15. Qxe2 Rd8 16. Bc3 Qf5 17. b4 Bd6 18. Rad1 a6 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. f3 Ba4 21. Rd2 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5+ 23. d4 Ba7 24. Qe4 { The queen
trade effectively seals the game in White's favor, even if it was already
winning. } 24... Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Kg8 26. Rb2 Rb8 27. c5 b6 28. d5! { Tactics help the
pawns break through. } 28... Be8 29. dxe6 b5 30. Bd4 Rc8 31. Rc2 Rf6 32. Nd7 Rf5 33. c6 Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Rc7 35. Nb8 Re5 36. Rd7! { 1-0 White wins. Ending the game
in style and taking a share of first. } 1-0