[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.18"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2734"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B76"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Panov Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/wy4VAHLx/A8hEKYDp"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 { Abdusattorov is clearly here to have a good time. A dragon the day after winning with a Greek Gift. And remember his Benko (without ...g7-g6, no less) in the first round? } 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 { Black eschews the main lines. } (9. Bc4 { is the old main line. }) (9. O-O-O { is gaining popularity, as preventing Black's ...d6-d5 has proven to be unnecessary. }) 9... h5 10. g5 Ne8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nb3 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 { White has showed up well prepared for this variation. Now, Black's path to equality is, to put it gently, very narrow. } 14... f6?! (14... Nd4! 15. f4 Bg4 16. Re1 Nf3 17. Re3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Rc8 19. Nxb7 f6! 20. Bd3 fxg5 21. fxg5 Rf2+ 22. Kc1 Nc7) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Bg5 Kg7 { Black has nothing but weaknesses. } (19... Nd7 20. Rhg1! { and White's plan is breathtakingly simple: } 20... Ne5 21. Be2 a5 22. Rg2 a4 23. Rdg1 a3 24. b3 c5 25. f4 Nf7 26. f5 $18 { . }) 20. Rhg1 a5 21. Rg2 Nd7 22. Rdg1 Ba6 23. Bb3 Nf8 24. Bd2 Bc8 25. a4 e5 26. Bc3 Be6 27. Rd2 { White continues to switch between multiple fixed weak pawns. Aronian is putting on a clinic at this point. } 27... Bxb3 28. cxb3 Re6 29. Rgd1 Rd8 30. f4 g5 31. f5 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0