[Event "Naperville Diesen Memorial"] [Site "Naperville"] [Date "2022.09.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Meduri, Aakaash"] [Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2063"] [BlackElo "2249"] [Annotator "jjlang"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Trompowsky Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/yijTM8Ux/FI3aZPB2"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,136,19,34,27,-8,16,15,15,15,27,27,29,15,27,0,51,9,19,23,0,11,10,-7,10, 13,40,-45,-45,-65,-67,-60,-66,-64,-86,-138,-143,-130,-148,-147,-161,-161,-167, -144,-187,-185,-189,-245,-268,-259,-269,-296,-199,-206,-206,-223,-136,-130,-99, -283,-334,-332,-339,-339,-338,-340,-348,-352,-279,-293,-282,-278,-281,-295, -308,-302,-293,-296,-297,-311,-288,-305,-311,-319,-352,-369,-373,-475,-505, -587,-465,-587,-587,-587,-627,-627,-627,-617,-627,-627,-627,-627,-627,-627, -627,-627,-627,-627,-627,-627,-637,-637,-637,-637,-637,-647,-647,-647,-657, -29981,-29982,-29979,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29991, -29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 e6 6. e4 Be7 7. O-O-O d6 8. f4 Qa5 9. Qe1 h6 10. Bh4 g5 { For those unfamiliar with the enterprising play of the Chicago master Aakaash Meduri, this position serves as a good example. It's a promising imbalanced Sicilian...where White opened with 1. d4. } 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Nb5?! { White courts complications. } 13... Qxa2 { Black obliges! } 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa8 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxb2 17. Bd3 (17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Nxe4+! { It is possible that White missed this blow when calculating 13. Nb5. } 19. Qxe4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxb1 21. Nc7 Kg7!! { But more likely, White could have missed how the knight is still trapped even after it 'escapes' to the c7-square. }) 17... d5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qf4+ 20. Qe3 dxe4 21. Qxf4 gxf4 22. Ra1 Bc5 23. Ra4 Be3+ 24. Ke2 exd3+ 25. cxd3 Bd7 26. Rc4 Bc6 27. Rb1 Kg7 28. Nc7 a6 29. Ng5 Rxh2 30. Ngxe6+! { Why hasn't White resigned? He has a very specific destination in mind. And there are no pawns there. } 30... fxe6 31. Nxe6+ Kg6 32. Nxf4+ Bxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nd5 36. Ra1 Kf5 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Kd2 Kd4 39. Rh1 a5 40. Rh4+ Kc5 41. Kc2 b5 42. Kb2 a4 43. Ka3 b4+ 44. Kb2 Bb5 45. Kc2 a3 46. Kb3 Bxd3 47. Rxb4! { Practically speaking, White's execution has been flawless. If you must lose, why not force your opponent to deliver a notoriously challenging checkmate that so rarely appears on the board? } 47... Nxb4 48. Kxa3 Kc4 49. Kb2 Nc2 50. Ka2 Kc3 51. Kb1 Bc4 52. Kc1 Ba2 { Unfortunately, Black shows flawless technique. He knows ushers White's king to the 'right' corner, corresponding to the color of Black's bishop. } 53. Kd1 Nd4 54. Ke1 Kd3 55. Kf2 Ne2 { The key moment! Much like White's c7-knight in the variation beginning with 17. Nf3, here the king looks like he has escaped, but alas. } 56. Kf3 Be6 57. Kf2 Bg4 58. Ke1 Ng3 59. Kf2 Ne4+ 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Kf1 Kd2 62. Kg2 Ke2 63. Kg1 Bh3 64. Kh2 Bf1 65. Kg1 Ng5 66. Kh1 Kf2 67. Kh2 Nf3+ 68. Kh1 Bg2# { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1