[Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,46,30,27,27,-3,46,50,43,38,64,70,58,58,94,97,85,82,111,-33,-50,-96, -94,-133,-115,-121,-129,-156,-150,-180,-184,-193,-187,-238,-236,-281,-211,-211, -224,-236,-207,-284,-337,-319,-319,-339,-326,-337,-333]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 (5. b6) (5. e3) (5. f3) (5. Nc3) 5... g6 (5... Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Re1) 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6.} Bg7 7. e4 {Threatens to win with a7.} O-O (7... Qa5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a7 Qxa7 10. Nf3) 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} (8. e5 Ne8 9. Nf3 d6 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Be2 Nxa6) 8... Qa5 {White should prevent ...Nxe4.} 9. a7 $2 {[#]} (9. Nd2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) ( 9. Bd2 Bxa6) 9... Nxe4 $1 $17 10. axb8=Q Rxb8 {[#]} 11. Bd3 $146 (11. Bd2 $2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 (12. Qxd2 $2 Rxb2 {Remove Defender} 13. Qxb2 Bxc3+ 14. Qd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Qc3 $19) 12... Rxb2 $19) (11. Qc2 $17 Nxc3 12. Bd2 {Pin}) ({ Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. b3 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Rc1 d6 16. Bc4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 (38) Nenezic,M (2666)-Gschnitzer,A (2445) Chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Nxc3 $19 ({Don't take} 11... Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 $17) 12. Qd2 {[#]} Ra8 $1 13. O-O ({Not} 13. bxc3 $2 Bxc3 14. O-O Bxd2 $19) (13. d6 exd6) 13... Nxd5 14. Qg5 e6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qg3 Qa4 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Bb1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nc2 $40 {Black wants a kill.} 20. Re4 $2 (20. Bxc2 {was the only defense.} Qxc2 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2) 20... Nd4 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 20... Nxa1 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Qd1 $17) 21. Qd3 d5 22. Rg4 c4 23. Qf1 Nc2 {White got outplayed after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/ Black=0.06} 0-1