[Event "ch-USA 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.10.28"] [Round "9.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "thechesscorner@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.10.26"] {[%evp 0,103,12,14,35,35,31,21,0,0,24,26,24,28,21,11,5,9,6,15,15,12,12,15,11, 12,14,-5,-7,-10,-6,-6,38,28,58,-32,7,23,33,35,44,42,48,48,40,-75,11,0,6,0,0,22, 16,0,0,0,22,6,102,56,73,58,80,82,82,82,47,54,104,58,74,54,92,40,32,40,40,5,0, -13,0,0,47,33,29,0,0,0,22,13,145,144,144,144,144,144,267,271,275,272,408,413, 537,547,557,567]} 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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 { Sveshnikov variation , still theory here} 13. a3 O-O (13... a5 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 {Kasparov-Kramnik 2000}) 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 Bf4 16. Qf3 Bb7 (16... Be6 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5) (16... a5 17. Be2 Be6) 17. g5 Re8 (17... Na5 $5) 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. O-O-O b4 {very sharp position with kings on opposite side} (19... Na5 20. Qxf4 Rxe4) 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 Bxe4 22. Qxf4 Rxb4 $6 (22... Qa5 $1 {threatens Qa1+ and Qxb2}) (22... Bxh1 23. Bc4 d5 24. f3) 23. Bd3 Bxh1 24. Qxb4 Bf3 25. Rd2 d5 (25... Re1+ 26. Kc2 g6) 26. Bxa6 h6 27. gxh6 Re4 28. Qc5 Rxh4 $2 (28... Re1+ 29. Kc2 Qxh4 30. Qd4 Qxh6) 29. Qc8 $5 (29. hxg7 Kxg7 30. Be2) 29... Qxc8 30. Bxc8 Rxh6 31. Bb7 Rh5 32. b4 { White is betting on his passed pawn on the b file to win} Kf8 33. Kb2 Rf5 34. Kb3 Ke7 35. Ka4 g5 36. b5 Rf4+ 37. Ka5 Kd6 38. b6 Rc4 39. Rd3 Rc5+ {position is roughly equal but easier to play with White due to passed pawn on b6} 40. Kb4 Rc4+ 41. Kb3 Rf4 42. c4 Kc5 43. cxd5 Rb4+ 44. Kc3 Rxb6 $2 (44... Be4 45. Rd2 Rc4+ 46. Kb3 Rb4+ $11) 45. d6 Rxb7 46. d7 Rxd7 47. Rxd7 f5 $2 (47... Bd5 $1 ) 48. Kd3 $1 Be4+ 49. Ke3 g4 50. Kf4 Kc6 51. Rf7 Kd6 52. Rxf5 $1 1-0