[Event "ch-USA 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.10.28"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "thechesscorner@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2020.10.26"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.27"] {[%evp 0,125,26,26,54,56,45,49,45,31,58,45,39,48,49,41,47,37,37,37,34,25,33,27, 33,32,25,11,12,7,10,-2,7,11,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-187,-180,-209,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,42,105,123,118,124,131,119,119,235,184,186,186,196, 116,124,110,110,82,102,108,108,107,243,250,260,252,253,100,245,229,229,206,487, 480,982,992,1002,702,712,694,29965,353,361,359,467,523,548,548,556,548,1002, 1002,1012,1012,1032,1032,1032,20794,29943,29954,29955,29956]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne5 (9... Be7 10. f4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 O-O 14. a4 Rfc8 15. Nd2) 10. f4 $5 {White sees that kingside attack remains even without the light squared bishop} Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 b6 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. Kh1 (15. Qg3) 15... Nd7 16. f5 {attacking the black king} Nc5 17. Qg3 Bf6 {attacking the knight and if 18 Nf3 Nd3 and 18 Nde2 Nxe4} 18. Ndb5 $1 {the solution: white makes a temporary knight sacrifice} axb5 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxf6 g6 21. Qh4 Nd7 22. Be7 f6 (22... Ne5 {this was more solid} 23. cxd5 $1) 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. exd5 Ne5 26. Rxf6 Qe7 (26... Rxf6 27. Qxf6 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bc8) 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Kg1 {Black has two pieces for the rook, but the Black's king remains exposed} bxc4 29. bxc4 Ba6 30. Re4 Qf5 (30... Qg7) 31. Qd8+ Qf8 32. Qc7 g5 $2 (32... Qf5 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8) 33. h3 Qf5 34. Re1 Bxc4 35. Qxd6 Nf7 36. Qxb6 g4 $2 (36... Bxa2) 37. hxg4 (37. Qe6 $1 {this would be close to winning}) 37... Qxd5 38. a4 Qd7 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qf6 $2 (40. Qc2) 40... Qxa4 41. g5 Qa7+ (41... Bd3 42. Ra1 Qe4 43. g6 Qe3+) 42. Kh1 Qa6 43. Qd4 Bd3 $2 ( 43... Bb5) 44. Ra1 Qg6 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ $18 {White has too many threats against the black king and will win more material} Kf8 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. Qc5+ Qd6 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Qc8+ Ke5 51. Qe8+ Kf4 52. Qxf7+ Kg4 53. Qd7+ {simplifying into winning endgame} Qxd7 54. Rxd7 Bf5 55. Rg7 Bb1 56. Kg1 Bf5 57. Kf2 Bb1 58. Ke3 Bc2 59. Rc7 Bf5 60. g6 Bxg6 61. Rg7 Kf5 62. Rxg6 Kxg6 63. Kf4 1-0