[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,53,27,14,35,35,37,36,31,29,30,31,26,15,13,8,18,14,17,0,25,32,42,59,49,
47,49,46,43,25,17,25,81,69,91,71,68,73,81,83,88,107,92,96,129,143,166,170,179,
177,204,247,259,268,324,327]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3
{[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Nde2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 9.
Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (9... Be7 $11) 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:38]
} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} (10... d4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 (11... Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nh5
Rg8 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. f4 {with strong play for White}) 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Be4 Qd6 15. Qg4) 11. Ncxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12.
Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (12... Bxf6 13. Nh5 {And white
manages to weaken Black's pawn structure} Rg8 14. Nexf6+ gxf6 15. Bxh7 Rh8 16.
Be4 Qxd1 17. Ng7+ Ke7 18. Raxd1 Rag8 (18... Rh4 19. Nf5+ Bxf5 20. Bxf5) 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc6 bxc6) 13. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 14. Qh6
{[%emt 0:00:58]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02] White is a
pawn up} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:55]} (16. Rfd1) 16... Bxa2 {
[%emt 0:01:49] material is equal again, but white still has pressure} 17. Nf5 {
[%emt 0:02:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 18. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 19. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 $18 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (19... Kb8 $16) 20.
Bxh7 $16 (20. Be4) 20... Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 21. b3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Kb8 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} 22. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Be4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 24. Rc1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:03] threatens c3} Qc3 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. h4 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:00:15] White is advancing his passed
pawn} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:56] with idea Ne4, as well as h5-h6} 1-0