[Event "US Open 2024"] [White "Lim,Hayul"] [Black "Gilruth,Peter"] [Site ""] [Round "2"] [Annotator "PGilruth"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2024.07.28"] [WhiteElo "1812"] [PlyCount "88"] {Young Asian players worry me as they know more opening theory than I do. But, once they are out of theory....} 1. Nf3 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 {4....a6 or 4....e6 are more common.} 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 {I thought for 15 minutes and decided to go solid, although I did not want to weaken my dark squares. It turned out OK, but Black should have better.} e6 $6 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 $6 {This didn't look correct. 9.d4 or 9.f4 looked good.} bxc6 10. d4 c5 {thematic.} 11. O-O Bd6 $1 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Nxd7 $2 Qxd7 (13... Nxd7 $2 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc3 $18 )14. dxc5 {White wins a pawn, but he doesn't get to keep it. Black now has the initiative.} O-O $1 15. Qb4 $6 Ne4 16. Nd6 $6 Nxd6 (16... Qc7 $1 $17 )17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Qd4 Qc7 19. h3 $2 {this gets White in trouble after Black's next. How does White develop his Q-side?} Be5 {hasty. 19...Bh2+ first is more accurate. White's King is forced away from the centre.} 20. Qd3 Rab8 21. Rb1 Rfc8 22. Rd1 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc2 {winning a pawn.} 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 {Does Black have enough to win the game? I thought so, but White should consider 28.f3 and e4 to contest the White squares.} 28. Kf1 (28. f3 )e5 29. Ke2 e4 {to gain control of the light squares, even though White's King gets to the Q-side faster than Black's.} 30. Bb4 f5 31. Bc5 a6 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. Kc2 Be5 34. Kb3 Ke6 35. Kb4 (35. Ka4 d4 36. exd4 Kd5 $19 )Bd6 {Once the Bishops come off the board, White is lost since he can never go after the Pa3. However, White is lost even if he does not attack the Pa3, since Black can engineer a breakthrough on the K-side to make a new Queen.} 36. g3 g5 37. a3 h5 38. a4 Kd7 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Ka5 d4 41. exd4 f4 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Kb4 e3 44. fxe3 f3 $1 0-1