[Event "skilling open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.11.22"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Alireza Firouzja"] [Black "Wesley So"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D04"] [Annotator "thechesscorner@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.27"] {[%evp 0,69,19,25,19,25,20,8,12,5,-3,-5,-11,-25,-17,-9,-8,-27,-27,-21,-33,-20, -28,-28,-30,-43,-30,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-48,-74,-70,-55,-49, -40,-19,-121,-105,-132,-94,-148,90,-42,103,96,105,111,120,96,358,401,540,475, 996,1204,1916,29994,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 (3. Bf4) (3. c4 e6) 3... c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 (5. c4) 5... a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 (9... Qxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. a5 Nfe4 18. b6 Qb7 19. Bd4 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nd3 21. Rfb1 {1-0 (73) Firouzja,A (2728)-Caruana,F (2828) Stavanger 2020}) 10. a4 $5 bxc5 11. b5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5][%CAl Ra4a5,Rb5b6]} Bd6 (11... g5 $5 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Qc2 g4 14. Nfd2 h5) 12. Bb2 O-O (12... g5 13. Qe2 g4 14. Nfd2) 13. O-O Qc7 (13... Bc7 14. Nbd2 c4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bc3 Nfd7 17. f4 Nd3 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. a5 e5 20. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (73) Kramnik,V (2753)-Gelfand,B (2676) chess24.com INT 2020 }) 14. Nbd2 c4 15. Bc3 (15. Qc2) 15... e5 (15... Rfb8 16. h3) 16. a5 $5 (16. h3 Rfb8) 16... e4 17. b6 Qb8 18. Nd4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Be5 (19... Bd6 $2 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Nc6) (19... Re8 20. f4) 20. Nc6 (20. f4 exf3 21. Qxf3 Qb7 22. Kg1) 20... Qd6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. g3 (22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 h5 24. Nf1 Qf5) 22... Nfg4 23. Kg2 {[%CAl Gd2e4]} Qe6 (23... f5 $1 24. Bd4 Nd3 25. Nb1 Qh6 26. Rh1 Ndxf2) 24. Rb1 Rfb8 25. Qe2 Nd3 26. Rb5 (26. Ra1) 26... Ra6 (26... f5 27. Nb1 Qh6 28. Rh1 Qc6 29. Na3 Ndxf2) 27. Nb1 $5 {[%csl Gc3,Gd5][%CAl Gb1c3,Gc3d5,Gc3d4] worst piece for White getting relocated to c3 attacking d5} (27. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 (27... Nxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qxd5 29. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Nxe4 f5) 28. Qxg4) 27... h5 $2 (27... Qd7 $1 28. Na3 (28. Bd4 Ngxf2 (28... Nh2 29. Kxh2 Qxb5 30. Qg4 g6) 29. Rxf2 Nxf2 30. Nc3 Nd3)) (27... Rd8) 28. Bd4 $1 h4 29. Rh1 $1 hxg3 (29... Ngxf2 30. Rxh4) (29... Nge5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxh4) 30. fxg3 {White is attacking on the h file} Nh6 (30... Rd8 31. Nc3 f5 32. Rh5 Qf7 33. Rg5 g6 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxg4) 31. Nc3 $1 Qd6 32. Rxd5 Qa3 (32... Qg6 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Rdxh5 Nb4 35. Nxe4) 33. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Bg7+ {checkmate is forced} 1-0