[Event "Skilling Open Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.11.24"] [Round "14.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2020.11.22"] {[%evp 0,85,27,11,56,57,49,29,23,25,33,34,30,28,24,24,23,17,12,9,9,15,15,13,10, 6,26,11,11,14,13,8,6,-6,-6,-6,-1,-8,-8,-8,0,-22,0,0,0,0,-20,-62,-49,-71,-71, -66,-28,-24,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,89,100,122,117,125,134,134,127,109,127,112, 161,183,287,302,287,329,455,474,489,397,437,435,949,1044]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qb6 15. Bc3 (15. O-O $5 Qxb2 (15... Ngf6) 16. Rab1 Qa3 17. Qxa3 Bxa3 18. Rxb7) 15... Ngf6 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 O-O 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. f4 c5 22. Qf3 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Nfd7 24. Ne4 (24. a4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qxc4) 24... cxd4 25. cxd4 f5 $2 (25... Nxe5 $1 26. fxe5 (26. dxe5 $2 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxc4) 26... Qxc4) (25... Nxc4 26. Rdc1 Ndxe5 27. dxe5 Rd5) 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. a4 Rxd1 (29... a5 30. c5 Nd5 31. Rb5) 30. Rxd1 Rd8 $4 (30... Qc8 31. a5) (30... a5 $1) 31. Qxb7 $1 {White is winning after this pseudo queeen sac} Qxb7 (31... Rc8 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. a5 Nxc4 $4 (33... g5 34. axb6) 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Ng6) 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Ng6 {[%CAl Gd8h8] threatening mate on h8} Qc8 (33... Qa8 34. Rxa8 Nxa8 35. c5) 34. Rxc8 Nxc8 35. c5 $3 {Domination. The knight on c8 has nowhere to go} (35. Nf8+ $2 {this wins a pawn but the ending is equal} Kg8 36. Nxe6 Nb6 {a4 and c4 are attacked, which means Black is holding} 37. c5 (37. a5 Nxc4 38. a6 Kf7 39. Nd8+ Ke7 40. Nc6+ Kd7 41. Nxa7 $4 Nd6) 37... Nxa4 38. c6 Nb6 39. c7 a5 40. Nc5 Kf7 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. Nb7+ Kxc7 44. Nxa5) 35... Kg8 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke8 (37... Ne7 $2 38. Nxe7 Kxe7 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. Kd4 Kc6 41. Ke5 Kxc5 42. Kxe6 Kb4 43. Kf7 Kxa4 44. Kxg7 Kb3 45. Kxh6 a5 46. Kg6 a4 47. h6 a3 48. h7 a2 49. h8=Q) 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. Kd4 a6 40. Ke5 Kc6 41. Kxe6 Kxc5 42. Kf7 Kb4 43. Kxg7 {the h pawn will get promoted first} 1-0