[Event "Online Blitz Lindores Abbey"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.05.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Nakamura"] [Black "Firouzja"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2020.05.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.27"] {[%evp 0,41,21,20,27,26,19,9,13,5,11,12,14,8,8,8,8,11,18,-6,18,12,8,13,29,19, 28,30,29,29,46,38,88,105,101,82,137,140,209,131,442,447,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 c5 (8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. c4 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Rac1 Bd6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bb5 Re6 18. Nc6 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 Qg5 21. f4 Qh5 22. Ne5 Nxe3 23. Qxc7 g5 24. Rh1 gxf4+ 25. Kf2 Qf5 26. Bd3 Qf6 27. Qxb7 Rae8 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ {1-0 (29) Artemiev,V (2746)-Aronian,L (2758) chess. com INT 2019}) 9. a3 (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Be4 {1-0 (49) Mamedyarov, S (2804)-Ju,W (2572) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Nc6 10. dxc5 {opens the long diagonal a1-h8} (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. c4) 10... bxc5 11. c4 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 {[%csl Gc5,Gh7]} a4 14. Rad1 (14. bxa4 c4 15. Bf5) 14... axb3 15. Nxb3 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]} Qb6 $2 {A big mistake} (15... c4 16. Bxc4 Bxa3 17. Bxa3 Rxa3 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Nb4 22. Qc1 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxd5 $11) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Nxc5) 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 {key position. White has destroyed the kingside structure} 18. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Ge2,Gf5][%CAl Gc2e2,Gh4f5]} (18. Qf5 $2 Kg7 $1 19. Qh5 Rh8) 18... Ne5 (18... Bc8 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qxb3 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Nf5 Rg8 24. Qh5#) 19. Nf5 $1 Rxa3 (19... Kxh7 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21. Nxc5 Ra5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Nf5+ Kh8 24. Rd4 {the rook life Rd4-h4 is decisive here}) 20. Qe2 $1 {the queen is heading to h5} Ra4 (20... Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qh6) (20... Qb4 21. f4 $1 { cutting the black queen} (21. Qh5 Qg4)) 21. Qh5 1-0