[Event "Round 7: Eleni Psarianou - Anthia Tzima"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2023.07.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Eleni Psarianou"] [Black "Anthia Tzima"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D53"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/litsman"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,116,19,31,19,-16,-22,-6,2,-10,14,16,36,-8,16,6,18,28,7,19,30,19,19,9,14,12,10,30,29,11,18,19,18,19,19,17,26,16,34,37,31,23,65,62,62,55,55,55,47,46,84,53,69,1,82,61,58,75,66,66,71,66,87,83,119,46,86,-84,-90,-85,-90,-86,-86,-86,-73,-89,-56,-51,-54,-59,89,-17,-50,-51,-50,-49,-41,-87,-104,-91,-82,-198,-230,-218,-247,-249,-254,-280,-265,-280,-278,-285,-296,-300,-235,-230,-215,-215,-229,-248,-257,-320,-349,-314,-349,-455,-462,-802,-1479]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nd7 {The players have reached a position commonly seen in the Queen's Gambit Declined.} (9... c5) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Ne2 Qb4+ $6 {Black decides to exchange queens, but this move is questionable as it allows White to improve their position.} 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 c6 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. b3 Be6 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Kc2 Kf8 19. f3 g6 20. Ne2 g5 21. h4 Kg7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Ng3 Nd7 25. Nh5+ Kg8 {Both players have developed their pieces, and the position is roughly balanced. Black's knight on d7 seems misplaced, as it is not contributing to the overall plan.} 26. Rh2 f6 $6 (26... c5 27. Kb2 cxd4 28. exd4 Kf8 29. Rdh1 Ke7 30. Ng3 Rxh2 31. Rxh2 Nb8) 27. Rdh1 Kf7 28. Ng3 Rxh2 29. Rxh2 Nf8 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. Kd2 c5 $2 32. Rh6 $2 {White fails to seize the advantage with 32. Nd6+ and capturing on c5, which would have left Black with weak pawns.} (32. Nd6+ Ke7 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34. Nxb7 Rc7 35. Na5) 32... c4 33. Bc2 $2 {? Another mistake by White which proves decisive.} (33. bxc4 dxc4 34. Be4 c3+ 35. Kc2 Bxf5 36. Bxf5 b5 37. g4 b4) 33... cxb3 34. axb3 (34. Bxb3 Bxf5) 34... Rxc2+ $1 35. Kxc2 Bxf5+ 36. Kc3 Kg7 37. Rh1 Nd7 38. Ra1 a6 39. Ra5 Nb6 $2 {Black misses a tactical opportunity.} 40. Kb4 $2 (40. Rc5 {White fails to take advantage of Black's mistake. 40. Rc5 would have increased the pressure and maintained chances.}) 40... Be6 41. Kc5 Nc8 42. Ra1 Kf7 43. b4 Ke7 44. b5 b6+ 45. Kb4 a5+ 46. Ka4 Bd7 47. Rc1 Nd6 48. g3 Bxb5+ 49. Kb3 Nc4 50. Kc3 Kd6 51. e4 Bc6 52. f4 gxf4 53. gxf4 b5 54. e5+ Ke6 55. Re1 b4+ 56. Kb3 Nd2+ 57. Kc2 Nf3 58. Rd1 Ba4+ {Black gradually improved their position and capitalized on White's inaccuracies. The game concluded with Black's victory. Overall, it was an interesting game with its ups and downs.} 0-1