[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 12th"] [Site "Mumbai"] [Date "2019.06.16"] [Round "10"] [White "Amonatov, Farrukh"] [Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2476"] [Annotator "skand"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.06.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "OM OTB B 201907"] [Source "Opening Master"] [SourceDate "2019.07.06"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.07.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,97,19,31,72,53,75,59,53,33,35,34,97,86,90,63,50,23,37,25,42,-2,19,2,5, -24,-23,-23,-15,8,-23,0,50,0,0,-19,-28,0,0,46,37,-27,-65,0,0,0,0,64,80,81,173, 181,180,187,156,166,214,407,407,407,439,461,461,452,585,579,531,531,771,486, 480,535,535,391,383,369,380,375,340,372,386,222,234,209,290,290,395,395,363, 283,287,319,332,322,354,225,354,225,347,352]} {Farrukh Amonatov's mind blowing double exchange sacrifice helps him win Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2019} 1. e4 c5 { First surprise for Farrukh as he was expecting 1..e5} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Second surprise for Farrukh as he was expecting the Najdorf This is called the Dragon Variation White now had an option to play solidly with Be2 , 0-0 and Re1 or fight blacks opening idea. After a few minutes of thought Farrukh decided to fight as this win would give him a win in the tournament} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 {This is what is generally played} Rc8 $5 (10... h5) 11. Bb3 Ne5 {After this point Farrukh was out of book} 12. h5 {A natural way to continue the game} Nxh5 13. Bh6 {a direct approach} (13. O-O-O {White considered this move but he felt that he will be giving Black some time. For example he can play} Qa5 $5 { [%CAl Gc8c3]}) 13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 {[%csl Rc3] The difference between this and the position where White has already castled long on Move 13 is that the king is in the center. Which means he has all of the 3 options available 0-0 , 0-0-0 or keep the king in the center} 16. Ne2 {Here white calculated the following variation} Rc8 (16... Bb5 $5 {[%csl Rc3][%CAl Rb5e2] Idea to take on e2 and then take on c3} 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qg5+ {Here Farrukh considered that Ng6 was not possible but it is the top move of the engine} Ng6 {[%csl Rb5][%CAl Rg5a5]} (18... Kh8 {Farrukh thought this was forced as Ng6 was bad} 19. Qxe7 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf8] Farrukh thought this was unclear}) 19. a4 {and White thought he could win a piece, However probably white missed that his own rook is pinned and hence Black can play} e5 $1 { Now there are multiple ways to continue and all of them lead to equality} 20. g3 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 h4 $1 (21... b5 $5 $11) 22. f4 (22. gxh4 $5 Qd8 $1 $11) (22. Rh1 Qd8 (22... b5 $5 23. axb5 (23. gxh4 $6 bxa4 $17) 23... Qxb5+ 24. Kd2 Qc5 $11) (22... Qb6 $11) 23. Qh6 Qe7 $11 (23... Qf6 $5 24. Rxh4 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rh1 Rc8 27. Rd1 Rc6 $11)) 22... Qxc3 23. f5 Qxa1 24. fxg6 {[%csl Rf7]} hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 17. Rd1 {Farrukh liked this move} (17. Qd2 {Trying to keep the position but as per the engine Black has an advantage} Rc5 $1 $17) 17... Bb5 18. Rd5 {[%CAl Rd5a5]} e6 $2 {Farrukh had calculated the following variation which occurs in the game} ({The only move for Black to stay in the game was} 18... Qb6 $1 19. Rxh5 (19. Nd4 $5 Bd7 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. f4 e6 22. fxe5 exd5 23. exd6 Qc5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Kf1 Qxc3 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qxd5 $16) 19... gxh5 20. Nd4 $16) 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qxe5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc8][%CAl Re5a5,Re5h8,Ra2a4] White has a big advantage as he has multiple threats} Rd8 23. Qc5+ {This controls the b6 square } (23. a4 $4 Rd1+ $1 {[%CAl Rb5e2,Ra5e5]} 24. Kf2 Qb6+) 23... Kg8 24. Bc4 $1 { Stopping all tricks with Rd1} (24. a4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Qd8 26. axb5 {[%CAl Rd8h4, Rd8d2] White wasnt sure about this position as the Black queen is quite active} ) 24... a6 25. a4 h6 (25... Qxa4 $2 26. Qg5+ $18 {[%CAl Rg5g8,Rg5d8]}) 26. axb5 Qa1+ 27. Kf2 Rd1 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Qxb7 $18 {White is winning now} Rf1+ 30. Ke3 Re1 31. bxa6 Qxc3+ 32. Kf2 Qd2 33. a7 Rd1 34. Qb2+ Kh7 35. Qc3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qb6+ 37. Qd4 Qa5 38. f4 Ra1 39. e5+ Kg7 40. f5 Ra4 41. c4 Qc7 42. fxe6 fxe6 43. Nf4 Kf7 44. Be2 Qxa7 45. Bxh5+ Ke7 46. Qxa7+ Rxa7 47. Bg4 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3+ 49. Kh4 1-0