[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Netherlands"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] {[%evp 0,120,27,19,46,61,61,10,56,38,34,24,20,-7,54,20,15,2,10,-25,79,38,59, -10,-13,35,9,-10,-15,-53,-50,-50,-31,-58,-27,-42,1,-20,-32,-32,-35,-35,-43, -113,-95,-112,-126,-127,-144,-136,-137,-134,-132,-138,-155,-148,-148,-159,-150, -161,-154,-203,-214,-196,-210,-246,-214,-253,-185,-204,-212,-216,-221,-222, -277,-275,-162,-159,-171,-163,-160,-154,-164,-151,-126,-134,-145,-139,-131, -165,-177,-164,-164,-164,-164,-166,-164,-174,-163,-169,-162,-163,-170,-165, -169,-168,-169,-187,-154,-255,-271,-269,-304,-526,-293,-433,-509,-863,-876, -982,-1002,-1549,-1549]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. e5 Nd5 8. cxd4 Nc7 9. Nc3 a6 $146 (9... O-O) 10. Bc4 (10. Ba4) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 (11. a4 $142) 11... d6 $11 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. d5 (13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. a3 (15. Re1 Rad8 16. Nc5 $11) 15... Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Bc1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Bc1 $11) 13... Na5 $15 14. Qa4 $2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 b5 $17 16. Qe4 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Qh4 b4 $2 ({The greedy} 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd5 $19 { was possible and probably better, not that it's easy to make such a decision - especially in such a situation.}) 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxb2 21. Rfe1 $2 (21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Qxb4 $15) 21... Bc3 $19 22. Re3 f6 23. Qh4 Nxd5 { Now Black feels comfortable about the capture, and rightly so.} 24. Red3 e6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 $6 {Good enough, but there was better.} (25... Qf4 $1 26. Bg5 Qxh4 27. Bxh4 a5 28. Bg5 a4 29. Bc1 b3 30. axb3 a3 {and the game is over.}) 26. Qxf6 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Nxf6 {It takes a while, but two extra pawns prove sufficient to win.} 28. Rd6 Ne4 29. Rb6 Nxf2 30. Rd7 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nf6 32. Rdd6 a5 33. Ng5 Rad8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rxe6 Rd3+ 36. g3 Nh5 37. Kh4 Ng7 38. Ra6 Nf5+ 39. Kg4 Rxg3+ 40. Kf4 Re3 $6 (40... Ra3 $1) 41. Rxa5 Re7 42. Rb5 h6 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Nf3 Ne3 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke8 49. Nd2 Rd4 50. Nb3 Nf5+ 51. Kf3 Rc4 52. Nd2 Rd4 53. Ne4 g5 54. Nc5 $2 g4+ 55. Ke2 g3 56. Kf3 Rc4 57. Ne6 Rc3+ 58. Kf4 g2 59. Ng7+ Kd8 60. Rb8+ Kd7 {Black's technique wasn't awe-inspiring, but it was good enough, and that's what counts. As long as your opponent never escapes from the lost position, you've done your job.} 0-1