[Event "GotM #38"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {[%evp 0,37,16,28,18,43,25,8,36,-20,-12,-34,58,52,29,4,-1,10,10,10,28,14,3,9, 32,17,17,-5,10,-12,99,80,80,99,280,297,381,336,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Ruy Lopez Opening} Nf6 {Berlin Defense} 4. O-O (4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O $11) (4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 $11) 4... Bc5 5. Nxe5 O-O (5... Nxe5 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxc5 $14) 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. d4 {The d-pawn will be used to close down Black's activity} Bb6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd3 {Every move in the combo steals time through creating threats} Nf6 10. d6 {[#] And the combination consisting of this pawn's march up the board effectively cuts Black's Queenside off from the Kingside which will be the main theater on which this battle will be fought} cxd6 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8] The Queenside Rook and Bishop will have enormous difficulty ever coming into the game. Look at Black's pawns} 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Nc3 {White points his forces toward the Black King, his greater mobility should ensure he gains a big attack} h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 {[#]} Qd8 { Black feels like retreat is his best option} (14... Qxb2 {might lead to something like} 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qd3 Kh7 17. Rfb1 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxc2 19. Rc1 Qb2 20. Qf8 h5 21. Ne7 $18) 15. Bxg6 fxg6 {[#] White has now exchanged off both of Black's defending Knights, his remaining pieces will encircle the King before Black's defenders can be mobilized to stop them} 16. Qd3 Qe8 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Ne7+ Kh7 19. Ng5+ $1 {[#] And Black resigns} (19. Ng5+ {Black could see that the game was up:} Kh8 (19... hxg5 20. Qh3#) 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Nxg6+ Kh7 22. Re8 Rf8 23. Rxf8 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 a5 25. Rh8#) 1-0