[Event "chess.com Speed 2020"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.11.01"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "3066"] [BlackElo "3039"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.11.01"] {[%evp 0,70,27,22,69,58,50,42,42,45,46,5,10,6,5,-16,17,23,30,33,58,41,41,42,58, 47,39,-28,48,50,49,-1,-1,-19,35,-19,-25,13,0,-128,-39,-53,-12,-118,-118,-118, -121,-129,50,20,149,-229,-1,-134,-88,-116,-92,-335,0,-17,-12,-250,-250,-302, -317,-650,-606,-1705,-1926,-1926,-1934,-1907,-1002]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. d3 e6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Be3 h5 {Subtle!} 13. b4 ({The engine recommends rank cowardice:} 13. Nf3 $1 $16 {followed by Nh4, when Black's attacking ambitions are squelched and his positional problems (and potentially weak king) remain an issue.}) 13... Ne5 $2 (13... e5 $142) 14. b5 $18 c5 15. Nb3 (15. b6 $1 $18) 15... h4 16. a4 (16. Bf4 $142) (16. f4 $142) 16... hxg3 $2 (16... Bh5 $142) 17. hxg3 $2 (17. fxg3 $142) 17... Bh5 18. f3 Bd6 19. Nd2 $2 (19. a5) 19... Rdg8 $2 (19... Nd7 $19) 20. Ne4 Be7 21. a5 $6 (21. Bf4 $142) 21... f5 22. b6 (22. Nd2 $142) 22... axb6 23. axb6 Qc6 $2 (23... Qb8) 24. Bf4 $2 (24. Nd2 $18) 24... Qd5 $2 25. d4 $4 (25. c4 $18) 25... Nc6 $2 (25... Bxf3 $19) 26. Nxc5 {Here's where it gets fun.} Qxd4+ 27. Be3 Bxc5 $1 28. Bxd4 $4 (28. Ra8+ Kd7 29. Rd1 Rxa8 30. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4+ Nxd4 32. Qd1 Ra4 33. c3 Rha8 34. Kh2 Ke7 35. cxd4 $11) 28... Nxd4 $4 (28... Bxd4+ 29. Rf2 Bxa1 $19) 29. Ra8+ Kd7 30. Qd3 $4 (30. Rd1 Rxa8 31. c3 {transposes to the 28.Ra8+ variation, with equality.}) 30... Rxa8 31. c3 Ra3 $1 {White is losing, and this time, he stays losing.} 32. g4 Ke7 ( 32... Rxc3 {can be played right away, as the knight won't be pinned if White's queen is on c3.}) 33. gxh5 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Rxh5+ 35. Bh3 Rxh3+ 0-1