[Event "GotM #91"] [Site "Riyadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Masrahi, Abdulrahman"] [Black "Alem, Ali Hussien"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "1962"] [BlackElo "1745"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [PlyCount "31"] [GameId "505254825676"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] {[%evp 0,31,34,-28,34,-18,49,-69,47,-55,41,-34,45,-15,90,-66,79,-14,67,13,14,-8,6,-6,48,-58,295,-301,431,-471,593,-552,813,-776]} 1. d4 {Queen's Pawn Game} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 {King's Indian Defense} 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bh2 f5 {[#] This is the central idea in the King's Indian, the e and f-pawns charge forward trying to break open the White King's defensive structure. A good idea though with obvious risks.} 9. c4 e4 {...e4 is played to evict the King's Knight, always with ...f4 hanging in the air.} 10. Nfd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 g5 {Played with ...f4 in mind.} 12. c5 {White counters on the Queenside.} d5 $2 {[#] The losing move and look how quickly it's punished.} (12... dxc5 {possibly followed by} 13. Nd5 cxd4 14. Nxc7 d3 15. Bh5 Nb6 16. Nxa8 Nxa8 {would have left Black with a playable game.}) 13. Nxd5 {White takes the sacrifice and Black will play the move he planned.} Nxc5 {with a discovered attack on the Knight but he missed the reply...} 14. Nxc7 {This nice intermezzo takes the White Knight out of the firing line, attacks the Rook, giving him time to win the piece.} Nd3 15. Nxa8 Nxb2 {Black is flailing in the wake of his losses and now he blunders again.} (15... Rf7 {probably should have been played here.}) 16. Qb3+ {[#] This fork is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Black resigns.} 1-0
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