[Event "Global Chess League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,79,30,36,38,38,41,28,15,12,10,17,17,15,26,15,13,16,28,5,-4,-19,12,-23,-15,-40,4,-12,-7,1,4,7,12,7,18,9,7,5,17,21,30,19,27,47,24,18,14,26,37,28,71,80,59,86,102,44,62,5,93,-44,-15,5,-6,-14,43,44,43,32,72,72,185,191,330,298,338,293,318,329,1003,585,29993,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Kh1 f6 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Ne3 Ng6 12. Nhf5 Bxe3 $146 13. Nxe3 {White is a little better, and will look to build on the kingside. Black will aim for counterplay on the opposite flank, and the race is on.} Be6 14. b3 Qd4 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Bb2 Qd6 17. f3 c5 18. g3 b5 19. Qe2 Rd7 20. Rf2 Qc6 21. h4 (21. f4 $2 {is often desirable for White in Rossolimo-ish positions like this, but here it's bad:} exf4 22. gxf4 f5 $17 {White's kingside play is stymied, and his f- and e-pawns are weak.}) 21... c4 22. dxc4 (22. h5 $142 Ne7 23. h6 $14) 22... bxc4 23. bxc4 Qc5 (23... Rb8 $142) 24. Rff1 $14 Red8 (24... Nh8 $1 {followed by ...Nf7 was better, safeguarding the kingside and getting out of the way of h5-h6. Black can then return to White's porous queenside.}) 25. Bc3 Qa3 (25... Ne7 $142) 26. Rb3 Qa6 {Now it's time for the h-pawn to strike its blow.} 27. h5 Ne7 28. h6 Nc6 (28... Nc8 $142 {was better, heading to d6.}) 29. Re1 $6 (29. Rfb1 $142 $16) 29... Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. hxg7 Rd2 (31... Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Qxc4 $11) 32. Qf1 Kxg7 {Now it's the g-pawn's turn.} 33. g4 $5 Qa5 $6 (33... h5 $1 {would have demonstrated the double-edged nature of 33.g4 - White's king can be imperiled, too.}) 34. Qg1 $16 Kg6 $2 (34... h6 $142) 35. Qg3 $1 $18 Qxa2 $2 36. g5 $1 fxg5 37. Qxe5 Qa6 {Now, finally, the f-pawn has its say.} 38. f4 $1 gxf4 39. Nd5 $1 (39. Nf5 $1 {was faster, but the text is fine.}) (39. Rg1+ Kf7 40. Rg7+ Ke8 {lets Black kick around a while, though not that long.}) 39... Bxd5 {Expediting the loss, but there was no saving the game in any case.} 40. Rg1+ (40. Rg1+ Kf7 (40... Kh6 41. Qg5#) 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Qe7#) 1-0