[Event "Public Service Chess Teams"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.07.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Pok Wern Jian (MOE)"] [Black "IM Hsu Li Yang (MOH), ."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D33"] [PlyCount "83"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.07.02"] {[%evp 39,83,0,50,22,22,21,25,0,-1,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3, 593,585,593,578,663,656,1038,1025,2389,2343,5240,5240,5240,5240,29965,29962, 29953,5574]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O (10. Nxd5 Be6 11. e4 Bg4 {is a very sound pawn sacrifice.}) 10... d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 Bg4 15. Re1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 c5 {All this is still theory, state of the art Dubov Tarrasch.} 20. f3 $5 {This is the first new move and not a bad one.} (20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Kg2 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Rd2 23. Rab1 Rc2 24. e3 Rd8 25. Re2 Rdd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. e4 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Ke3 Rc2 30. b3 Kf6 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Rd2 Rc1 33. a4 Rb1 34. Rd3 Rb2 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 f5 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Kf3 h5 39. Re3 Rd2 40. Kg3 Rd4 41. Rc3 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Rb4 43. Kg3 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Rb4 45. Kg3 Rg4+ {1/2-1/2 (45) Turova,I (2381) -Batsiashvili,N (2457) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 20... Bd7 21. Nc2 Ba4 $1 { Black's initiative is worth the pawn for sure and now Wern Jian has to find a way to coordinate while Black invades in and wins back his pawn.} 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. e4 Rd2 24. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Nc4.} Rxb2 25. Rb1 Rb3 26. Kf2 b5 27. Rxb3 Bxb3 28. Rb1 c4 29. Nf5 $1 {A nice plan to prepare to deal with Black's queenside majority.} Ra8 30. Nd4 Rxa3 31. Nxb5 Ra2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 33. Nd4 { A draw would be a fair result with the queenside pawns disappearing off but Li Yang cannot take the draw as MOH needed a 3-1 score.} Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Whoops...Li Yang misses the pin and it's over for Black.} 34. Rb2 $18 Rg2 35. g4 g6 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. Nxc2 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kf4 f6 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Kh4 Kh6 42. f4 1-0