Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6!? 6.0-0 Ba7!?
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| A main point of Black's last two slow-looking moves is so White cannot play d4 or b4 with tempo by hitting the black king's bishop |
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7.Re1 d6 8.a4 Na5!?
This is not in ChessBase's 2023 Mega database.
9.Ba2 Be6 10.Nbd2 Bxa2 11.Rxa2 0-0
Black has swopped off the active white bishop, but the white queen's rook, although it may look a little strangely placed, can be used along the second rank to double up heavy pieces. Stockfish15 and Komodo13.02 reckon White is at least slightly better.
12.b4 Nc6 13.Nc4 Ng4?
A waste of time that costs two tempi.
14...Nf6 15.Be3
The engines prefer pinning with 15.Bg5.
15...Bxe3 16.Nxe3 g6!? 17.Nf1 Qd7 18.Ng3 Rad8 19.Rd2 Kd7 20.h4!?
The engines prefer play in the centre or on the queenside.
20...Qg4 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Na5 23.d4!?
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| How should Black proceed? |
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23...Nc4?
Correct, according to the engines, is 23...Rde8!?, with equality (Komodo13.02) or maybe slightly worse (Stockfish15).
24.dxe5! Nxd2?
Best play, according to the engines, runs 24...Nd7 25.exd6! Nxd2 26.dxc7 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Qxh4 28.Qd4+ Qf6 29.cxd8=Q Rxd8 30.e5, when White is a pawn up and, the engines reckon, has a large advantage.
25.exf6+ Kxf6 26.Qxd2 Kg7 27.Qd5 b6 28.h5 Qe6 29.Qd4+ Kh6!? 30.Qe3+ Kg7 31.h6+ Kg8 32.Qd4 f6 33.Nh4 Qe5 34.Qc4+ d5 35.Qb3
CV very nearly played 35.Qxc7??
35...Kh8 36.Nf3 Qf4 37.exd5 Qxh6 38.Nd4 Rfe8 39.Ne6 Rd7 40.c4 Kg8 41.Qc3 Rf7 42.Ne4 g5 43.Re3 g4 44.Ng3 Qg6 45.Re4 Ra8
Desperately trying for counterplay, but White's position is overwhelming.
46.Qd4 h5 47.Nxh5!?
The engines reckon this is not White's best continuation, but it is plenty good enough.
47...Ra1+?
Better is 47...Qxh5 48.Rxg4+ Kh8 49.Rh4 Ra1+ 50.Qxa1 Qxh4 51.Qa8+ Kh7 52.Qe8, when Stockfish15 reckons White is the equivalent of more than two rooks ahead (as usual, Komodo13.02 is less expansive in its evaluation).
48.Qxa1 Qxe4 49.Nxf6+ Rxf6 50.Qxf6 Qb1+ 51.Kh2 Qh7+ 52.Kg3 Qd3+ 53.f3 1-0
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