Graif (2305) – Fernandez Siles (2220), Titled Tuesday, 31.01.2023, begins 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.f3 e3 [5...exf3 6.Nxf3 would transpose to a BDG.] 6.Bxe3 g6 7.Qd2 c6 8.0–0–0 Qa5 9.Kb1 Bg7 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 b5 12.Nge2 b4 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.Bg5 Rb8 15.Ka1 [To avoid the nastiness of 15...Nc3+.] 15...Ba6 16.g4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rb6 18.gxh5 Rxh5 19.N4g3 Rxg5 [19...Rh8 leads to equal chances.] 20.hxg5
20...Nc3 [Desperation leaves Black down a rook. Better is 20...b3 21.cxb3 Nb4 22.Qb1 Ra6 23.Nc3] 21.bxc3 Ra6 22.Qc4 [I'm not sure that Black accounted for this defense of a2 when sacrificing the Exchange on g5.] 22...Nb6 23.Qb3 c5 24.Rh7 c4 25.Qb1 Kf8 26.cxb4 Qb5 27.c3 Nd5 28.Qb2 e5 29.Rxg7 Kxg7 30.dxe5 Ne3 31.Rh1 Qa4 32.Kb1 Nd1 33.Qc2 Qa3 34.Rxd1 [White is up two knights. Black resigns] 1–0
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