Lim, Cassandra (1843) vs Izzat, Kanan (2496)
2019 Australian Open | chess24.com | 27 Dec 2018 | Round 1
1050678
[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lim, Cassandra"]
[Black "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 c6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Ng3 d5 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Bb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.Bb2 Ba6 15.Re1 Rc8
16.Rc1 Bc4 17.f3 e4 18.Bc2 Nf8 19.Ra1 Ng6 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Qb1 Qd5 {Black is
dominating with his space advantage and his control of the weak c4 square.}
22.Bd1 Qg5 23.Qc2 Nh4 24.Qf2 Nd5 25.Rc1 Rc6 26.Nf1? {26.Rb1 was better than
removing the N from it's key defensive post.} Rg6 27.g3? {White should have
swallowed his pride and put the N back on g3.} Rf6 28.Qd2 Ree6 29.Rb1 Rf5
30.Qc1 Ref6 {It's lovely to see how a strong player uses all his pieces and
places them on good squares for a decisive attack. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 31.Nd2?? {A
final blunder but even after 31.Bc2 Black still mates in 8 moves.} Qxe3+! {#R}
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