[Event "Rapid Open"] [Site "Samarkand, Uzbekistan"] [Date "2023.12.26"] [Round "3.20"] [White "Holt, Conrad"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "15+10"] [ECO "D80"] [Opening "Grünfeld Defense"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 { D80 Grünfeld Defense } 4. e3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Rc1 c6 11. f3 b5 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Qf2 Nb6?! { (-0.56 → 0.08) Inaccuracy. Ba6 was best. } (13... Ba6 14. Nd1) 14. a3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Rfe1 h5 18. Bc3 Bh6 19. Ng3 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g3 Nh7 22. Nd2 Ng5 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 f5 25. d5?! { (-1.51 → -2.29) Inaccuracy. Qf4 was best. } (25. Qf4 Rb7 26. e5 Be6 27. Nc5 Rf7 28. Qh4 Rh7 29. Re2 Bd5 30. Rce1 Bf8 31. Qf4 Bxc5) 25... fxe4 26. Qd4 Kh7 27. d6 Rb5 28. Nc5 Bf5?? { (-2.45 → -0.50) Blunder. e3 was best. } (28... e3 29. d7) 29. g4 e3 30. d7 exd2?? { (0.00 → 6.40) Blunder. Bxd7 was best. } (30... Bxd7 31. Nxd7 exd2 32. Nf6+ Qxf6 33. Qxf6 dxe1=Q+ 34. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Bg7 36. Qf4 Be5 37. Qf8) 31. dxe8=Q Qxe8?? { (6.51 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxd4+ was best. } (31... Qxd4+ 32. Bxd4 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Nxd4 34. Qf7+ Bg7 35. gxf5 Nxf5 36. Ne6 c3 37. bxc3 dxc1=R 38. Rxc1) 32. Rxe8?? { (Mate in 5 → 3.99) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re7+ was best. } (32. Re7+ Nf7 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Qd6+ Qe7 36. Qxe7#) 32... dxc1=Q+ 33. Kf2 Qg1+ 34. Kxg1 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Bxd4 Bg7 37. Re7 Bxg4 38. Bxg7 g5 39. Bd4+ Kg6 40. Kg3 Bf5 41. Rg7+ Kh5 42. Rf7 Bg6 43. Rf8 Bb1 44. Kxh3 { White wins. } 1-0