Zahedifar, Anahita vs Liu, Joanna

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U10 Gi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Zahedifar, Anahita"]
[Black "Liu, Joanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[WhiteFideId "12560715"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[BlackFideId "2064855"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
{ The Nimzo Indian has been a reliable,solid  weapon vs 1d4 since the beginning of time. }
4. Qc2 $5
{ Diagram [#] This is  the move that drives black nuts.No doubled pawns or blocked positions  occur. }
4... Nc6 ( 4... O-O 5. Nf3 ( 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 $5
{ GM Joel  Benjamin advised me that this was best. } 7. Bg5 ( 7. cxd5 Ne4 8.
Qc2 exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Ne2 Nd6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7
{ Is around equal. } ) 7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Rd2 Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg4+
{ During our preparation  session Kapil rejected this line because of this drawing possibility.Would a higher rated player force a draw? }
) 5... c5 { With whites N on f3 this is a good idea. } 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 $5 (
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 Nce4 { Is  about equal. } ) 7... bxc6 8. e3
{ Diagram [#] It's very surprising that this  position hasn't been seen too much in practice. }
8... d5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Bd3
f5 15. b4 e5 16. O-O Nc7 17. cxd5 e4 18. Bc4 cxd5 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Ne6 21.
Qb2 Rae8 22. Qe5
{ Bai,J  (2288)-Chandran,K (2096)/World Youth Championships 2012 - U14 Op 2012  White had a big advantage }
) 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 10. h3 h6
{ Worrying about the pin,black missed a good opportunity while  white's K is still in the middle. }
( 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Nxe4 $1 12. Bxe4 Bf5 ( 12... f5 $1
{ I believe this puts black clearly on top. } ) 13. Nd2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rfe8 15.
f3 f5 ) 11. O-O Nb8 $6
{ Joanna wants to blockade the   center,but does it take too much time? } 12.
a4 c5 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Nh4 $1 { Diagram [#] } 15... Nh7 $2 ( 15...
g6 { Absolutely forced. } 16. Bc1 Kg7 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. f4
{ Black is facing a difficult defense. } ) 16. Nf5
{ The  Nf5 is too tough to deal with. } 16... Qf6 17. Re3 Ng5 18. Rg3 exd4 19.
cxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd6 Re8 21. f4 Ne6 22. e5 Qd8 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25.
Bh7+ Kxf7 26. Qg6# 1-0