[Event "The Caro Kann Defence: Complete Repertoire: Instructive Game #10 Makka, Ioulia -  - Stoumbou, Eleni"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/MBQ3N0F8/xy5tP2d0"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Instructive Game #10 Makka, Ioulia - "]
[Black "Stoumbou, Eleni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Shreksify"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation"]
[UTCDate "2022.11.09"]
[UTCTime "07:18:10"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { [%csl Ge4][%cal Ge2e4] } 1... c6 { Caro-Kann Defense. [%csl Gc6][%cal Gc7c6] } 2. d4 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Gd2d4] } 2... d5 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Gd7d5] } 3. Nc3 { [%csl Gc3][%cal Gb1c3] } 3... dxe4 { [%csl Ge4][%cal Gd5e4] } 4. Nxe4 { [%csl Ge4][%cal Gc3e4] } 4... Nf6 { [%csl Gf6][%cal Gg8f6] } 5. Nxf6+ { [%csl Gf6][%cal Ge4f6] } 5... gxf6 { Now the Caro-Kann Defense enters the Bronstein-Larsen Variation. [%csl Gf6][%cal Gg7f6] } 6. c3 { [%csl Gc3][%cal Gc2c3] } 6... Bf5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Gc8f5] } 7. Nf3 { [%csl Gf3][%cal Gg1f3] } 7... e6 { [%csl Ge6][%cal Ge7e6] } 8. g3 { [%csl Gg3][%cal Gg2g3] } 8... Nd7 { [%csl Gd7][%cal Gb8d7] } 9. Bg2 { [%csl Gg2][%cal Gf1g2] } 9... Qb6 { This is the only game that has this position (that I could find). [%csl Gb6,Gb2][%cal Gd8b6,Gb6b2] } 10. O-O { [%csl Gg1][%cal Ge1g1] } 10... O-O-O { [%csl Gc8][%cal Ge8c8] } 11. Nh4 { Attacking the bishop on f5. [%csl Gh4][%cal Gh4f5,Gf3h4] } 11... Bg6 { Avoiding three pawns on the f-file if white would take the bishop. [%csl Gg6][%cal Ge6f5,Gh4g6,Gh7g6,Gh4f5,Gf5g6] } 12. Qe2 { [%csl Ge2][%cal Gd1e2] } 12... e5 { Threatening the centre. [%csl Ge5,Gd4][%cal Ge6e5,Ge5d4] } 13. Be3 { [%csl Ge3,Gb6][%cal Gc1e3,Ge3b6] } 13... Qa5 { Avoiding a future threat. [%csl Ga5][%cal Gd4d5,Ge3b6,Gb6a5,Gd5c6,Gb7c6] } 14. a4 { [%csl Ga4][%cal Ga2a4] } 14... Bg7 { [%csl Gg7][%cal Gf8g7] } 15. b4 { Attacking the queen and improving her pawn structure. [%csl Gd4,Gc3,Gb4][%cal Gb4a5,Gb3b4] } 15... Qc7 { [%csl Gc7][%cal Ga5c7] } 16. a5 { [%csl Ga5][%cal Ga4a5] } 16... f5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Gf6f5] } 17. b5 { [%csl Gb5][%cal Gb4b5] } 17... cxb5 { [%csl Gb5][%cal Gc6b5] } 18. Qxb5 { Taking the pawn and attacking the knight on d7 and the pawn on b7. [%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5d7,Gb5b7,Gg2b7,Ge2b5] } 18... f4 $2 { Attack is the best defence. Probably Stoumbou thought that she can capture whites dark square bishop if white should take the g6 bishop. But then she missed that Makka could play the move Nh8 taking the rook. [%csl Gf4][%cal Gh4g6,Gf4e3,Gg6h8,Gf5f4] } 19. Nxg6 { [%csl Gg6][%cal Gh4g6] } 19... hxg6 { Opening the h-file. [%csl Gg6][%cal Gh8h2,Gh7g6] } 20. gxf4 { [%csl Gf4][%cal Gg3f4] } 20... Nb8 { Sacrificing the pawn on e5? [%csl Gb8][%cal Gd7b8] } 21. Rfb1 { Protecting the queen. [%csl Gb1][%cal Gb1b5,Gf1b1] } 21... Nc6 { I can't see why Soumbou didn't take the d4 pawn. She couldn't take the f4 pawn, because the recapture would come with an attack on the queen. [%csl Gf4,Gc6][%cal Ge5d4,Ge3f4,Gf4c7,Gb8c6] } 22. fxe5 { Improving the pawn structure. [%csl Ge5,Gd4,Gc3][%cal Gf4e5] } 22... f6 { [%csl Gf6][%cal Gf7f6] } 23. a6 { threatening a checkmate in only a few turns. [%csl Gb1,Gb7,Ga6][%cal Gg2h3,Gh3c8,Gb5b7,Gc7b7,Ga5a6] } 23... b6 { [%csl Gb6][%cal Gb7b6] } 24. Qxc6 { The queen is protected by the bishop on g7. [%csl Gc6][%cal Gg2c6,Gb5c6] } 24... Qxc6 { Black is forced to take the queen [%csl Gc6][%cal Gc7c6] } 25. Bxc6 { [%csl Gc6][%cal Gg2c6] } 25... fxe5 { [%csl Ge5][%cal Gf6e5] } 26. d5 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5c6,Gd4d5] } 26... Rh3 { [%csl Gh3][%cal Gh8h3] } 27. Bxb6 { [%csl Gb6][%cal Gc5b6] } 1-0