Nick of Time

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Fabiano Caruana

2nd Speed Chess Championship; match game 22; time control: 1 minute plus 1 second per move; chess.com, August 24, 2017

Réti Opening A07

Notes by International Master Goran Arsović, Encyclopaedia of Chess Miniatures, Šahovski Informator, Belgrade, 2021, p. 17.

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 e5 (4. ... Nf6 5. d4 0–0 6. c4 c6∞)
5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 e4 8. Ne1 Nc6 9. Nc2 h5

10. f3?! (10. h4 Nge7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bg5 0–0 13. e3 Bg4 14. f3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Qd7∞)
10. ... h4→ 11. fxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 (12. d5 Ne5 13. Nc3 f5 14. Bf4 g5!⩱)
12. ... hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. d5 [15. Qd2 Nxe3 (15. ... Bf5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. d5 Nce5 18. d6 Qd7∞) 16. Qxe3 f5⩱]
15. ... Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Bd4 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Nd1 (18. Kf2 Rh2 19. Rg1 Ne5 20. Qxd4 Qf6+−+)
18. ... Qxg3 19. dxc6 Be5 20. Rf2

20. ... Rh1+!! 0–1.