A daring choice

 FM Albert Winkelman took part in the just completed 2022 Asian Continental Championship. A good start saw him in with a chance of an IM norm, but a final round loss meant he fell a little short. As a consolation he did pick up around 30 rating points, as well as scoring a couple of highly rated scalps.

On such scalp came in the following game, where a daring sacrificial idea paid off. Usually sacrificing a knight for 2 pawns after h3-g4 isn't as good as it looks, but in this case it was barely worse than simply retreating the bishop. So much so, that one wrong move from his opponent, and Winkelman was winning quite easily. However the road to victory isn't always easy, and a missed opportunity gave his opponent a narrow drawing path, which was missed. After that it was plain sailing

Shahil,Dey (2395) - Winkelman,Albert (2229) [C55]
Asian Continental Chess Championship-202 New Delhi (4.37), 29.10.2022

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Kg2 Qe8 14. Bd5 Nb4 15. Qc1 c6 16. Bb3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ng1 Qg6 19. Kf1 Raf8 20. Ne4 Bh4 21. Qd2 a5 22. c3 Nxd3 23. Bc2 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Qf7 25. Kg2 Bf3+ 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 27. Rh1 Qh5 28. Kf1 Bxf2 29. Rxh5 Bxe3+ 30. Ke2 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Rf2+ 32. Ke3 h6 33. c4 Rg2 34. Be4 Rg3+ 35. Ke2 Rf4 36. Bf3 Kh7 37. Rh1 g6 38. Rb1 Rh3 39. Bh1 Rh2+ 40. Kd3 Rd4+ 0-1