[Event "Road to Sharjah 2024 - Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZVdb9XRp"] [Date "2024.03.30"] [White "Itachi_uchiha-1"] [Black "evgenysharapov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.03.30"] [UTCTime "16:33:29"] [WhiteElo "2394"] [BlackElo "2459"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "A36"] [Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 { A36 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System } e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Rb1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nd4 15. f3?! { (0.00 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bg5) 15... d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. f4 Qd6 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bf5 23. Rxf5? { (-1.28 → -2.65) Mistake. Rf4 was best. } (23. Rf4 Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Rc1 Rfc8 26. Rd1 Be2 27. Re1 Re8 28. Kg1 Bc4 29. Ra1 Kg7) 23... gxf5 24. Qd2 f6 25. Rf1 Rbd8 26. Rxf5 Qxd3 27. Bd5+?? { (-1.99 → -5.90) Blunder. Qxd3 was best. } (27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Bf1 Rd2 29. Rxb5 Rc8 30. Rh5 Rcc2 31. Rh4 Kg7 32. Kg1 Rb2 33. Rg4+ Kf7) 27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5?? { (-5.54 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxd3 was best. } (28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Kg2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Rxh2 31. Rxb5 Rc8 32. Ke4 Kf7 33. Rb6 Kg6 34. Rxf6+ Kxf6) 28... Qe4+?? { (Mate in 1 → 0.04) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf1# was best. } (28... Qf1#) 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Rd4 Qe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. Kf4 Kg6 35. h4 h5 36. Re4 Rf1+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rb1 40. Rf4 Rb3 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke2 Rxg3 43. Rf5 Rg4 44. Rxb5 Rxh4 45. Rb8 { White offers draw } 45... Kg6 46. b5 Rb4 47. b6 Kf5 48. b7 h4 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 h3+ 51. Kh2 Kf4 52. Rf8 Rxb7 53. Rxf6+ Kg4 54. Rg6+ Kh4 55. Rh6+ Kg4 56. Rg6+ Kh5 57. Rg3 Rb2+ 58. Kxh3 Rb5 59. Re3 Ra5 60. Kg3 Kg5 61. Kf3 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2