[Event "Road to Sharjah 2024 - Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/2BpmCHvy"] [Date "2024.03.30"] [White "Rud_Makarian"] [Black "SabinoBrunello"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.30"] [UTCTime "17:06:04"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2719"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "E08"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 { E08 Catalan Opening: Closed } a5 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 c6 12. e3 a4 13. a3 Nb6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Rac1 Kh8 18. Nc5 Ra7 19. Qc2 Rg8 20. Kh1 g5?! { (0.25 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. Qa8 was best. } (20... Qa8) 21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Rg1 Be7 23. Ne5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 f6 25. Nc4 Bg6 26. Be4 Bxe4+?? { (0.53 → 2.56) Blunder. f5 was best. } (26... f5 27. Nd6 Qf6 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Raa8 31. b4 f4 32. exf4 Raf8 33. Rf3) 27. Qxe4 Rxg1+ 28. Rxg1 Qe7?! { (2.94 → 3.86) Inaccuracy. Ra8 was best. } (28... Ra8 29. Qxe6 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Rg4 f5 32. Rd4 Nd5 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Nb6 Nxb6 35. cxb6) 29. Nd6? { (3.86 → 2.30) Mistake. Qh4 was best. } (29. Qh4) 29... Ra8 30. Qg4?! { (2.19 → 1.53) Inaccuracy. Qh4 was best. } (30. Qh4 Rf8 31. Qxa4 f5 32. Qa7 h6 33. b4 Qf6 34. Qxb7 f4 35. e4 Ne7 36. Qa6 Ng6) 30... b6? { (1.53 → 3.21) Mistake. b5 was best. } { Black offers draw } (30... b5 31. e4 Nc7 32. h4 Rf8 33. h5 f5 34. Qg3 f4 35. Qg4 e5 36. Qg5 Qf6 37. Qxf6+) 31. e4 f5?! { (3.10 → 4.68) Inaccuracy. bxc5 was best. } (31... bxc5 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Nb5 d4 34. Nd6 Rf8 35. h3 Rd8 36. Ne4 c4 37. Qf4 e5 38. Qf5) 32. exf5 exf5 33. Qd4+ Nf6 34. cxb6 c5 35. Qe5 Qf8?! { (7.27 → 13.15) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (35... Re8 36. f4 Qxd6 37. Qxd6 Ng4 38. b7 h5 39. b8=Q Rxb8 40. Qxb8+ Kh7 41. Qc8 c4 42. Qxf5+) 36. b7 Rd8 37. Nc8 { Black resigns. } 1-0