[Event "Road to Sharjah 2024 Stage 1"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LNpBrYXv"] [Date "2024.03.24"] [White "Iaromir_K"] [Black "Esimkhan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.03.24"] [UTCTime "15:04:08"] [WhiteElo "1841"] [BlackElo "1828"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B24"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 { B24 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation } a6 4. Bg2 e6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nge2 d5 7. d3 d4 8. Nb1 e5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Nf3 Nexg4 19. hxg4 Qg3 20. Qe2 Nxg4 21. Rfd1 O-O-O 22. Kf1 Nh2+ 23. Nxh2 Rxh2 24. Qf2 Rxg2 25. Qxg2 Qf4+ 26. Qf2 Qg4 27. Rd2 Rh8 28. Qg2 Qf4+ 29. Rf2 Qe3 30. Qg4+ Kd8 31. Qg2 Rh5 32. Re1 Qh6 33. Rxf7 Rg5 34. Qf2 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Rg2 36. Rf8+ Ke7 37. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 38. Rf2 Qg4+ 39. Rf3 Qg2+ 40. Rf2 Qg4+ 41. Rf3 Qg2+ 42. Rf2 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2