[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "UqIcsOQE"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "English Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 { A40 English Defense } 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. g3 Be5 8. Bd2 exd5 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf4 Qf6 15. Qd4 Nc5 16. h4 Rae8 17. Rad1 Ne4?! { (-0.15 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (17... d6) 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qb4 a5?! { (0.07 → 0.77) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (19... h6 20. h5 Qc5 21. e3 a5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Rfd1 Ba6 24. Ng6 Rf6 25. c4 d6 26. Bf1) 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. c4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. c5 b5 24. c6 dxc6 25. dxc6 Bc8 26. Rc5 Rf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. Rd1?! { (0.86 → 0.18) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (28. Nd5 Re5 29. Rd1 Bg4 30. Kf1 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Nxb4 Rc5 33. Ke1 Rc4 34. Nd5 Rc2) 28... b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rd5 Be6 31. Rb5 b3 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxb3 Rxc6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Rb4 Re6 36. Rc4 c6 37. g4 Kf6 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Kg3 Kd6 40. Ra5 Re7 41. Kf4 c5 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Ra4 Rb7 44. h5 g5 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Rxe4 Rb3+ 47. Kf4 Rb4 48. Rxb4 cxb4 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Kd2 Kb3 51. f4 Ka2 52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 b3 54. f6 b2 55. f7 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qb2+ 57. Ke1 Qa1+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kg2 Qg4+?! { (0.31 → 1.08) Inaccuracy. Kb3 was best. } (59... Kb3) 60. Kf1 Qh3+ 61. Ke1 Qc3+ 62. Kf2?! { (1.06 → 0.48) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (62. Kf1 Qc1+ 63. Kf2 Kb3 64. Qd6 Ka4 65. Qa6+ Kb4 66. Qb6+ Ka4 67. Qe3 Qc8 68. Qe4+ Kb5) 62... Qd4+ 63. e3?! { (1.02 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Kg2 was best. } (63. Kg2 Kb3) 63... Qd2+ 64. Kf3 Qd1+ 65. Kg2 Qg4+ 66. Kf2 Qh4+ 67. Ke2 Qc4+ 68. Kd2?! { (0.65 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } (68. Kf2) 68... Qd5+ 69. Ke1 Kb3 70. Qf4 Kc3 71. Ke2 Qg2+ 72. Qf2 Qg6 73. Qe1+ Kc4 74. Qh4+ Kd5 75. Qd4+ Kc6 76. Kf3 Qh5+ 77. Kf4 Qh4+ 78. Ke5 Qh8+ 79. Ke6 Qe8+ 80. Kf6 Qh8+ 81. Ke6 Qe8+ 82. Kf5 Qh5+ 83. Ke4 Qh1+ 84. Ke5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2