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Threefold repetition • Draw
FEN
[Event "Rated classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Yqaya6v4"]
[Date "2025.03.16"]
[White "killager1"]
[Black "Pe-lle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "Yqaya6v4"]
[UTCDate "2025.03.16"]
[UTCTime "17:31:07"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+0"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+0"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 { B22 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Smith-Morra Declined } 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qg4 O-O 15. Rad1 g6 16. Qf3 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nc5 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxc5 22. Rc4 Be7 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. g3 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Rd8 27. h4 Qc6 28. a3 b5 29. Be2 Kf7 30. Bf3 Qc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 32. Rc1 Bxb2 33. Rxc4 Bxa3 34. Ra4 Bc5 35. Rxa6 Nf6 36. Bf4 Ng4 37. Bxg4 fxg4 38. Rc6 Bf8 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Kg2 Re8 41. Be5 Re7 42. Rc8 Kf7 43. Bd6 Re8 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Be5 Re7 46. Rc8 Rf7 47. Bf4 Rf5 48. Bh6 e5 49. Re8 Rf3 50. Bxf8 Rxf8 51. Rxe5 Kg7 52. Re7+ Rf7 53. Rxf7+ Kxf7 54. f3 h5 55. fxg4 hxg4 56. Kf2 Kf6 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. Ke3 Ke5 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Ke3 Ke5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
Spectator room
- Bpack
(23.Rd1) but yes, final rook into the game is likely most correct - Inter-temporal
(23.Rd1) it comes in with some pop! - AtomikMorphy
What is this? 20th century? Where is h4, h5, etc.? - Bpack
(23.Rd1) soda pop? Mmmm - Inter-temporal
(23.Rd1) maybe if Qg3 Bf6, then h4 - Secret_Fish
I was thinking the same thing temporal - Bpack
(23.Rd1) i wouldn't want h4 without Q to guard or having a rook ready to jump behind it - Inter-temporal
(23.Rd1) great minds! - Inter-temporal
(23.Rd1) i'll just have to mooch off of urs tho... - Bpack
(23.Rd1) if no break you two maybe could've been on the same team this season, Fish! - Bpack
(23...Bf6) The collab we didn't know we needed! =) - Secret_Fish
That would be awesome because I would get carried but embarrassing because of how much worse I am than temporal despite similar rating :) - Secret_Fish
Perhaps next season - Inter-temporal
(23...Bf6) let's do it! :) so long as i get me AtomikMorphy - Secret_Fish
If Bg7 it seems like killager would want to decline the bishop trade if possible - Bpack
(24.Qb3) agreed. likely avoid any trades unless it opens up a tactic/advantage - Bpack
(24.Qb3) lsb could find a better square, and rook seems a bit awk on c4 - Bpack
(24...Rc8) king could use some luft as well - Inter-temporal
(24...Rc8) g3 perhaps - Inter-temporal
(24...Rc8) keeps the N out of f4 and supports h4 - Inter-temporal
(24...Rc8) if we can afford to leave b2 hanging - Bpack
(24...Rc8) i like g3, and favoring Bf3 too. just said the thing about trades but one pair of rooks off the board may not be so bad - Secret_Fish
I’m having trouble suggesting a move, g3 seems fine, but not great - killager1
hard to see what White ought to do here. At least for me - Bpack
(24...Rc8) overall feel like that though ^ lol - Secret_Fish
lol true - killager1
guess I’ll just make luft for my King. I don’t see how else to really move forward yet. I want Bf3 I think but Rxc4 might be annoying - Bpack
(25.g3) black easily takes control of the c4 square after b5, and a6 is not easily attacked - Secret_Fish
Time seems like a huge issue. I’d need more than five minutes to play the rest of this game that’s for sure - Bpack
(25.g3) you got increment tho! =D - Secret_Fish
True - Secret_Fish
My first thought that this trade would be good for us since we can activate the bad Bishop - AtomikMorphy
b2 pawn is not the strongest. still, where is h4, h5, sac sac mate? - Secret_Fish
Is a4 a move? I wanna stop b5 and maintain the pressure on the knight - AtomikMorphy
There we go! - Bpack
(27.h4) the spirit of morphy comples you, the spirit of morphy compels you! - Bpack
(27.h4) i kinda like a4 for that reason, but longterm it's hard to see meaningful play against d5/e6 - Bpack
(27.h4) i think the knight and pawn will be glued there for as long as black desires - Secret_Fish
Probably true. I was fantasizing about Be3-b6 to dislodge the rook but I think black could have prevented it - Secret_Fish
Bishop all the way back to f1 I think - killager1
at this point, especially getting low on time, kinda hoping I can hold a draw. Feels like I went wrong somewhere and ran out of things to - killager1
do. Also lost the d-pawn of course - killager1
kinda lucky I’ll have Ra4 after Bxa3 - killager1
still down a pawn and way low on time - Inter-temporal
(33.Rxc4) the 2Bs might make their presence known soon - Secret_Fish
Idk I want killager to win but this looks almost unwinnable - Inter-temporal
(34.Ra4) White's R gets active too - AtomikMorphy
2 beeshaps and safer king - AtomikMorphy
though black has right bishop - Secret_Fish
King safety doesn’t matter much with this many pieces off. I’d say king activity is more important now - Inter-temporal
(34.Ra4) honestly i would have probably been hoping for a draw (or big mistake) after 25.g3 - Inter-temporal
(35.Rxa6) now h5 looks good, no? depending on Black's move - Secret_Fish
Not sure. Of course black shouldn’t take it but idk if you’re getting anywhere if they just ignore it - Inter-temporal
(35...Nf6) change of plan - Inter-temporal
(36.Bf4) smth about when behind, trade Ps not pieces - Secret_Fish
True true - Secret_Fish
but I think I would trade pieces here - Inter-temporal
(36...Ng4) definitely take here tho? - Secret_Fish
Yeah I think so - Secret_Fish
Isolating the e pawn makes your job a lot easier and doubling the pawns doesn’t hurt either - killager1
should be holdable it seems... - Secret_Fish
Yeah this should be a draw now that black let his - Secret_Fish
King get this passive - Inter-temporal
(42...Kf7) is there smthn - Secret_Fish
Weren’t you winning the pawn back if Bxf8? - Inter-temporal
(46.Rc8) maybe a repetition - killager1
3-fold? - Secret_Fish
I think that was a missed opportunity tbh - KAKETOE_PACO
Bxf8 Rxf8 Re7 Rf6? - Secret_Fish
Yeah you’re right paco my bad - KAKETOE_PACO
Np haha - Inter-temporal
(47.Bf4) time pressure too... - KAKETOE_PACO
That would still be a way to get a draw though - Secret_Fish
What about Re8 instead of Bf4 tho - Secret_Fish
If killager can win back that pawn he’s actually the one pressing for a win - Inter-temporal
(47...Rf5) i started saving chat - KAKETOE_PACO
Hard to black to untangle now - KAKETOE_PACO
for - KAKETOE_PACO
But not sure white can do antyhing productive in the meantime - Secret_Fish
I honestly think white is better - Secret_Fish
Still probably drawn but yeah - Inter-temporal
(48...e5) Re8 is almost a zugzwang - Inter-temporal
(48...e5) should pick up the e-pawn - Secret_Fish
Yep - Inter-temporal
(49.Re8) but only after trading the dsbs - Secret_Fish
And once you pick up that pawn you’re just better, your rook looks amazing compared to blacks - KAKETOE_PACO
Id say dead draw - Inter-temporal
(49.Re8) equal - Inter-temporal
(49.Re8) still some chess left to play tho - Secret_Fish
Should be drawn but if anyone is pressing to win it would be white - Inter-temporal
(51.Rxe5) and god help us if they trade down to a pure pawn ending (*screams in horror*) - Inter-temporal
(54.f3) omg - Inter-temporal
(54.f3) deep breaths... - Inter-temporal
(54...h5) see? - Inter-temporal
(54...h5) no freakin clue where the traps are - Inter-temporal
(56...Kf6) now is it Ke2, Ke3, ... - Bpack
(57.Ke3) seems tame enough =) - Inter-temporal
(57.Ke3) hah! - Bpack
(57...Ke5) $20 says they shuffle back and forth on 3/4 ranks] - Inter-temporal
(57...Ke5) maybe that draws, but did Ke2 win? - Secret_Fish
Both sides made some interesting moves but we got here in the end haha - Inter-temporal
(61.Ke3) bring him down one level and he can keep oppositi due to f4on - Bpack
(61.Ke3) ke2 seems like it loses an important tempo, but i have done puzzles like that in the past - AtomikMorphy
ahaha - Bpack
(61.Ke3) and ke2 could be correct - Inter-temporal
(61.Ke3) typos... - Pe-lle
wth is that graph lmao - Pe-lle
Were gms killager - Inter-temporal
i saved the chat at "killager1: I really want 8. Bxf7 to work, but..." - AtomikMorphy
draw like a grandmaster - Inter-temporal
i think lichess needs to adjust its calculations for "inaccuracies," cause i've had a couple like that recently as well. but not quite 3 acl - Inter-temporal
3 acl! - Inter-temporal
3!! holy SF batman. - Inter-temporal
no inferences here. i know u guys play legit. - Bpack
i've never seen anything like this before. very cool! - Inter-temporal
okay. so what should you do to improve your play in this game.... hmmm leme think - Inter-temporal
nothing! - Pe-lle
I had another IQP game with a graph like this up until a mistake by my opponent. They can just be very drawish when both sides just add - Pe-lle
pressure and then liquidate - Inter-temporal
do u guys want me to dm the chat string? - killager1
yeah what the hell, where’s our titles? - killager1
gg - killager1
I thought for sure I didn’t play something right - killager1
I mean, sometimes gotta take engine with a grain of salt - killager1
So I’m sure there’s moments to wonder if I really played the position right, even if engine says we were both always equal basically - killager1
19. Ne4 was my biggest question if that was really the best way forward, especially since I ended up being down a pawn a couple moves later - Pe-lle
Yeah I was quite happy to see Ne4 as I knew that f5 was something that was an idea for black anyway - Pe-lle
To make a shield for Bf6 - killager1
I was a bit hyper-focused on b5 and didn’t think enough about f5 - Pe-lle
You played the master lines very well out of prep! - killager1
Either way, I thought Nc5 was the follow-up still. But was a bit fortunate Nxd4 wasn’t just losing for me - killager1
Where did we go oob? - Pe-lle
I was in prep until Qf3 - Pe-lle
And even that is just the second master move - killager1
wow - Pe-lle
Be2 was the first novelty - Pe-lle
And that is considered equal to Bxc6 by the egine - killager1
Yeah looks like by 16...a6 it is only one game anyway that ended in a draw - Pe-lle
The bishop pair was a nice asset later in the game for you so it defintely worked out - killager1
I also am trying to not trade pieces unless I see a clear benefit. So the early Knight takes Bishop was to have the Bishop pair, and then I - Pe-lle
There are 4 games in that position in the master database - killager1
didn’t want to give it up - killager1
oh somehow I was looking at the lichess db and not masters oops - killager1
interesting, top move 16. d5 with the DSB being well placed to get the pawn back - killager1
Definitely did not see that - Pe-lle
Yeah that's the line I had seen before - killager1
19. Bc4 was my other candidate move - killager1
but I didn’t love 20. b5 - killager1
erm 19...b5 - killager1
I wouldn’t mind having a record of the chat I-T, if you have it :)