[Event "≤1700 Blitz Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZfFVbGNn"] [Date "2026.04.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Balal9990"] [Black "Saromam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "ZfFVbGNn"] [UTCDate "2026.04.30"] [UTCTime "12:03:36"] [WhiteElo "1550"] [BlackElo "1546"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } Nf6 5. Be3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Nxg4 Qxg4 14. h3 Qd7 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qg5 g6 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Rhe8 21. b3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Ne2 Ke6 26. Kf3 g5 27. g4 Nd6 28. g3 Nd7 29. h4 b6 30. c3 c5 31. Ke3 f5 32. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 33. Bxf5+ Kxf5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kf3 Nf6 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. b4 cxb4 38. axb4 Ne4 39. g4+ Ke5 40. Ke3 Nf6 41. Kf3 Nd7 42. Ke3 Nb6 43. Nd4 Nc4+ 44. Kf3 a6 45. Nc6+ Kd6 46. Nb8 a5 47. bxa5 Nxa5 48. Na6 Kc6 49. Nb4+ Kc5 50. Ke3 Nc4+ 51. Kd3 Ne5+ 52. Ke3 Nxg4+ 53. Kf3 Ne5+ 54. Ke3 g4 55. Kf4 Kd6 56. Nc2 Ke6 57. Ne3 Kd6 58. Nxg4 Nxg4 59. Kxg4 Ke5 60. Kf3 Kf5 61. Ke3 Ke5 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. c4 dxc4+ 64. Kxc4 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2