[Event "Round 7: Brewington Hardaway - Aiden Reiss"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/0t8KugIj/5iJLc59T"] [White "Brewington Hardaway"] [Black "Aiden Reiss"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ciego"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation"] [UTCDate "2022.12.12"] [UTCTime "14:44:30"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/D59ifJA3/I6TfcvtU"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:30:00] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:30:00] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:30:00] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:59] } 3. d4 { [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:30:00] } 3... cxd4 { [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:29:59] } 4. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:30:00] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:29:59] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:30:00] } 5... e6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:29:59] } 6. a3 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:29:58] } 6... d6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:28:54] } 7. Be2 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:29:10] } 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.05] [%clk 1:28:43] } 8. Be3 { [%eval 0.06] [%clk 1:25:12] } 8... O-O { [%eval 0.46] [%clk 1:28:33] } 9. g4 { [%eval -0.11] [%clk 1:21:00] } 9... d5 { [%eval -0.33] } { Showing proper understanding of the urgency of his situation, Black opens the center. } { [%clk 1:26:37] } 10. exd5 { [%eval -0.49] [%clk 1:00:08] } 10... Nxd5 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 1:24:40] } 11. Nxd5 { [%eval -0.09] [%clk 0:59:35] } 11... Qxd5 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:24:21] } 12. Bf3 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:59:35] } 12... Qa5+ { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:14:42] } 13. Qd2 { [%eval -0.34] [%clk 0:51:11] } 13... Qxd2+ { [%eval -0.32] [%clk 1:12:37] } 14. Kxd2 { [%eval -0.07] [%clk 0:50:05] } 14... Rd8 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 1:12:09] } 15. Kc3 { [%eval -0.27] [%clk 0:48:26] } 15... Bf6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:08:47] } 16. Bxc6 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:47:42] } 16... bxc6 { [%eval 0.6] [%clk 1:06:48] } 17. g5 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:47:42] } 17... c5 { [%eval 0.81] } { Keeping the balance, Black understands that the isolated c-pawn is not so much of a problem. } { [%clk 1:05:27] } 18. gxf6 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 0:46:42] } 18... cxd4+ { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 1:05:27] } 19. Bxd4 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 0:46:40] } 19... Bb7 { [%eval 0.68] [%clk 1:05:27] } 20. Rhe1 { [%eval -0.04] [%clk 0:36:09] } 20... Rac8+ { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:04:40] } 21. Kd3 { [%eval 0.07] [%clk 0:35:06] } 21... gxf6 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:01:50] } 22. Ke3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:34:43] } 22... Rc4 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 0:59:27] } 23. Rg1+ { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:33:24] } 23... Kf8 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 0:59:27] } 24. Bxf6 { [%eval -1.81] } { Until now, the position was balanced, but now Black gets to play for an attack. } { [%clk 0:33:23] } (24. Rad1 $10) 24... Re4+ { [%eval -1.47] [%clk 0:59:27] } 25. Kf3 { [%eval -1.65] [%clk 0:33:23] } 25... Rd2 { [%eval 0.02] } { Now the draw is clear, but Black missed a remarkable idea. } { [%clk 0:59:17] } (25... Rd6 26. h3 (26. Kg3? e5!! { Trapping the bishop! } 27. Bg5 Rg6) 26... e5 27. Bg7+ Ke7 28. Kg3 Rg6+ 29. Kh2 Re2 { Sidelining White's king secures an initiative. }) 26. Kg3 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:44] } 26... h5 { [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:55:53] } 27. h3 { [%eval 0.17] } { Black has no reason to play on. Still, a remarkable result for Aiden Reiss, holding both top seeds to draws and clinching a share of the title. } { [%clk 0:29:57] } 1/2-1/2