[Event "National K-12 Grade Championships 2022"] [Site "National Harbor, Maryland, Uni"] [Date "2022.12.10"] [Round "5.14"] [White "Reiss, Aiden"] [Black "Zhao, Erick"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2155"] [BlackElo "2377"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/D59ifJA3/NigPtzo0"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Bb6!? (18. Qxc4 { White is still better in the position without queens, which is not typical for Sicilians. } 18... Rxc4 19. Be2 Rb4 20. f3 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. b3 $16 { Black struggles to target the c2-pawn, while Black's wimp on a6 remains a target. }) 18... Re8 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Be2 Rc6 21. Be3 Rec8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Nd5 { A strong decision. Black should capture, and White's majority on the queenside shows promise. } 23... Nxd5 24. exd5 R6c7 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. c4 f5 27. b4 e4 28. Be2 Bf6 29. Ra5 Kg7 30. Rd1 Bc3 31. Ra4 { At this point, Black has to make waiting moves and hope to not miss anything. White can't find an optimal time to make any forcing choices, and the game fizzles out to the appropriate result. } 31... Kf6 32. Rc1 Be5 33. Rd1 Kg5 34. g3 Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. c5 dxc5 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2