1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3g66.f3Bg77.Be3a6!?Black goes for a less theoretical line of the Dragon, promising a fresh game with mutual chances.8.Qd2Nbd79.O-O-Ob510.g4Bb711.h4Nb612.Nb3?!...12.h5!is more testing. Black cannot "castle into it" and is faced with a hard decision.Rf8might be best, allowing the bishop to remain on the a1-h8 diagonal. But White still wins the h-file.13.hxg6hxg614.g5Nfd715.f4±12....Nc413.Bxc4bxc414.Nd4h5!Black shuts down White's most obvious plan.15.g5Nd716.Nde2Ne517.Rhf1O-O18.Bd4Qa519.Qe3Qc720.Bxe5...Unnecessary, and based on a misevaluation. Black's bishop will re-enter the game on a new diagonal, allowing her to lock the center here.20....dxe5!White would have a serious initiative after 20. ... Bxe5 21. f4, which might have been what White expected. Or, at least, she underestimated the force with which Black's dark-squared bishop will emerge from its slumber.21.Nd5?!Bxd522.Rxd5e623.Qc5?!Qb724.Rd2Rfc825.Qa5Bf8!Black now has a serious attack.26.c3Bc5?!26...Rc5!was a more direct route to the b-file, but it required a pseudo-sac of the c4-pawn:27.Qa4Rb528.Qxc4Ba3!-+This is what Black had to see: White's queen cannot capture the c4-pawn without conceding the key a3-square.27.Kb1?!...27.Kc2was slightly better, allowing Rf1-b1 as an extra defensive resource, e.g.:Be328.Rd6Rab829.Rb1!∓although Black is still for choice.27....Be328.Rc2...The more active rook moves no longer work here:28.Rd6?Rab8-+28....Rc5Black is finally ready to grip the b-file!29.Qa4Rb830.Ka1Rb531.Rb1Qc732.b4cxb333.Rxb3Qd6So far, so good for Black. White's king is toast!34.Kb2Qd335.c4R5b736.Nc1Bd4+37.Kb1...White's only hope of counterplay comes from deflections with c4-c5 and a liquidation into an endgame with pawns only on one side of the board, favoring her knight.37....Qxf3?!37...Qe3!Or capturing on b3 first, with the same effect. The point is that now38.Qa3(38.c5Rxb3+39.Nxb3Qg1+40.Rc1Qf241.Rc2Qf1+!gives Black some active defense.42.Rc1Qd3+43.Rc2Bxc5!-+and she can scoop of the c-pawn under ideal circumstances.)Rxb3+39.axb3Rb6!∓Defending the a6-pawn before c4-c5 can be played.38.c5!Qxe439.c6Rxb3+40.axb3...It's hard to believe the c-pawn is as testing as it is!40....Rc840...Qd5was no better:41.c7Rc842.Qxa6Qd7=Neither side can make progress, as White's passed b-pawn will catch up to its friend on the c-file, making Black's passed e-pawns much less ominous.40...Kg7!was the only chance:41.c7Rc842.Qd7Qb7and White has no resources with check.43.Rc6(43.Qc6is not nearly as good when Black still has the a-pawn!Qxc644.Rxc6)a5∓41.Qxa6Rc742.Qa5Rc843.Qa6Rc744.Qa5Rc8Draw by repetition.1/2-1/2