[Event "Chessable Masters, Division III"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.02.03"] [Round "52.2"] [White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2641"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Chessable Masters 2024"] [ChapterName "Mishra, Abhimanyu - Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/KkITMFGZ/Bo7CEMFG"] [FEN "2kr3r/1b3p1p/p1p1pp2/q2P4/1b3P2/1BN5/PPP3PP/2KRQ2R w - - 0 16"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] 16. dxe6! { After losing the first game by blundering a piece to a back-rank check, Mishra is well on track to even the score in this game, earning a practically winning position out of the opening. } 16... Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kb8 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nf2 Re8 21. Bb3 Qb6 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Qh5 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 Qe4 25. a3 Rd8 26. Re1 Qxg2 27. Qxh7 Bc8 28. Qh6 Qd2 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Re8 Kc7 31. Qd4 c5 32. Qc4 Bb7 33. Nxc5 Bxc5 34. Qxc5+ { The engine gives forced mate (in 13) from here, but the fact that White can win by force is unsurprising. } 34... Bc6 35. Qa7+ Bb7 36. Qb8+ Kb6 37. Re6+ Ka5 38. Qe5+ Bd5 39. Qc3+?? (39. Bc4 { is the fastest mate, apparently. }) (39. Bxd5 Rxd5 (39... Qd1+ 40. Ka2 Qxd5+ { was probably what White saw, reasoning that the queens are coming off regardless, but that's not exactly true. Instead, White forces mate here, still, with: } 41. c4! Qxe5 42. b4+ Ka4 43. Rxa6+ Qa5 44. Rxa5#)) 39... Qxc3 40. bxc3 Bxe6 41. Bxe6 { White has three pawns for the Exchange, but they are not high-quality pawns! Black can, and does, hold. } 41... Rh7 42. Bxf5 Rxh2 43. Bd3 Rf2 44. f5 Kb6 45. Kb2 a5 46. c4 a4 47. Kc3 Kc5 48. Be4 Rf1 49. Kb2 Kd4 50. Bd3 Re1 51. f6 Re6 52. f7 Rf6 53. Bg6 Kxc4 54. Bh5 Kd4 55. Kc1 Ke5 56. c4 Kf4 57. c5 Kg5 58. c6 Rxc6+ 59. Kb2 Rf6 60. Bd1 Rxf7 61. Bxa4 Ra7 62. Bb3 Rxa3 63. Kxa3 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2