[Event "CCT2024-Event1-Div2-KO"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.02.02"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Chessable Masters 2024"] [ChapterName "Xiong, Jeffery - Giri, Anish"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/KkITMFGZ/CEbmR52s"] [FEN "8/7k/3bn1p1/2qp1p2/5P2/4P1P1/4QKBP/4N3 w - - 0 37"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] 37. Qd3 d4 38. e4 fxe4? (38... Bxf4! { is an incredibly study-like way to hold equality. } 39. gxf4 Nxf4 40. Qf3 { It doesn't matter where the queen goes, except for } (40. Qd2 d3+ 41. Kf1 Nxg2 42. Nxg2 Qc2 { and otherwise the queen will have to come back to e3 after ...d4-d3+: }) 40... d3+ 41. Qe3 d2 42. Qxc5 dxe1=Q+ 43. Kxe1 Nd3+) 39. Bxe4 Kg7 (39... Nf8 40. Nf3 Qc3 41. Qb5 $18) 40. Bxg6 Bxf4 { Now, the sac does not work. } 41. gxf4! Nxf4 42. Qf5! { Thanks to the open line against Black's queen. } 42... Qc7 43. Bh5 d3 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Bg4?! (45. Qf5+ Kg7 46. Nf3! Qd6 47. Bg4 d2 48. Qe5+ $18) 45... d2 46. Ng2?? (46. Qf5+ { was necessary, getting the queen off g5 first. } 46... Kg7 47. Ng2 d1=N+ 48. Bxd1 $16) 46... d1=N+ 47. Kf3 (47. Bxd1?? Nh3+ $19) 47... Ng6 48. Bf5 { Black has survived! The position is drawn. } 48... Qc6+ 49. Ke2 Nc3+ 50. Kd3 Nd5 51. Bxg6+ Qxg6+ 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53. Ke4 Nf6+ 54. Kf3 Kg5 55. Nf4 Nh5 56. Nxh5 Kxh5 57. h4 Kxh4 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2