[Event "2024 National Middle School Championship: Nemcova - Davis"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/O4mAGfsa/W7Rq63Lg"] [White "Katerina Nemcova"] [Black "Joel Davis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "WGM"] [BlackElo "964"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [UTCDate "2024.05.10"] [UTCTime "20:15:37"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/O4mAGfsa/W7Rq63Lg"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bd2 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qb6 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qe8 16. Rab1 f6 17. Nd3 Qg6 18. Rb3 b6 19. Nf4 Qf7 20. Rb2 g5 21. Nd3 Qg6 22. Nb4 Be4 23. f3 Bb7 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. Nc6+ Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Rhe8 27. Qb5 Qf7 28. Qd3 c5 29. a4 c4 30. Qd2 Re5 31. Rb4 Qe6 32. Qf2 Re2 33. Qg3+ Ka8 34. f4 gxf4 35. Qf3+ Re4 36. Rb5 Rd7 37. a5 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Qxd5 39. axb6 axb6 40. Ra1+ Kb7 { It turns out that White was unable to do much with the opening of the a-file. Now, she overestimates her position slightly: } 41. Qg4?! { These Davis kids don't miss hanging pawn tactics! } 41... Rxd4 42. Qg7+ Qd7 43. Qxf6 Rd1+ 44. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 45. Kf2 Qxc2+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Kf2 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qd3+ { Black should be able to push on in this position for a win, but is more than happy to shake hands here! } 1/2-1/2