[Event "Women"] [Site "Saint Louis, US"] [Date "2024.03.14"] [Round "51.2"] [White "Yu, Jennifer"] [Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2292"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2354"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D37"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/R6LLNwTu/8eyA1dde"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. g4 Nb6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nb3 O-O-O 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. N3a4 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Kb8 19. O-O-O b6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Kb1 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Qc2 c5 24. Bf5 Rhe8 25. Rd2 Re7 26. Rhd1 Rc7 27. Be4 d4 28. Bf3 Re8 29. Re2 d3?! 30. Rxd3 c4 31. Rd5 Qe7 32. Re1?! { This is not an easy position to defend, even if Black's pressure is speculative. This removes opportunities of meeting ... c4-c3 with Re2-c2 while also creating active counterplay with Qd3-d5. } (32. Rd1 c3 33. Qd3! Qe5 (33... Qb4?? 34. Qd5 $18) 34. Rc2 $16) 32... c3 33. b3 { This dries the game out, as the heavy pieces are unable to coordinate with their respective bishops to create any meaningful pressure for either side. } 33... Rec8 34. Red1 a6 35. Be2 Qa3 36. Rd7 Be5 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd8+ Ka7 39. Bf3 b5 40. Rd5 Bg7 41. Be4 Kb6 42. Qc1 Qb2+ 43. Qxb2 cxb2 { A draw is to be expected from here. } 44. Bc2 Rf7 45. f3 Re7 46. e4 Kc6 47. b4 Kb6 48. Bb3 Rc7 49. e5 Re7 50. Kxb2 Rxe5 51. Rxe5 Bxe5+ 52. Kc2 Bd6 53. Kc3 Be5+ 54. Kd3 Bd6 55. Kc3 Be5+ 56. Kd3 Bd6 57. Kc3 Be5+ { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2