[Event "U.S. National Elementary School Championship 2024 K6"] [Site "Columbus, Ohio"] [Date "2024.04.28"] [Round "07"] [White "Yue, Tariq"] [Black "Rocco Jan Degeest"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2073"] [BlackElo "1905"] [TimeControl "5400+10"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E97"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/RWJ340a8/E2KLJFEu"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 1... Nf6 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 2. c4 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 2... g6 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 3. Nc3 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 3... Bg7 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 4. e4 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 4... d6 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 5. Nf3 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 5... O-O { [%clk 1:30:00] } 6. Be2 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 6... e5 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 7. O-O { [%clk 1:30:00] } 7... Nc6 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 8. d5 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 8... Ne7 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 9. b4 { [%clk 1:30:00] } 9... a5 { [%clk 1:29:20] } 10. bxa5 { [%clk 1:29:45] } 10... Rxa5 { [%clk 1:29:19] } 11. a4 { [%clk 1:29:45] } 11... Nh5 { [%clk 1:29:02] } 12. Nd2 { [%clk 1:24:14] } 12... Nf4 { [%clk 1:28:52] } 13. Nb3 { [%clk 1:24:03] } 13... Ra8 { [%clk 1:28:39] } 14. Ba3 { [%clk 1:20:12] } 14... b6 { [%clk 1:26:11] } 15. Bb4 { [%clk 1:18:09] } 15... f5 { [%clk 1:24:50] } 16. f3 { [%clk 1:13:31] } 16... fxe4 { [%clk 1:23:27] } 17. fxe4 { [%clk 1:13:17] } 17... Nxe2+ { [%clk 1:23:01] } 18. Qxe2 { [%clk 1:13:07] } 18... Rxf1+ { [%clk 1:22:11] } 19. Qxf1 { [%clk 1:12:55] } 19... Ba6 { [%clk 1:22:06] } 20. Nb5 { [%clk 1:10:42] } 20... Qd7 { [%clk 1:18:43] } 21. a5 { [%clk 1:05:14] } 21... c5 { [%clk 1:13:54] } 22. dxc6 { [%clk 0:57:21] } 22... Nxc6 { [%clk 1:13:54] } 23. Bxd6 { Both players have played wildly fast to get to this point in such a complicated position, but from here they mutually earn the draw. } { [%clk 0:57:01] } 23... Bxb5? { [%clk 1:13:54] } (23... Nxa5 24. Nxa5 Bxb5 $13 { was more accurate: }) 24. cxb5 { [%clk 0:57:01] } 24... Qxd6 { [%clk 1:13:44] } 25. Qc4+! { The move Black must have missed, hence why 23. ... Nxa5 was better. } { [%clk 0:55:25] } (25. bxc6 Qxc6 26. a6 b5 $10 { is what Black must have calculated. }) 25... Kh8 { [%clk 1:12:41] } 26. bxc6 { [%clk 0:51:33] } (26. Qxc6! { is dangerously close to winning. Without queens, White is clearly pushing for a win in the pawn-up endgame: } 26... Qxc6 (26... Qd8 { but, with queens on, } 27. a6 $18 { it should be even easier to promote. }) 27. bxc6 bxa5 28. Rxa5! Rc8 29. Kf2 Bf8 30. Ra6 $16) 26... bxa5! { An important point. After 26. Qxc6, this move would hang the a8-rook. And, as we saw, after 26. ... Qxc6 27. bxc6 bxa5, White had 28. Rxa5!. } { [%clk 1:10:16] } 27. Qd5 { [%clk 0:42:15] } (27. Rxa5 { is still good. }) 27... Bf8 { [%clk 1:07:38] } 28. Rxa5 { [%clk 0:33:00] } (28. Qxd6 Bxd6) 28... Rc8 { White's best chances are with queens off: } { [%clk 1:02:05] } (28... Qb4! { was a nice resource. } 29. h3 Rxa5 30. Nxa5 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Qxa5 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 { when, after complications resolve, the position is a draw: } 33. c7 Bg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qxe5 35. c8=Q+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qd3 $10) 29. Ra6 { [%clk 0:30:52] } (29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Ra6 { White likely underestimated this position, as the c-pawn is not going anywhere. But don't count out the value of restricting Black's pieces: } 30... Kg8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Bc7 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. Nc5 $18 { and White's active king supports the knight's journey to the b5-square. The c-pawn is going to make it, eventually. } { [%cal Gc5a4,Ga4c3,Gc3b5] }) 29... Qf6 { [%clk 0:52:05] } 30. Qd7? { Suddenly, Black has a chance along White's weakened back rank: } { [%clk 0:26:25] } 30... Bc5+ { Now, Black gets a draw: } { [%clk 0:47:19] } (30... Rb8! { A very resourceful move. Black baits } 31. c7?? { which now gets mated. } (31. Qd5?? { is no better: } 31... Rxb3 { when White cannot recapture due to } 32. Qxb3 Bc5+ 33. Qe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Qf1#) (31. Qb7!? { is best, but } 31... Rxb7 32. cxb7 Qd8! 33. Ra8 Qb6+! 34. Kf1 Qb5+! (34... Qxb7 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Rf3 Qxe4 37. Nd2 { apparently brings White closer to a fortress, hence the intermezzo check to lure White's king to the f2-square. }) 35. Kf2 Qxb7 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Rf3 Qxe4 { when Black is much better, as } 38. Nd2 Qd4+ 39. Ke1 Qg1+ $17 { wins a key pawn. }) 31... Bc5+ 32. Nxc5 Rb1+ 33. Qd1 Rxd1#) 31. Nxc5 { [%clk 0:25:25] } 31... Rf8 { There is no way to avoid the perpetual. } { [%clk 0:47:19] } 32. h3 { [%clk 0:19:21] } 32... Qf1+ { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } { [%clk 0:47:18] } 1/2-1/2