[Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2021.07.14"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Fawzy, Adham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2485"] [Annotator "Beukes, Dante"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6"] [StudyName "Africans at the World Cup 2021 Round 1 tiebreaks"] [ChapterName "Alekseev, Evgeny - Fawzy, Adham"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/WicUTFjZ/cZ4Djd3p"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,109,30,30,32,40,52,17,32,14,10,21,30,39,29,33,24,36,24,32,27,36,16,8, 37,32,32,30,47,44,40,45,50,39,78,54,110,164,156,168,190,161,174,136,179,118, 113,112,112,124,126,102,152,128,135,145,137,108,106,135,99,99,99,131,121,99, 117,106,180,165,178,116,124,105,129,129,123,115,153,123,112,105,105,77,72,70, 72,72,73,70,63,46,46,50,46,45,97,45,57,39,39,39,39,46,39,39,71,46,80,80,77,77] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Bb3 d5 12. Bf4 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bg3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Qxc4 Qxb2? (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe2 $16) 18. Nb5 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Bd6 Bd7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Nd6 $18 Bc6 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Rab1 Nxa2 25. Nd7 Ra8 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Nb5 Bc4 28. Rfe1 a5 29. Nc7 Ra7 30. Nb5 (30. d5!) 30... Ra6 31. Nc7 Ra7 32. Nb5 Ra6 33. Nc7 Rd6 34. Rxb7 Rd7 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Nb5 a4 37. h3 Bb3 38. Ra1 Nb4 39. Nd6+ Rxd6 40. Rxb4 Kg6 41. Rbxa4 { White just needs a draw to advance, so this trade is fine in that sense } 41... Bxa4 42. Rxa4 Kf5 43. f3 Rb6 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Ra5+ Kg6 47. Ra6 Re2 48. Ra5 h5 49. h4 Rd2 50. Ra6 Kf5 51. Ra5+ Kg6 52. Ra6 Re2 53. Ra5 Re1 54. Ra6 Kf5 55. Ra5+ { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2