[Event "15th Foxwoods Open"] [Site "Ledyard USA"] [Date "2023.04.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Macieja, B..."] [Black "Benjamin, Joel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2498"] [Annotator "gmjoel"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E12"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/XyszyEs5/gIHKtLgC"] [Orientation "white"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. e4 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. b4 Qb7 14. h3 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. d5 e5 18. Be3 c6 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nb1 c5 21. Nd2 Rb8 22. Rc3 Rdc8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Nd2 Nd7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qa4 Rb6 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Kf1 Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Qa5 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Kd3 Be7 35. Nf3 Bf8 36. Nd2 Be7 37. Kc2 Bf8 38. Kb2 Nd7 39. Nb1 Qe1 40. Nc3 Nf6 { With my own time dwindling, I took a shot at invading with my queen, which suffices for a dynamic equality. Macieja went back into the tank to risk another time forfeiture. } 41. Qa4 Qf1 42. g3 Qd3 43. Qxa6 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. g4 Qd3 46. a4 e4 47. a5 g5 { This is not strictly necessary, but I began to think I might win, though I was wary of my opponent’s time pressure prowess! } 48. Qc8 Kg7 49. Qb7 Qxc4 { In the nick of time I processed that } (49... Kg6? 50. Qb3 { would lose for me, and decided to buckle down and make a draw. }) 50. a6 Be7 51. a7 Bf6+ 52. Ka3 Bc3 { I thought this was genius but I just missed } (52... Qc3+ 53. Ka4 Qc4+ 54. Ka5? Bd8+!) 53. a8=Q Bb4+ 54. Ka4 Bc3+ 55. Ka3 Bb4+ 56. Ka4 Bc3+ 57. Ka3 Bb4+ { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2