[Event "2023 U.S. Junior Chess Championship"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Ghazarian, Kirk"] [Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2469"] [BlackElo "2591"] [Annotator "FM Alex King"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "6k1/3R1b2/5p1p/r4P2/5NPK/7P/8/8 w - - 0 57"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZBuAQUT7/I5ukeEty"] [Orientation "white"] { Annotations by FM Alex King } 57. Ne6? { After this, Black manages to draw despite being down two pawns. } (57. Nh5 { White's winning procedure requires much more patience and technique: } 57... Ra6 58. Rd8+ Kh7 59. Rd4 Kg8 60. Ng3 Kg7 61. Ne4 Be8 62. Rd8 Bf7 63. Rd7 Kg8 64. Nd6 Bb3 65. Rd8+ Kg7 66. Ne8+ Kf7 67. Nc7 Rb6 68. Rd7+ Kg8 69. Kh5 $18 { Finally White wins a second pawn, after which the conversion is straightforward. }) 57... Bxe6! 58. fxe6 Re5! 59. Re7 Kf8 60. Rf7+ Kg8! 61. Rxf6 Kg7 62. Rf7+ Kg6! 63. Re7 Re3 { Black's pieces are active, and White's king is cut off in both directions. Even with two extra pawns, White cannot make progress. } 64. Re8 Kf6 65. Rf8+ Kg6 66. Rg8+ Kh7! 67. Re8 Kg7 68. e7 Kh7 69. Rf8 Rxe7! 70. Kh5 Kg7 71. Rf5 Re3 72. h4 Re6 73. Rb5 Rd6 74. Rb7+ Kg8 75. Re7 Ra6 76. Rd7 Rb6 77. Ra7 Rc6 78. Ra8+ Kg7 79. Ra7+ Kg8 80. Rd7 Rb6 81. Rc7 Ra6 82. Rc8+ Kg7 83. Rc7+ Kg8 84. Rb7 Rd6 85. g5 hxg5 86. Rb8+ Kg7 87. Rb7+ Kg8 88. hxg5 Rc6 89. Ra7 Rb6 90. Rd7 Ra6 91. Rc7 Rb6 92. g6 Rb1 93. Rc8+ Kg7 94. Rc7+ Kg8 95. Kh6 Rh1+ 96. Kg5 Rg1+ 97. Kf6 Rf1+ 98. Ke5 Rg1 99. Kf5 Rf1+ 100. Ke4 Rf6 101. g7 Rg6 102. Kd3 Rxg7 103. Rxg7+ Kxg7 { An impressive defense by Mishra. } 1/2-1/2