[Event "2023 U.S. Girls' Junior Chess Championsh"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2023.07.22"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Mou, Iris"] [Black "Yan, Ruiyang"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Annotator "FM Alex King"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "8/2r2pk1/2rp1np1/qp2p3/4P1BP/5Q2/1BnR1P1K/3R4 b - - 0 44"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZBuAQUT7/YM2KT64k"] [Orientation "white"] { Annotations by FM Alex King } 44... Qb4? { Missing White's reply. } (44... Ne1!? { was one of several winning moves for Black. }) 45. h5! Nxe4 (45... Qxb2? 46. h6+! Kxh6 47. Qxf6 $18 { and suddenly White is winning. }) 46. Rxd6! Rxd6 47. Bxe5+ Rf6 48. h6+ Kh7 49. Bxf6 Nxf6 50. Qxf6 Qc3 51. Qxc3 Rxc3 52. Rd7 Kxh6 53. Rxf7 { Black remains up a pawn, but in this simplified position White is holding a draw. } 53... b4 54. Rb7 b3 55. Be6 Nd4 56. Bf7 Rf3 57. Kg2 b2 58. Bxg6! { A typical strategy in a simplified pawn-down position is to simplify further into a theoretically drawn pawnless endgame like rook-and-knight versus Rook or rook-and-bishop versus rook. Here White is happy to have to defend the former rather than the latter, which is significantly trickier. } 58... Kxg6 59. Rxb2 Rf6 60. Rb4 Ne2 61. Rb5 Nf4+ 62. Kg3 Ne2+ 63. Kg2 Nd4 64. Rd5 Nf5 65. Ra5 Kg5 66. Rb5 Rd6 67. Kf3 Rd3+ 68. Kg2 Rd4 69. Kf3 Rf4+ 70. Ke2 Kg4 71. Rb8 Re4+ 72. Kd3 Kf3 73. Rb5 Rf4 74. Re5 Kxf2 75. Re2+ Kf3 76. Re8 Ra4 77. Re5 Kf4 78. Rc5 Ra3+ 79. Rc3 Ra5 80. Rc8 Nd6 81. Rh8 Nf5 82. Rc8 Ra3+ 83. Rc3 Ra1 84. Rc2 Rd1+ 85. Rd2 Rxd2+ 86. Kxd2 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2