[Event "U.S. Championship 2023"] [Site "St Louis"] [Date "2023.10.12"] [White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Dominguez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "IM Sandeep Sethuraman"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "3r2k1/1p3pp1/1bp4p/p3Pq2/P4B2/1bP4P/1P2QPP1/R4NK1 w - - 0 28"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/b0nfXV2i/voizmDB2"] [Orientation "white"] { Here we can see that Dominguez has been putting on some pressure this game, but Mishra has largely been fighting back with an extra pawn to show for his suffering. Here things begin to go astray. } 28. Qg4? Qc2! { Penetrating the position and correctly assessing that the pawn on h6 isn't important for now. } 29. Ne3! { The most tenacious. } (29. Bxh6?? Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qg1+ 31. Kg3 Rd3+ $19) 29... Qxb2 30. Rf1 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Qxc3? { Very natural, but these slight inaccuracies are what make the difference when neither player is making large mistakes. } (31... Be6 32. Qg3 (32. Qe4 Qxc3 { and the h6-pawn wouldn't fall. }) 32... Qxc3 33. Bxh6?? Qxg3 { and Black wins a piece. }) 32. Bxh6 Qxe5 33. Be3?! (33. Bf4! { was slightly more accurate because of the following liquidation: } 33... Qe4 34. Bc7 Qxg4 35. hxg4 Rd4 36. Rb1 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Bxd1 38. Bxa5 Bxa4 { and this endgame should be holding, but White isn't completely out of the woods just yet. }) 33... Be6 34. Qh4?! { Putting the queen offsides. } (34. Qf3 { was more defensible. }) 34... Rd3 35. Bb6 f6? { One mistake is all it takes to lose almost all of the advantage. } 36. f3! { A very strong defensive move, safeguarding the king on the light squares, with the b6-bishop assisting on the dark squares. } 36... Ra3 37. Re1! { Now Mishra has almost completely equalized. } 37... Ra1 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Kh2 { and the game fizzled out to a draw soonafter. } 1/2-1/2