[Event "ch-USA w 2022"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/dfRDZs7P/JdpjXUeo"] [Date "2022.10.15"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Krush, Irina"] [Black "Wu, Rochelle"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2432"] [BlackElo "2317"] [Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D45"] [Opening "Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/dfRDZs7P/JdpjXUeo"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,61,16,-12,32,35,21,48,48,36,40,53,61,41,34,54,54,52,58,41,52,48,45,31, 54,77,57,59,59,49,43,43,43,47,14,-19,-18,-16,-16,-16,-14,-20,-20,-41,-43,-57, -61,-58,-60,-36,-48,-70,-68,-83,-66,-86,-91,-80,-86,-80,-91,-81,-85,-80] } 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Rb8 15. Rc1 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6? (17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 { would have given White a clear advantage. }) 17... Nxf6 18. Qd4? { Undoubtedly missing Black's strong counter. After } (18. Nb6 { the chances would still have been about even. }) 18... e5! 19. fxe5 Ne4 { Now Black is much better. } 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Nc3 Bf5 22. Bf3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Qe5 { Black is possibly playing a little too scared of her mighty opponent. After } (23... Re5 24. a4 Qe7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Re8 { , Black has a clear advantage. }) 24. a4 Be4 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Kf2 Rbe8 27. h4 Rf8 28. Kg3 Rfe8 (28... Bf5 { is better for Black, but White is mostly out of danger. }) 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Kg3 Rfe8 31. Kf2 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2