[Event "2025 National K-12 Chess Championship"] [Site "Spokane, WI USA, United State"] [Date "2025.12.13"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Liang, Yu-Cheng"] [Black "Safranek, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2343"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2025 National K-12 Grade Championships"] [ChapterName "(12th) Liang, Yu-Cheng - Safranek, William"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/eJCWlgC8/56ZoVGwE"] [FEN "r1br3k/ppp3bp/2n3p1/4pp2/2P5/1P3NP1/PB2PPBP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 14"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Black escaped with a draw after getting misplayed out of the opening. } 14... Be6?? (14... e4 { seems to be the way to keep equality } 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nc2 Kf6) 15. Ng5! { White finds the correct continuation and gets into a dominant position. } 15... Bg8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Rd7 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Bf6 20. h4 h6 { Here, maybe seeing his opponent's rating or envisioning a long day ahead, White played } 21. Ne1? { and offered a draw, which was agreed upon by Black. However, in my opinion, White could have tried to continue the pressure with } (21. Bc3 a6 (21... Be6 { seems the right approach, but as it was found by the chat, after } 22. R7d3 { White can continue with Rd3-e3 as ... e5-e4 is not possible, and White is positionally much better considering that Black is strapped for moves having to defend the many weaknesses. }) 22. Ba5 { This was the idea that I think could have given White a much better position. }) 1/2-1/2