[Event "2025 National K-12 Grade Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.13"] [Round "2.24"] [White "Manchanda, Advik"] [Black "Babbar, Riaan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "1558"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2025 National K-12 Grade Championships"] [ChapterName "(5th) Manchanda, Advik - Babbar, Riaan"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/eJCWlgC8/9hcDe4Tm"] [FEN "8/R7/6p1/2k1K1P1/p1p5/3b1P2/8/8 b - - 0 44"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { A tough miss by Black in this position. Move order does matter and maintaining the opponent's king's restriction could have won the game, although a draw is still a fine upset result for Black! } 44... Kb4?? (44... c3! { this was the right way! } 45. Rxa4 (45. Rc7+ Kb4 46. Kd4 Bb5 47. Rxc3 a3 48. Rc1 a2 $19) 45... c2 46. Ra1 Kc4 $19) 45. Kd4 { Now White is close enough with the king to stop both of Black's passed pawns. } 45... Kb3 46. Rb7+ Kc2 47. Ra7 Kb3 48. Rb7+ { If Manchanda makes a comeback to the top of the standings this weekend, escaping with a draw here will be a major reason why. } 1/2-1/2