[Event "2025 National K-12 Chess Championship"] [Site "Spokane, WI USA, United State"] [Date "2025.12.14"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Sloan, Jed"] [Black "Safranek, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2343"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2025 National K-12 Grade Championships"] [ChapterName "(12th) Sloan, Jed - Safranek, William"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/eJCWlgC8/Udqm9oVM"] [FEN "1k6/1p2R1p1/5nB1/p6p/P7/1r5P/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 31"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { I wasn't sure of these last two moves were played or the players analyzed them, but White almost gets in a worse position after having played } 31. Rxg7?? (31. Re5! { was important to attract ... b7-b6 and then bring back the rook onto the seventh rank. In that way Black's king would be stuck on the back rank without the opportunity to advance! } 31... b6 32. Re7 h4 33. Rxg7 Rg3 34. Kf1 $10) 31... Rb4?? (31... Rg3! { Had Black played this, I thing he would have had chances to win, as White would struggle to untangle due to the pin on the g-file. Black's winning mechanism would be to bring the king out to win the a -pawn via ... Kb8-a7-b6. } 32. h4 Rg4 33. Kf1 Rxa4 34. Rf7 Rf4+ 35. Ke2 a4 $17) 32. Rf7 1/2-1/2