[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"] [Site "Bucharest, Romania"] [Date "2023.05.15"] [Round "9.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/gLTaYxXi/8biz8gF5"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 $146 { It's hard to get good play in this opening, and nothing of note came out of this novel capture. } 14... h6 15. Rde2 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Ne4 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Ne5 21. f4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Bd7 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. a3 Bc6 25. g3 Kf8 26. b4 Re8 27. Rf1 a6 28. Kc2 b5 29. Kd2 Rb8 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rc1 cxb4 32. axb4 Ra8 33. Rc2 Ke7 34. Ra2 Rxa2+ 35. Nxa2 f5 36. Nc3 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. h3 Kf6 39. Kf2 h5 40. Nd1 Kf7 41. Ne3 Bd7 42. Kf3 Bc6+ 43. Kf2 Bd7 44. Kf3 Bc6+ 45. Kf2 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2