[Event "National Elementary Championship"] [Site "Columbus, Ohio, United States"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Shetty, Anshul"] [Black "Liu, Eric"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2035"] [BlackElo "2166"] [Annotator "Hartmann,John"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B51"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/upGBDpGo/xwqK3mNx"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Qd2 Nfd7 13. Nc2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. Bd1 Nd4 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Bg4 Nd7 19. Ncd5 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Qg5 21. Bh3 Ne5 22. Kh1 b5 23. b3 b4 24. Rbd1 a5 25. Nc2 Nec6 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rf2 a4 28. bxa4 Bxh3 29. gxh3 f5 30. Rg1 Qf6 31. Nd5 Qf7? { A mistake that (fortunately for Black) goes unpunished in the end. } (31... Qe5 32. exf5 Nxf5) 32. exf5! Kh8 33. fxg6 Qg7 34. gxh7 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 Rf8 36. Nf4 (36. Qxf8+ Qxf8 37. Rg8+ Qxg8 38. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 39. a5! $18 { and Black can't stop both rook pawns at the same time! }) 36... Rxf4 37. Qe1?? { This is hard to explain, except that perhaps White calculated the fork and didn't look deeper. } (37. Qxf4! Qxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Nxf4 40. Ke3 $18 { and it's easy to see that only White can win this. }) 37... Qb7+ 38. Rg2 Rf8 39. a5 Qf7? { Letting White back into the game. } (39... Qxh7 { is sufficient for the win }) 40. Rg8+! Rxg8 41. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 42. Qg3+ Kh7 (42... Kf8 43. Qxd6+ Qe7? 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7) 43. Qh4+ Kg6 44. Qg3+ Kh7 45. Qh4+ Kg8 46. Qg3+ Kh7 47. Qh4+ { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2