1.d4Nf62.c4g63.g3Bg74.Bg2O-O5.Nf3d66.O-ONbd77.Nc3e58.e4Re89.h3b6!?A relatively uncommon move, compared to 9. ... exd4.10.d5Nc511.Ne1...11.Qc2a512.Be3would be the other approach.11....a512.b3...A new move, only seen twice. Both games are from this year, including one against GM Shabalov from the American Continental Championship in April.12....Rf8NLogical, and played instantly. Roebers is still in prep, and seeks to eschew the burgeoning theory from the Shabalov game:12...Nfd713.Bd2(13.Nf3!?f514.a3a415.b4Nb316.Bg5!is the idea of 13. Nf3, regaining space on the queenside.Nf617.Ra2Bd718.Nd2The knight makes more sense on the d2-square than on the e1-square, having already helped develop the dark-squared bishop and now defending the e4-pawn while contesting the b3-knight.Nxd219.Qxd2f4is a typical attempt to close the kingside, but20.gxf4!h621.Bxf6Qxf622.fxe5Qxe523.Rc2g5is an unclear position where Black probably has compensation for the pawn but maybe no more.)f514.exf5gxf515.Qh5Nf616.Qh4Bd717.Bg5Qe718.Nf3Qf819.Be3h620.Nd2Re721.a3Nd322.Rfd1Be823.Bf1Nh5!24.Bxh6Bxh625.Bxd3Rg726.Nf3e427.Nxe4fxe428.Bxe4Bf429.g4Nf6∓30.Bf5Bd731.Kh1Be532.Rab1Bxf533.gxf5Rh734.Qg5+Kh835.Nxe5dxe536.Rd3Ne437.Qg2Qxf538.d6Rg8and White resigned in Torres – Shabalov, Medellin, 202413.Be3...13.Rb1Ne8(13...Nfd7?!14.a3f515.exf5gxf516.b4Na617.Ne2Nf618.f4±)14.a3f5=13....Nfd714.a3...14.Qd2f515.exf5gxf516.f4exf4(16...e417.Nc2⩲)17.Bxf4Ne518.Nc2Ned319.Be3Bd7⩱14....f515.b4f4Black poses a question to White!16.Bxc5?!...16.bxc5!is preferable:fxe317.c6!Nc518.Nd3exf2+It's worth appreciating that the equalizing line does not even involve recapturing on e3, where the doubled e-pawns are both clunky and vulnerable to ideas of ... Bg7-h6.19.Rxf2Rxf220.Kxf2Qf6+21.Kg1Qg522.Qf3=16....bxc517.bxc5fxg318.fxg3Rxf1+19.Bxf1Nxc5Black's outposted knight will continue to pressure the e4-pawn and provide some annoyance. Even her "bad" dark-squared bishop is about to spring to life via ... Bg7-h6.20.Ra2?!...20.Nd3Bh6(20...Qg5!?is more double-edged:21.Kh2Qe322.Nxc5Qxc523.Qa4!Qf2+24.Bg2Bxh3!requires calculation, but apparently doesn't lead to too much:25.Kxh3Qe326.Kh2Qxc327.Rf1h5⩱)21.Bg2a4∓leaves Black with a cloying edge.20....Qg521.Kh2Rb8?!21...Qe3was essential, before White could play Ne1-d3 (as the e-pawn now hangs)22.Qd2Qxd2+23.Rxd2Ba6∓22.Nd3!...White is close to equalizing now.22....Nxd323.Bxd3Bd724.Nb5Qe325.Qd2!?...25.Nxc7Rf826.Qe2=25....Qxd2+26.Rxd2Bxb5?!26...Bh6!27.Ra2comes with tempo and ideas of ... Bh6-c1 later.Rb728.Re2Kf729.a4Ke7⩱27.cxb5Bh628.Rc2!=...This clinches the draw. Neither side can do anything with their rooks, and the equal opposite-colored bishops endgame is increasingly inevitable.28....Rb729.Kg2Be330.a4Bc531.Rc1Rb832.Rf1Rf833.Rxf8+Kxf834.Kf3Ke735.Be2Kf636.Bd3Bb637.Be2Bc538.Bd3Bb639.Be2Bc51/2-1/2 The game is a draw.1/2-1/2