[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/vA62DYiu"] [Date "2026.01.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Skycrek"] [Black "culcaster"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "vA62DYiu"] [UTCDate "2026.01.16"] [UTCTime "12:24:18"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "2019"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation } Be7 6. c3 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 b6 9. a3 Ba6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ng3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Na5 13. Kf2 Nc4 14. b3 Nxe3 15. Kxe3 f6 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Qd3 cxd4+ 18. cxd4 Bxa3 19. exf6 Bxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Nxf6 21. Ne5 O-O 22. Qb5 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne2 a6 25. Qb4 Qc7 26. g4 Ne4 27. h4 Nc3 28. f5 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Qc2+ 30. Qd2 Qe4+ 31. Kd1 exf5 32. gxf5 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qg2+ 34. Kd1 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 h6 36. Nd7 Rc6 37. Nb8 Rf6 38. Nxa6 Rxf5 39. Nb4 Rf4 40. Ke3 Rxh4 41. Nxd5 Rh3+ 42. Ke4 Rxb3 43. Nf4 g5 44. Ne6 Kh7 45. d5 Kg6 46. d6 Ra3 47. d7 Ra8 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Nxd8 h5 50. Ne6 h4 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Nd4+ Ke5 53. Nc6+ Kd5 54. Ne7+ Kc4 55. Kg4 b5 56. Nc6 Kc5 57. Ne5 Kd5 58. Nf7 b4 59. Nxg5 b3 60. Nf3 b2 61. Nd2 Kd4 62. Kxh4 Kd3 63. Nb1 Kc2 64. Na3+ Kb3 65. Nb1 Ka2 66. Nc3+ Kb3 67. Nb1 Kc2 68. Na3+ Kb3 69. Nb1 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2