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Saunders ½-½ Balasundaram

2020-05-28 - Saunders, Aron ½-½ Balasundaram, Sivasatyan

View game on lichess [Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NHGDE7aw"] [Date "2020.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "QueenEatingDragon"] [Black "WantToBeGrandmaster"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2020.05.28"] [UTCTime "17:00:44"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1834"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 { B22 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation } Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6?! { (0.25 → 1.13) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (4... e6 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Ne5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3) 5. Nc3 g6?! { (0.72 → 1.44) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (5... e6 6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 Nge7 8. h4 h6 9. a3 a6 10. Na4) 6. Nf3?! { (1.44 → 0.88) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (6. d5 Nb8 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nd4 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e6) 6... Bg7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ba4?! { (0.80 → 0.17) Inaccuracy. Bxc6 was best. } (10. Bxc6) 10... Rc8 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qd2?! { (0.51 → -0.26) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (12. h3 b5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Be3 e5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb3 Nc4) 12... Re8? { (-0.26 → 0.78) Mistake. Bg4 was best. } (12... Bg4 13. Bd1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Re8 18. Qb4 Nd7 19. Bg4) 13. Rad1?! { (0.78 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (13. e5 Nh5) 13... b5 14. Bb3 Na5 15. e5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nh5 17. exd6 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 exd6 19. Qxd6?! { (0.42 → -0.14) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (19. Ne4) 19... Bc6?! { (-0.14 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. Rxe1+ was best. } (19... Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 a5 21. Qf4 f5 22. Qe3 Be8 23. d5 Qd6 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. dxe6 Bxc3 26. bxc3) 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1? { (0.38 → -0.83) Mistake. d5 was best. } (21. d5) 21... Qd7?! { (-0.83 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } (21... Qd8) 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Ne5 Bf5 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. g4?! { (-0.17 → -1.08) Inaccuracy. Ne3 was best. } (25. Ne3 Be6) 25... Be6 26. Nb6 Rd8 27. Re4?? { (-0.39 → -3.98) Blunder. d5 was best. } (27. d5 Bxe5 28. dxe6 Bd6 29. exf7 Kxf7 30. Nd5 Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rxd5 32. Ra1 Rd3 33. b4 Rb3) 27... Bxe5 28. dxe5?! { (-3.83 → -5.15) Inaccuracy. Rxe5 was best. } (28. Rxe5 Rxd4) 28... Bxb3?? { (-5.15 → -2.22) Blunder. Rb8 was best. } (28... Rb8) 29. Re2?! { (-2.22 → -3.07) Inaccuracy. Re3 was best. } (29. Re3) 29... Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Bd5+?? { (-2.59 → 0.00) Blunder. a5 was best. } (30... a5 31. e6) 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. f4 Ke7?! { (-0.56 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Rd3 was best. } (32... Rd3 33. Rc2) 33. f5?? { (0.00 → -1.60) Blunder. Kf3 was best. } (33. Kf3 Rd4 34. Re4 Rd1 35. Re2) 33... gxf5 34. gxf5 f6?? { (-1.73 → 0.00) Blunder. a5 was best. } (34... a5 35. b3 f6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ra2 b4 38. Kf3 Kxf5 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. Rc2 Kd6 41. Rd2) 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Re6+ Kxf5 37. Rxa6 Rd2+ 38. Kg1? { (-0.13 → -1.36) Mistake. Kg3 was best. } (38. Kg3 Kg5 39. Ra3 Rxb2 40. h4+ Kf5 41. Rc3 b4 42. Rc5+ Ke4 43. Rh5 Rb3+ 44. Kg4 Rb1) 38... Rxb2? { (-1.36 → 0.00) Mistake. h5 was best. } (38... h5 39. b3 Rd3 40. Kg2 Rxb3 41. Rd6 h4 42. h3 Ke4 43. Re6+ Kd3 44. Rd6+ Kc3 45. Rc6+) 39. Rh6 b4 40. Rxh7 Kg6 41. Rb7 b3 42. Rb5 Kh6 43. Kf1 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

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