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(1) Bluvshtein,Mark - Nakamura,Hikaru [E50]
Live Chess Game, 20.07.2009
1.d4
Nf6
2.c4
Nc6
3.Nf3
e6
4.Nc3
Bb4
5.e3
0-0
6.Bd2
d6
7.Bd3
e5
8.Qc2
exd4
9.Nxd4
Nxd4
10.exd4
Re8+
11.Kf1
Bxc3
12.Bxc3
d5
13.c5
b6
14.f3
bxc5
15.dxc5
d4
16.Bd2
Nd5
17.Bxh7+
Kh8
18.Be4
Ba6+
19.Kf2
f5
20.Bd3
[20.Bxd5
Re2+
21.Kg1
Qxd5
was a better try.] 20...Ne3
21.Bxe3
dxe3+
22.Ke2
Qh4
23.Rhf1
[23.g3
Bxd3+
24.Qxd3
Qh3
25.Qc2
Qg2+
improves on the text, which allowed things to go from bad to worse.] 23...Bxd3+
24.Qxd3
Rad8
25.Rad1
Rxd3
26.Rxd3
Qxh2
27.Rxe3
Qxg2+
28.Rf2
Rxe3+
29.Kxe3
f4+
30.Ke2
Qxf2+
Black opts to spare his troops from the heat of the day, foregoing the grind of the winning ending. 31.Kxf2
Kg8
32.Ke2
Kf7
33.Kd3
Ke6
34.Ke4
g5
35.c6
Kf6
36.b4
Ke6
37.a4
a6
38.b5
a5
39.Kd4
Kd6
40.Ke4
Ke6
41.Kd4
and a draw was agreed, after White had secured a winning pawn ending. 1/2-1/2
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