[Event "Blitz Titled Arena May '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RKuqwjeX"] [Date "2024.05.18"] [White "IvanMarinkovic"] [Black "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.05.18"] [UTCTime "19:06:52"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2784"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B30 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian } 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nc4 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Rb8?! { (-0.15 → 0.67) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (10... d5 11. Nexd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. O-O c4 15. f4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1) 11. f4 b5?! { (0.44 → 1.07) Inaccuracy. exf4 was best. } (11... exf4 12. gxf4) 12. f5 Bd7 13. O-O Ne8 14. h4 Nc7 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Nb4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. f6 gxf6 19. c3 Nc6 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Qh5 Kh8 22. g4?! { (0.99 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (22. Bg5 Bg4) 22... Rg8 23. g5 Rg6 24. gxf6 Qe6?! { (0.18 → 1.19) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } (24... Qd8) 25. Bg7+ Kg8 26. Rf5 b4?? { (1.54 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxg7 was best. } (26... Rxg7 27. fxg7 Ne7 28. Rf3 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Raf1 Be8 31. Rf6 Rd8 32. Kh2) 27. Kh1?? { (Mate in 4 → 0.94) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxh7+ was best. } (27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rh5+ Rh6 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Rh8#) 27... h6?? { (0.94 → 4.31) Blunder. Rxg7 was best. } (27... Rxg7 28. fxg7 Ne7 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Raf1 Be6 32. Bh3 Bxh3 33. Rxh3) 28. Bh3?? { (4.31 → 1.99) Blunder. Bxh6 was best. } (28. Bxh6) 28... bxc3 29. bxc3 Rb2?? { (0.07 → 5.21) Blunder. Ne7 was best. } (29... Ne7 30. Rf3) 30. Rf3?? { (5.21 → -0.35) Blunder. Bxh6 was best. } (30. Bxh6 Ne7 31. fxe7 Qxe7 32. Rg5 Rxg5 33. Bxg5 f6 34. Be3 Bxh3 35. Rg1+ Bg2+) 30... Qxh3+ 31. Rxh3 Bxh3 32. Rg1 Bg2+ 33. Rxg2 Rbxg2 34. Qf5 Rg1+ 35. Kh2 R6g2+ 36. Kh3 Rg3+ 37. Kh2 R1g2+ 38. Kh1 Nd8 39. Qc8 Rg1+ 40. Kh2 R1g2+ 41. Kh1 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 R3g2+ 43. Kh3 Rg3+ 44. Kh2 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2