[Event "MC Christmas Chess Tournament"] [Site "https://lichess.org/c7BHY9At"] [Date "2025.12.20"] [Round "-"] [White "yoseph2013"] [Black "samisahi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "c7BHY9At"] [UTCDate "2025.12.20"] [UTCTime "15:10:13"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2654"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 { C42 Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack } Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Be2?! { (0.83 → -0.06) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. f3 Be6 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. h4 h5 16. Bc1 Bd5) 11... Re8?! { (-0.06 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (11... Ng4) 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rhe1?! { (0.53 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (13. Nxe5) 13... Nxf3?! { (-0.15 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. Bc6 was best. } (13... Bc6) 14. Bxf3 Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 h6 18. c4 c5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. b3 Kf8 21. f3 Re8? { (0.70 → 1.88) Mistake. Qf5 was best. } (21... Qf5 22. Re4 Qd7 23. Kb2 Rb8 24. h4 Ra8 25. g4 Re8 26. Qd5 c6) 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Qa5 Kd7 24. Qxa7 Qg5 25. Qa4+ Ke7 26. Qc6 Kd8 27. a4? { (1.95 → 0.35) Mistake. g4 was best. } (27. g4) 27... Qxg2 28. a5 Qg1+ 29. Ka2 Qc1 30. Qe4 Qd2 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Kb2 Qd4+ 33. Kb1 Qd1+ 34. Kb2 Qd4+ { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2