[Event "81st Lichess Mega Team Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AXxSiGLF"] [Date "2024.02.23"] [White "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Black "aaryan_varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.02.23"] [UTCTime "18:48:22"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2613"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 { C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 { Black offers draw } 14. Ne3 h6 15. Bh4 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Na5 19. Qa4 b6 20. Ree1 Qe6 21. Rad1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. b3 Nd2 25. Nxe5 g5 26. Nc6 Re8?! { (0.20 → 1.26) Inaccuracy. Rd6 was best. } (26... Rd6 27. Ne7+) 27. Bg3 Rxe4?? { (1.40 → 4.27) Blunder. Ndxe4 was best. } (27... Ndxe4 28. Bxc7 Nxc3 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Bxb6 Nxa2 31. Nb8 f5 32. Nxa6 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nf6 34. Be3) 28. Rxe4?? { (4.27 → 0.14) Blunder. Rd1 was best. } (28. Rd1 Nc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nf5 Ne8 32. Nxh6 Rc6 33. Nf5 Rxc3 34. Ne3 Ra3) 28... Nfxe4 29. Bxc7 Nxc3 30. Bxb6 Nxa2 31. Nd4 Nc1 32. b4 { White offers draw } 32... Nd3 33. Bc5?! { (0.14 → -0.80) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (33. Nc6 Nc4 34. Bd4 f5 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nxf5 Nxb4 37. Nxh6+ Kg6 38. Ng4 a5 39. Ne5+ Nxe5) 33... Ne4?! { (-0.80 → -0.04) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (33... a5) 34. Be7 Nexf2 35. Nc6 Nd1 36. Nb8 Nc3 37. Nxa6 f5 38. Nc7 Kf7 39. Bc5 Ne4 40. Na6 Ke6 41. Bf8 h5 42. b5 Kd7 43. Nb4 Nxb4 44. Bxb4 Kc7 45. g4 hxg4 46. Ba5+ Kd6 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. Kg2 Kc5 49. b6 Kc6 50. Kf1 Nd6 51. Kg2 Nc4 52. Kg3 Ne3 53. Bd2 Nc4 54. Kxg4 Kxb6 55. Bxg5 Kc6 56. Kh4 Kd5 57. Bf4 Ke4 58. Bg3 Nb2 59. Kh3 Nd3 60. Bh2 Kf3 61. Bg1 Nf4+ 62. Kh2 Ke4 63. Kh1 Ne6 64. Ba7 Kf3 65. Bb6 Kg4 66. Ba7 Ng5 67. Bb8 Ne4 68. Bc7 Nf2+ 69. Kg1 Nd3 70. Kh1 Kf3 71. Kg1 Ke2 72. Kh1 Ne1 73. Kh2 Nf3+ 74. Kg3 Ke3 75. Kg4 Ke4 76. Bf4 Nd4 77. Bg5 Ne6 78. Kh5 Kf5 79. Bh6 Kf6 80. Bg5+ Ke5 81. Kh4 Kf5 82. Bf4 Nd4 83. Bg5 Ke4 84. Kh5 Nf5 85. Bh6 Ng3+ 86. Kh4 Ne2 87. Kh5 Kf5 88. Kh4 Nd4 89. Bg5 Nf3+ 90. Kh3 Nd2 91. Kh2 Ne4 92. Kh1 Kg4 93. Kg1 Kf3 94. Kh1 Nc3 95. Kg1 Ne2+ 96. Kh2 Kf2 97. Bh4+ Kf3 98. Bg3 Nd4 99. Kh3 Nf5 100. Kh2 Nh6 101. Bf2 Ng4+ 102. Kh1 Ke2 103. Bg3 Ne5 104. Kg1 Nf3+ 105. Kh1 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2