[Event "Belgrade"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.01"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Yu Yangyi"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "cahan"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] {[%evp 0,71,19,28,20,25,17,9,2,20,7,8,2,0,0,0,17,-14,-17,-15,-20,-43,-48,-27, -28,-27,5,6,-8,-8,-16,-16,6,-1,16,24,43,40,34,34,27,21,21,21,20,14,17,5,0,6,12, 10,7,13,12,5,6,5,7,0,0,0,0,0,5,3,1,6,6,9,8,3,0,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 9. Nd2 d6 ({ The main line and probably better move is} 9... a5 {which is considered completely okay for Black.}) 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 Rfe8 ({Black has also tried} 14... a5 15. O-O Rfb8 16. Ne5 Rb6 17. Nc4 Rbb8 18. Ne5 Rb6 19. Nc4 Rb7 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nc4 Nb6 $11 {which was equal in Tsydypov,Z (2552)-Deac,B (2625) Lichess.org INT 2021, a game that ended in a draw after 60 moves.}) 15. O-O Nf6 (15... a5 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Bd4 c5 22. Bc3 c4 23. Bf1 Na4 24. Bd4 c5 { 1/2-1/2 (38) Caruana,F (2828)-Robson,R (2667) Saint Louis 2019}) 16. Be3 Bb6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Bf1 Bc4 21. b3 $6 ({White should have tried} 21. Bd4 $1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Ng6 23. h5 Nf4 {and now} 24. h6 $1 { would have given White a nice plus.}) 21... Bxf1 22. Kxf1 f6 23. Rd6 (23. a4 { to attack on the queenside seemed better, threatening to play a4-a5 later.}) 23... Rad8 24. Red1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Kf7 {Now Black is in safe territory.} 26. Bf4 c5 27. a4 Re6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. Rd8 Kg6 31. Rd5 Re4 32. g3 c4 33. a5 cxb3 34. cxb3 bxa5 35. Rxa5 Rb4 36. Rxa7 1/2-1/2