[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.06"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Howell, David W L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,113,18,14,14,18,13,20,20,21,21,16,23,29,30,-15,6,-5,10,-9,-9,-28,5,-7, -8,-21,4,2,6,5,-7,-7,10,-2,13,2,19,-54,-18,-35,-14,-34,-2,-8,-3,32,63,-4,19,23, 27,30,20,20,38,58,99,104,110,132,129,116,116,-175,79,72,75,110,98,104,94,90, 100,103,96,91,87,94,99,84,105,100,100,109,106,113,111,100,115,114,144,174,170, 171,198,199,199,194,240,234,240,258,249,235,249,238,263,294,294,294,303,303, 305,314,314,315]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 a4 15. d4 Ng6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Ba5 20. Re2 Qb7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 d5 23. Bd3 exd4 24. Nxd4 {The position is approximately equal, but still easier for White to play. That it isn't so easy for Black to handle soon becomes apparent.} Bd7 $6 (24... Bc7 $1 25. Nxe6 (25. Ndf5 $2 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 dxe4 $17) 25... Rxe6 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bd4 Ngf4 28. Rxe6 Nxe6 $11) 25. Ndf5 $14 {/+/-} Bc7 26. exd5 cxd5 $2 (26... Nxd5) 27. Bd4 $18 Be5 {I don't know if Howell was counting on this move when he played 26...cxd5, but this is a serious error. Oddly, White has three different sacrifices here, and they're all excellent!} 28. Nxh6+ $1 (28. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 30. Nh5+ Nxh5 31. Qxh5 f6 (31... Qb8 $2 32. Re1 $18) 32. Rc3 $1 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Re4 35. Rg3+ Bg4 36. Rxg4+ Rxg4 37. Qxg4+ Kf7 38. Qf5 Qc7+ 39. g3 Qd8 40. Bxf6 $1 $18) (28. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 29. Nd6 Qb8 30. Nxe8 Nxe8 31. Bb1 $18 { Material is equal, but White will rapidly build a winning kingside attack. White's bishops are monsters, while Black has weak pawns and underachieving pieces.}) 28... gxh6 29. Bxg6 Bxg3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qf3 $2 (31. fxg3 $142 fxg6 32. Bxf6 Qb3 33. Qxb3 axb3 34. Rc7 $18) 31... Qc6 $1 32. Bc2 $1 Bb8 $6 ( 32... Qxc2 $1 33. Qxg3+ Qg6 34. Qxg6+ fxg6 35. Bxf6 Kf7 36. Bd4 Rc8 $16) 33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 $16 {/+- It could have been worse for Black, but even this is far from good. Firouzja's technique the rest of the way is outstanding, and Howell never comes close to saving a draw.} Rc8 35. Bc3 d4 36. Bd2 (36. Bxd4 $4 Bf4 $1 (36... Bf5 $4 37. Bc3 $18) 37. Be3 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Bf5 39. Bxf5 Rxc1+ { will leave White fighting for a draw.}) 36... Kg7 37. Bd3 Rxc1+ 38. Bxc1 h5 39. h4 Bc6 40. g3 Bd7 41. Kf1 Be5 42. Ke2 Bg4+ 43. Kd2 Bd7 44. Kc2 Be6 45. Bb5 Bb3+ 46. Kd3 Kg6 47. Bd7 Bd1 48. Bd2 f5 49. Bf4 Bg7 50. Bd6 Bf6 51. Be8+ Kh6 52. Bc5 f4 53. Bxd4 Bd8 54. Kd2 Bb3 55. Be5 fxg3 56. fxg3 Ba5+ 57. Kc1 {Next up: 58. Bf4+ followed by 59.Bxh5, with three extra pawns.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.06"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 b4 11. c3 Rb8 12. cxb4 Bc8 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Rxb5 15. h3 Rb8 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb4 20. Qb3 c5 21. Ra4 Na6 22. Qa2 Nc7 23. Ba5 Qd7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. Ra7 Qb4 27. Rd1 Rb7 28. Nc4 Rxa7 29. Qxa7 Qb3 30. Re1 Qxd3 31. Qxe7 Qxc4 32. Qxd6 Qd4 33. Qxe5 (33. Rxe5 {was better, keeping some advantage, albeit with some risk after} Ra8 34. g4 h6 35. Kg2 Qxb2 36. Re7 Qd4 $14) 33... Qxe5 34. Rxe5 {White is up a pawn, but this ending is drawn with correct play, as Caruana convincingly shows.} f6 35. Rf5 Rb8 36. d6 Rxb2 37. Rxc5 Rd2 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 {Black will round up the d-pawn, but first he arranges the kingside pawns as favorably as possible, to make sure the eventual R+3 vs. R+2 (or R+2 vs. R+1) ending is a routine draw.} 40. Rd7 g5 41. g3 (41. Rxh7 Rxd6 {is a very easy draw.}) 41... h5 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Ke8 44. Rh7 Rxd6 45. Rxh5 Kf7 46. Kg2 Kg6 {This would be drawn even without Black's f-pawn. That ending can be lost from time to time, but this one can be easily drawn even by someone with the modest powers of your commentator.} 47. Ra5 Rd3 48. h5+ Kh6 49. f3 Rd1 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kf4 Rh1 52. Rf5 Rh4+ {A nice touch, showing good technique, though the immediate 52...Rxh5 was fine as well.} (52... Rxh5 53. Rxh5+ (53. Rxf6+ Kg7 {is a dead draw for players of this level (and quite a bit below this level, too).}) 53... Kxh5 54. Kf5 {is a funny sort of chess illusion. It looks like White is obviously winning, but in fact it's a simple draw:} Kh4 55. Kxf6 (55. f4 Kg3 $11) 55... Kg3 $11) (52... Rh4+ 53. Kg3 Rxh5 54. Rxf6+ (54. Rxh5+ Kxh5 55. Kf4 Kg6) 54... Kg7 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.06"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,92,18,18,29,-20,0,0,25,5,-8,-4,29,-37,-16,8,14,34,37,37,44,-12,37,41, 18,11,15,23,11,-3,-1,-7,34,-24,13,18,-3,3,16,-33,-32,-38,-28,-44,-44,-44,-13, -13,-13,-12,-12,-83,-89,-89,-89,-89,-82,-117,-116,-137,-142,-178,-195,-224, -207,-207,-199,-225,-232,-232,-199,-201,-205,-218,-200,-241,-239,-277,-243, -254,-240,-270,-297,-378,-230,-471,-685,-857,-979,-987,-1071,-1072,-1499,-1707, -1744]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 $6 (10. Ne2 $142 {is more popular and probably better. Fixing the center is often in Black's favor in these sorts of Nimzo-Indians, and this game confirms the stereotype.}) 10... Na5 11. Ne2 Kd7 $1 12. O-O Kc7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bd2 exf4 15. Bxf4 f6 16. Nd4 $1 {Nice, but unfortunately for White there's no need for Black to take it.} Ne5 $15 (16... cxd4 $2 17. cxd4 $18 {Black's pieces are all terrible, thanks to White's massive center, and Black's king will be in danger once White prepares and executes the c4-c5 pawn break.}) 17. Nb5+ Kb7 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Rb8 20. Be2 Be6 21. Nc7 Bf7 22. Rb1 $6 (22. a4 $142) 22... Qd7 (22... Nxc4) 23. Bg4 Qc6 24. Be6 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Nxc4 26. Qg4 Rhg8 27. d7 $2 (27. Rfd1 $8 Nxd6 (27... Ne3 28. Qh5 $8 Qe8 $8 29. Nxc5+ Ka8 30. Qxe8 Rgxe8 31. d7 Nxd1 $8 32. dxe8=Q Rxe8 33. Rxd1 bxc5 34. Rd7 $11) 28. Rd5 Ka8 29. Rbd1 Nf7 30. Nxg7 $11) 27... Ne3 $19 28. Qh3 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Qxe4 30. Qh5 Rgd8 31. Rd1 g6 (31... Qa4) 32. Qxh7 Qe2 33. Rb1 Qc2 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Nxd8+ Rxd8 36. Qe7 Rxd7 37. Qxf6 Qxc3 38. Qxg6 {White's problem is not the quantity of Black's pawns, but their quality. Or if you prefer, their speed: Black's c-pawn is the most dangerous pawn on the board.} Qe3+ 39. Kh1 c4 40. Qe6 Qd3 41. Kg1 c3 42. Qxe5 c2 43. Rc1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. Kh4 Qxg2 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.06"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,128,18,14,57,58,88,53,58,51,54,30,24,3,42,18,39,-1,24,8,22,20,28,21, 23,-7,9,15,8,-8,17,-2,29,36,31,9,22,12,19,31,19,0,1,-9,40,0,-1,3,-2,8,20,9,14, 14,1,-28,0,0,28,-75,-41,-41,-28,-21,0,0,1,1,-17,0,0,0,0,-144,-139,-171,-139, -130,-164,-119,-3,-178,-178,-166,-164,-144,-136,-127,-120,-273,-174,-246,-197, -173,-228,-228,-228,-228,-194,-196,-159,-157,-197,-146,-125,-143,-131,-144, -133,-118,-99,-74,-86,-73,-73,-79,-87,-77,-74,-60,-18,-18,-18,-13,-15,-19,-25, -24,6,-45,11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. g3 Nd4 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nge2 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. Ne3 O-O 14. a4 Ba6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. f3 Qc7 17. O-O-O Rfd8 18. Nf5 Rac8 19. Bh3 Bf8 20. Ne3 Ra8 21. Kb1 g6 22. Rhe1 Bh6 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Qg2 $2 (24. Qd2 $16 {/+-}) (24. Qf2 $16 {/+-}) 24... Bxe3 25. Rxe3 d5 26. Ree1 dxe4 27. f4 Bb7 28. Bxe5 Qe7 29. Kc1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nd5 31. Qd2 e3 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Bg4 f6 34. Bb2 Rd6 35. Bf3 Kg7 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Qe2 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Qe4 39. Kc1 Ba6 40. Qd1 $2 (40. Bxf6+ $3 Kf7 41. Qxa6 e2 42. Be5 $1 e1=Q+ 43. Kb2 $11 {Black's queens are unable to prevent a perpetual check. For example:} Qd5 (43... Qd2 $4 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Bd6+ $18) 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Kd7 46. Qg7+ Ke8 (46... Kc6 $4 47. Qc7#) (46... Ke6 $4 47. Qg8+ $18) 47. Qh8+ $11) 40... Qe7 41. Bd4 $2 (41. Qg1 $1 e2 42. Kd2) 41... e2 $19 42. Qe1 Qe4 43. Bf2 Bc8 44. Kd2 Bg4 45. h3 Qd5+ 46. Ke3 Qe6+ 47. Kd2 Qd5+ 48. Ke3 Bf5 $6 (48... Bxh3 49. Qxe2 Bf5 $19) 49. Kxe2 $6 (49. Qxe2 $142) 49... Qe4+ $2 (49... Bxh3) 50. Be3 Qxc2+ 51. Qd2 Qxb3 52. g4 $1 Be6 53. Qd6 Qc4+ 54. Kf2 Qa2+ 55. Kg3 Qd5 56. Qe7+ Bf7 57. g5 $1 Qe6 58. gxf6+ Qxf6 59. Qc5 Qf5 60. Qxf5 gxf5 61. Bb6 Kf6 62. Bxa5 b3 63. Bc3+ Ke6 64. Kh4 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.06"] [Round "10.7"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,119,18,14,71,57,86,48,64,70,61,54,54,54,50,40,41,58,48,40,40,27,45,9, 9,22,5,-22,1,2,-2,-45,-38,-36,-29,-22,-3,-44,-15,-16,1,8,29,13,11,6,34,-9,-26, -21,0,0,-20,-20,0,-15,0,-37,36,35,34,35,59,60,58,71,77,82,81,52,43,20,62,81,64, 72,73,70,99,82,89,110,120,122,115,118,116,126,147,138,172,191,180,180,240,260, 285,299,330,264,276,260,261,285,311,266,309,336,340,281,280,324,397,424,443, 389,389,432,539,492,633,592]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Be2 Ngf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb7 8. Bg5 e5 9. Qe3 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Ba4 Ba6 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 h5 17. Kd1 Rh6 18. h3 Kg8 19. Kc1 Bc4 20. Rd2 b5 21. Kb1 a5 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qe2 Rg6 24. Rg1 a4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Re2 Bd8 27. Ne1 Ba5 28. f3 Bxe1 29. Rgxe1 {All rook endings are drawn? Nope.} h4 (29... b4 $142 $14) 30. b3 Rc6 31. Kb2 Kf8 32. Ka3 $1 Ke7 33. Kb4 $1 Rc5 34. bxa4 $2 (34. Rd1 $1 $18) 34... bxa4 35. Kxa4 $14 Rh6 $2 (35... d5 $3 36. exd5 Rb6 $1 37. Rxe5+ Kd6 $11 {The activity of Black's rooks and the corresponding vulnerability of White's king make for an equal position.}) 36. Rb1 $16 Rh8 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Kb3 Ra8 $2 (38... Rhc8) 39. Rb4 $1 $18 Rca5 40. a4 Kf6 41. c4 R5a6 42. Ra2 R8a7 43. Rb8 Kg5 44. Kb4 g6 45. a5 Rc6 46. Rd2 Kf4 47. Rb6 Rc8 48. Rbxd6 Rca8 49. R6d5 f5 50. Re2 Re7 51. Rb5 Rd8 52. a6 Rd1 53. Ra2 Ra7 54. c5 fxe4 55. fxe4 Kxe4 56. Ka5 Rd8 57. Rb7 Raa8 58. a7 Rd1 59. Ka6 Rdd8 60. c6 {A very well played rook ending by Esipenko, with the instructive, forgivable exception of his 34th move.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.06"] [Round "10.15"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2662"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "313"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,313,18,18,29,27,53,-3,31,27,60,36,94,5,16,5,18,-3,9,-1,20,2,1,-16,-26, -45,-41,-75,-47,-85,-105,-78,-72,-73,-91,-83,-76,-140,-116,-116,-123,-123,-132, -122,-116,-116,-80,-82,-2,0,0,26,24,0,38,43,57,54,58,58,58,53,61,20,77,28,34, 41,42,45,127,-26,-57,-97,-47,-42,-58,-86,-59,-71,-22,-16,-15,-15,-17,-3,-8,-11, -8,-20,-21,-1,0,-13,0,-13,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-9,0,-8,-5,-10,-5, -11,-5,-25,-5,-23,-5,-5,0,-33,-31,-18,-26,-22,-25,-20,0,0,0,-19,-4,-8,-4,-11,0, 0,0,0,0,0,10,4,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-18,-28,-15, -25,-17,-12,-15,-20,-15,-31,-13,-14,-4,-4,0,0,10,3,5,5,5,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-16,-10,-10,-7,-7,-5,-5,-10,-10, -10,-10,-10,-10,-20,-20,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-20,-10,-36,-18,-21,-17,-16,-18,-40,-16, -34,-16,-16,-16,-10,-10,-16,-10,-13,-7,-10,-7,-7,-6,-10,-5,-10,-10,-13,-10,-10, 0,-10,-10,-12,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. e5 Nh5 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf4 10. Bc2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. Nb3 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. Bf5 Nc6 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Bxc8 Nxd4 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Qd3 e5 21. Rac1 Qf7 22. Ba6 Qf6 23. Rc7 Rd6 24. Rxa7 Nc6 25. Rc7 Nd4 26. Bb7 Qg5 27. Rc5 Ne6 28. Rxd5 Nf4 29. Rxd6 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rd8 31. Rb3 Qd2 32. g3 Qe2 33. Bf3 Qc2 34. Re1 Rd2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kh6 37. Be4 Qc5 38. Rf7 Qc4 39. Rf3 Re2 40. Rxe2 Qxe2 41. Re3 Qxb2 {The excitement begins.} 42. Bd5 Qd4 43. Bb3 Kg7 44. Rf3 Qc5 45. Rf7+ Kh8 46. Rd7 Qc1+ 47. Rd1 Qc3 48. h4 Qc8 49. Rd6 Qc5 50. Re6 Qd4 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Re7+ Kh8 53. Rf7 Qc5 54. Rf3 Kg7 55. Re3 Qd4 56. Kg2 Qc5 57. Rd3 Qc6+ 58. Rd5 Qc7 59. Kf1 Qc1+ 60. Ke2 Qb2+ 61. Rd2 Qc3 62. Rc2 Qa5 63. Rc4 Qb6 64. Kf1 Qb7 65. Kg1 Qb6 66. Bc2 Qa5 67. Ra4 Qc7 68. Be4 Qd7 69. Rc4 Qd2 70. a3 Qa5 71. a4 Qd2 72. Kg2 Qe2 73. Rc7+ Kh8 74. Bf3 Qa6 75. Bc6 Qb6 76. Rc8+ Kg7 77. Bb5 Qd6 78. Rc1 Qd2 79. Rc7+ Kh8 80. Rd7 Qb4 81. Ra7 Qd4 82. Rd7 Qb4 83. Kg1 Qe1+ 84. Bf1 Qa5 85. Re7 Qxa4 86. Rxe5 {The excitement continues, transformed.} Qa1 87. Re3 Qc1 88. Kg2 Qc6+ 89. Kh2 Qf6 90. Re2 Qd4 91. Bg2 Qf6 92. Be4 Qd4 93. Kg2 Qc4 94. Bf3 Qc5 95. Rd2 Qe7 96. Rd5 Kg7 97. Rb5 Qf6 98. Be4 Qd4 99. Bd5 Qd3 100. Rb7+ Kh8 101. Rd7 Qb5 102. Rd8+ Kg7 103. Be4 Qa4 104. Bf3 Qb5 105. Rd5 Qa4 106. Rg5 Qb4 107. h5 {At last, something meaningful happens. Now we can explain why White has been dragging this out. White's dream is to swap a pair of pawns, line up his pieces against Black's remaining pawn, take twice and win the king and pawn ending with two extra pawns. The plan shouldn't succeed, and doesn't, but the point is that there is a plan. Kuzubov isn't just hoping for a miracle or for Grandelius' tragic demise.} Qe7 108. Rb5 Qe8 109. Rb7+ Kh6 110. Rb6 Qd8 111. Rc6 Qd4 112. hxg6 hxg6 {If White could safely play Be4 here, for instance, he would probably be winning.} 113. Rc7 Qe5 114. Rd7 Qe6 115. Rd4 Qe5 116. Rg4 Qe6 117. Re4 Qf5 118. Rh4+ Kg7 119. Rb4 Qc5 120. Rb7+ Kf8 121. Rb3 Kg7 122. Be4 Qd4 123. Re3 Kh6 124. Re1 Kg7 125. Ba8 Qd8 126. Ra1 Qd4 127. Rb1 Kh6 128. Rb8 Qa7 129. Rh8+ Kg7 130. Rc8 Qd4 131. Rc7+ Kh6 132. Bf3 Qe5 133. Rc4 Qe6 134. Re4 Qf5 135. Rh4+ Kg7 136. Be4 Qe6 137. Bf3 (137. f3 {threatens 138.Rg4, which would at last be progress. Black may not need to play ...g5, but that seems like the simplest answer.} g5 $11) 137... Qe5 138. Ra4 Kh6 139. Ra2 Qd4 140. Re2 Qd6 141. Be4 Qd4 142. f3 { White can't make progress without this.} Kg7 143. Rc2 Qd6 144. Rb2 (144. Rc6 Qd2+ 145. Kh3 Qh6+ 146. Kg4 Qh5+ 147. Kf4 g5+ 148. Ke3 {and now Black can either maintain the status quo or push the g-pawn.} g4 $5 149. fxg4 (149. f4 Qh3 $11) 149... Qxg4 150. Rg6+ Qxg6 151. Bxg6 Kxg6 152. Kf4 Kf6 $11) 144... Kf8 145. Rc2 Kg7 146. Kh2 Qd4 147. Rc7+ Kf8 148. Kh3 (148. Bxg6 Qd2+ {forces White to allow an immediate perpetual or sac the bishop (which would still be drawn, but then Black would be the one pretending to play for a win).} 149. Kg1 (149. Kh3 Qh6+) 149... Qe1+ 150. Kg2 Qe2+ 151. Kg1 Qe1+ (151... Qxf3 $11) 152. Kg2 Qe2+ 153. Kh3 Qe6+ $11) 148... Qh8+ 149. Kg2 Qd4 150. Rh7 Qd6 151. Kh3 Qe6+ 152. g4 g5 {There's really no reason to continue (not that there has been much of a reason for, oh, about 100 moves); fortunately, White doesn't drag it out until the 50 move rule kicks in.} 153. Rb7 Qe5 154. Kg2 Qd4 155. Rb5 Qd2+ 156. Kh3 Qc1 157. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2