[Event "Second Swiss"] [Site "Durban"] [Date "2024.09.05"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Paraskevopoulos,Aresti"] [Black "Puran,Ahdir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "1624"] [Annotator "Keith"] [Source "Keith Rust"] 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bc7 13.Re1 h6 14.Nh4 Ndf6 15.Bc3 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bg2 Bg4 18.Qb3 Bb6 19.h3 Be6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Qxe6+ Rf7 22.Ng6 Qe8 23.Qb3 Nd5 24.Re1 Qd8 25.Ne5 Rf6 26.Ng4 Rf8 27.Re5 Qc7 28.Bxd5+ cxd5 29.Qxd5+ Qf7 30.Qe4 h5 31.Re7 Qf5 {With about 5 mins to 7 mins remaining on the clocks, Aresti now tried a completely unsound Rook sacrifice.} 32.Rxg7+ $4 (32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.Ne5 Raf8 34.f4 {was better}) 32...Kxg7 33.Qxb7+ Qf7 (33...Rf7 $1 {was even stronger} 34.Qxa8 hxg4 35.d5+ Kh6 36.Qh8+ Rh7 37.Bd2+ Kg6 38.Qg8+ Rg7 {and the checks run out.}) 34.d5+ Kh7 35.Nf6+ Kg6 (35...Kh6 $1 36.Qc6 Qg6 {blocks the attack and wins.}) 36.Qa6 Qxf6 {This should still win, as two Rooks and a Bishop are worth more than a Queen.} 37.Bxf6 Rxf6 38.Qd3+ Kg7 39.Qc3 Bxf2+ 40.Kg2 Raf8 (40...Re8 $1 {is the engine's choice, with ...Be1 to follow.}) 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kg8 43.Qb3 Rf3 $4 {This is a blunder. The Rooks weren't doing much on the f-file. Simply doubling up on the d-pawn must be a win.} ({For example} 43...Rd6 44.Qb4 Rd7 45.d6 Bh4 46.Qc4+ Kg7 47.Qc5 Rfd8 {winning}) 44.Qxf3 Rxf3 45.Kxf3 Bc5 {This endgame is drawn, but it is far from easy.} 46.Ke4 Kf7 47.Kf5 a5 48.g5 Bd6 $2 {Now the draw needs some precision.} (48...Ke7 {was the easiest way to draw, the King blocks the d-pawn and the Bishop stops the g-pawn.} 49.g6 Bd4 50.b3 Kd6 $10) 49.g6+ {Aresti refused a draw here.} 49...Kg7 50.Ke6 Bg3 51.d6 Kxg6 52.b3 Kg7 53.a3 Bh4 (53...Kf8 $1 54.Kd7 Kf7 55.b4 axb4 56.axb4 Be1 57.b5 Ba5 $10) 54.b4 axb4 55.axb4 Kf8 $1 (55...Be1 $2 {loses to} 56.b5 Ba5 57.Ke7 $1 Bb6 58.d7) 56.Kd7 Kf7 57.b5 Bf2 58.Kc7 Ke6 $4 ({Afterwards Aresti pointed out} 58...Bg3 $1 59.b6 Ke6 60.b7 Bxd6+ {draws}) 59.d7 1-0