[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.09.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Avi Chechnovsky"] [Black "Yevgeny Levanzov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 a6 {to prevent Qb5 on c5.} 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Qg3 c5 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. Qh2 $6 b5 {my only way to have winning chances is to evoke the minority attack.} 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Nd5 { here I thought for 15 min. on b4 - I knew it's a good move, but didn't see anything concrete. my intuition betrayed me.} (24... b4 25. Nb3 Qc4 26. cxb4 Qxb4 {and black is slightly better, due to the weak b pawn.}) 25. Qe5 Qe7 $4 { why this shit always happens to me???} 26. Nb3 $4 {how on earth has he missed that??} Nf6 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qd4 Nd5 {wanted to keep winning chances.} 30. c4 bxc4 31. Qxc4 Qb6 {had to find Qf6!} 32. Qc5 Qb5 33. Qxb5 axb5 34. Nd4 b4 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 {very dangerous practical endgame, with the outside passed pawn. as Botvinnik said - knight endgames are pawn endgames.} Nb6 37. f4 {Kf1.} Kf8 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. g4 Kd7 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Ke4 {The drawing theme is basically to prevent his king from invasion.} Kc5 42. Nf3 f6 43. h4 Nc4 44. Nd4 Nd6+ 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. a4 e5 {Nb7 was better.} 47. fxe5 fxe5 $2 {I was scared, in time trouble, to make the correct Kxf5.} (47... Kxe5) 48. Nf5 { I thought that I'm lost - but found drawing idea.} e4+ 49. Ke2 Ne8 $1 50. Ke3 $2 {a5 would caused me more problems.} (50. a5 Nf6 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Kc6 $1) 50... Nf6 51. Kf4 g5+ 52. hxg5 hxg5+ 53. Kxg5 Nxg4 $1 54. Kxg4 Kc4 {and he is one tempo short to come to b2 or c3. protecting the pawn from the from is a draw, as I would just harass the knight. draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2

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