[Event "March Skills Battle Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/UpyG1eQK"] [Date "2024.03.02"] [White "aaryan_varshney"] [Black "innocentguy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.03.02"] [UTCTime "16:37:16"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2607"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "English Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 b6?! { (0.15 → 0.77) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { A40 English Defense } (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2) 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 O-O?! { (0.48 → 1.16) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (10... c5 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Nc6 Qc8 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. O-O) 11. O-O c5 { Black offers draw } 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 h6 14. Rd1?! { (1.46 → 0.83) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (14. c4) 14... Bd6 15. c4 Nd7 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Qc3 Nf6 19. h3?! { (1.33 → 0.70) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (19. Qd2 Nd7) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Nh4 Bc8 23. Bf5 Qe7 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2