Giri draws

Giri defended his position well and managed a draw with 1 pawn less against L’Ami, who defeated Negi last night

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "L'Ami, E."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3
Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Bd7 16. Nd3 Be8 17. Nb5 Na5 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nxe8 Rxe8
21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 g5 23. c4 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc7 25. Ba6 Nd7 26. Bb5 Nc5 27. b4
Nb7 28. Ba6 Kf8 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Ke7 32. Ra1 Kf6 33. Ra4 Ke5
34. e4 g4 35. h3 h5 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Kf1 f6

 

39. Kg2?

[(39. Rc4 f5
40. Ke2 fxe4 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Kd4 e5+ 43. Kd5) and still still equal]

39…Rxc5 40. Rxa7 Kxe4

 41. Ra2 e5 42. Ra4+ Kf5 43. Ra2 Rc3  44. Rb2 Rd3 45. Ra2 Ke4 46. Rb2 f5 47.Re2+ Kd4 48. Ra2 Rc3 49. Rd2+ Ke4 50. Rd8 Rc2  51. Rf8 Rc5 52. Rd8 Rd5 53. Rf8 Rd2 54. Ra8 f4 55. gxf4 exf4 56. Re8+ Kd3 

 

 57. Rg8 g3 58. Rd8+ Ke2 59. Rxd2+
Kxd2 60. fxg3 fxg3 61. Kxg3 1/2-1/2