[Event "Southend Masters IM 2025"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Black "Bezuidenhout, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Bb5 7.Bxb5+ Qxb5 8.Na3 Qb6 9.Nc2 cxd4 10.Ncxd4 Nc6 11.O-O Bc5 12.Ne2 a5 13.Qa4 Qa6 14.Qg4 g6 15.Ng3 h6 16.Qf4 Qd3 17.Re1 g5 18.Qg4 Nge7 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Qc2 21.Re2 Qd3 22.Rd2 Qc4 23.Qxc4 dxc4 24.Ne4 Ng6 25.Nf6+ Kf8 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.Rd1 Nc6 29.Rd7 Ngxe5 30.Nxe5 Nxe5 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kh7 33.Nf6+ Kg7 34.Nh5+ Kh7 35.Nf6+ 1/2-1/2