[Event "St Petersburg Blitz 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.12.12"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Popov, Val"]
[Black "Matlakov, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.d4 e6 7.Bd3 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.O-O Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rfc1 a6 12.Rc2 b5 13.Nd1 Ne4 14.Be1 Bd6 15.a3 Qe7 16.Ba5 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Qe8 18.Qe1 Rxc2 19.Rxc2 Rc8 20.Qe2 h6 21.h3 f5 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Qc2 Qxc2 24.Bxc2 g5 25.Nc3 Kf7 26.Na2 Kf6 27.Nb4 h5 28.Nd3 g4 29.hxg4 hxg4 30.Nfe1 Ke7 31.Nf4 Kf7 32.Ned3 Bb8 33.f3 gxf3 34.gxf3 Nd6 35.b3 Nc8 36.Kf2 Ne7 37.Bc3 Nc6 38.Nb4 Bd6 1/2-1/2