[Event "132nd ch-NZL Rapid 2025"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2025.01.12"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Krstev, M"]
[Black "Liu, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.d5 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.Nc3 Nc5 9.Re1 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Nf4 Kh7 15.Qc2 Qf7 16.Be3 e5 17.Nd3 Nxd3 18.exd3 c6 19.h3 Qc7 20.a3 Rac8 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 d5 23.cxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.Bc5 Rf3 27.Re3 e4 28.Rd1 Rxe3 29.Bxe3 g5 30.dxe4 dxe4 31.b5 Re7 32.Rc1 Kg6 33.Rc4 Kf5 34.g4+ Kg6 35.Kf1 Bb2 36.Ke2 Kf6 37.Rc8 Ke5 38.Rc2 Ba3 39.Rc3 Bb4 40.Rc4 Bd6 41.Bc5 Bxc5 42.Rxc5+ Kd4 43.Rf5 Re6 44.Rf7 b6 45.Rc7 1-0