[Event "5th Thessaloniki Int 2024"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2024.08.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Liu, Yi"]
[Black "Melikhov, E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 Bd6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Bxf4 7.exf4 Qd6 8.Ne5 b6 9.h4 c5 10.h5 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb4 12.h6 g6 13.Bd3 Qxd4 14.Ndf3 Qxb2 15.O-O Ba6 16.Rb1 Qa3 17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Qd4 Ne8 19.Nd7 Qe7 20.Nxf8 Qxf8 21.Ne5 Qxh6 22.Nd3 Nc5 23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.Qxc5 Qxf4 25.Rb7 Nf6 26.g3 Qf3 27.Rxa7 Rxa7 28.Qxa7 Ng4 29.Qb8+ Kg7 30.Qf4 Qe2 31.Qd4+ f6 32.Qd1 Qc4 33.a4 h5 34.a5 h4 35.Qc1 Qb5 36.Qc7+ Kh6 37.Qf4+ Kh5 38.f3 Qc5+ 39.Kh1 Nf2+ 40.Rxf2 1-0