Normally a game that holds up the end of a weekend tournament isn't that enjoyable, either to the players or organisers. However, there are exceptions, and the following is one of them. While the first half of the game involved a lot of manoeuvring of pieces, but little progress, FM Clive Ng decided to spice things up with an exchange sacrifice. The only problem with this approach was that it now meant he was worse, and after a few more moves, was in fact lost. The only ray of hope for Ng was the fact that his king was stalemated on h2, which gave him a drawing defence. When Anthony Fikh pushed his g pawn up the board, Clive was faced with being a whole rook down, but this actually helped him. After Rxg3, the 'desperado' rook sprang to life, offering itself to the Black king. As any capture lead to stalemate, Fikh was forced to march his king across the board, and after Ng found the very rare rook fork of king and rook, the draw was secured.
Ng,Clive - Fikh,Anthony [A29]
2021 NSW Open Sydney, Australia (7.7), 14.06.2021
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Be6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 f6 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Qc4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h4 Kh7 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc2 Kg6 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Kf3 Rf5+ 26. Kg2 Rd5 27. Rc4 Re6 28. Kf1 Kf5 29. Rec1 Red6 30. Kg2 Kg6 31. a4 Re6 32. R4c2 Kf7 33. Ra1 Re7 34. Kf1 Re6 35. Ba3 Ke7 36. Bc1 Kd7 37. Bd2 Kd6 38. Rac1 Re7 39. Rc4 Re6 40. f3 Re8 41. Kf2 Re7 42. g4 Re8 43. g5 f5 44. g6 Rh8 45. R4c2 Re8 46. Rg1 Kd7 47. Rg5 Rh8 48. Bf4 Ke6 49. Rg1 Kd7 50. Rgc1 Re8 51. Bd2 Kd6 52. Rg1 Kd7 53. Rg5 Rh8 54. e4 dxe3+ 55. Bxe3 Be7 56. Bxb6 Bxg5 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. hxg5 Rd7 59. Rc3 h4 60. Kg2 h3+ 61. Kh2 f4 62. d4 Kf5 63. Rc5+ Kxg6 64. Re5 Rf7 65. Bxa5 Rf5 66. Re6+ Kf7 67. Re4 Rxg5 68. Rxf4+ Ke6 69. Re4+ Kd5 70. Re2 Kc4 71. Bd2 Rg6 72. Bf4 Kxd4 73. Be5+ Kd5 74. f4 b6 75. Ra2 Rh5 76. a5 bxa5 77. Rxa5 Kc5 78. b6+ Kc6 79. Ra2 Kxb6 80. Rc2 Kb5 81. Rc7 Rh7 82. f5 Rg2+ 83. Kh1 h2 84. Rc1 Rf2 85. Bg3 Rxf5 86. Bd6 g6 87. Bg3 Rc5 88. Rb1+ Kc6 89. Rd1 g5 90. Rd6+ Kb5 91. Rd1 Rh3 92. Bd6 Rc2 93. Be5 Re2 94. Bb8 g4 95. Bc7 g3 96. Bxg3 Rxg3 97. Rb1+ Kc6 98. Rb6+ Kd5 99. Rd6+ Ke4 100. Rd4+ Kf3 101. Rf4+ Ke3 102. Rf3+ Ke4 103. Rxg3 Ke5 1/2-1/2
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