[Event "WS/SIM/B/49"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2024.04.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nikolaev, Denis"]
[Black "Whelan, Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2401"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 
6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Bd7 
11.Rc1 a6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qa3 b5 14.Qc5 Qd6 15.Qxd6 cxd6 
16.Ng1 Bf5 17.Bf3 Ne7 18.Ne2 Be4 19.h4 Rfc8 20.Nf4 Bxf3 
21.gxf3 g6 22.a3 Rc4 23.Kd2 Kg7 24.Rc2 Rac8 25.Rg1 Ra4 
26.Ra1 h5 27.Rb2 Rac4 28.Rb3 Kh6 29.Rh1 f6 30.Kc2 Ra4 
31.Kd3 Rb8 32.Rh2 Rd8 33.Rh3 Rg8 34.Kc2 Rc8 35.Rh2 Re8 
36.Kb2 Rc4 37.Ne2 Rg8 38.Kc2 Ra4 39.Nf4 Ra8 40.Kb1 Rc8 
41.Rh1 Rac4 42.Kc2 Ra4 43.Kb2 Rac4 44.Rh3 Rb8 45.Kc1 Rg8 
46.Kc2 Rd8 47.Rb4 Rxb4 48.axb4 Ra8 49.Rh1 a5 50.bxa5 Rxa5 
51.Kb3 Ra4 52.Rg1 Ra7 53.Rc1 Ra8 54.Rf1 g5 55.Ne6 Rg8 
56.Kc2 Ra8 57.Nc7 Ra2+ 58.Kd3 Rb2 59.hxg5+ fxg5 60.Ne6 Nf5 
61.Rg1 Rxf2 62.Nxg5 h4 63.Nf7+ Kh7 64.Ng5+ Kh6 65.Nf7+ Kh7 
66.Rg4 h3 67.Ng5+ Kh6 68.Nf7+ Kh7 69.Ng5+ Kh6 70.Nxh3 Rxf3 
71.Rf4 Rxe3+ 72.Kd2 Rxh3 73.Rxf5 Rh5 74.Rf6+ Kg7 75.Rxd6 b4 
76.cxb4 Kf7 1/2-1/2
