[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Laval CAN"]
[Date "2024.07.18"]
[Round "8.58"]
[White "Murali, Dhruv"]
[Black "Pickard, Ryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Ne7 5.Bxe5 a6 6.Bxc6+ Nxc6 7.Bb2 Qg5 8.Kf1 Bf5 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.d3 O-O-O 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bc5 13.Kg1 Be6 14.a3 Qh6 15.d4 Bd6 16.c4 f5 17.c5 Be7 18.Nf1 g5 19.b4 Qg7 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 h5 22.Bd4 c6 23.a4 h4 24.f4 Rdg8 25.Qe2 gxf4 26.exf4 Qh6 27.Qf2 Rg6 28.Rh2 Rhg8 29.Rb1 Kd8 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Ke8 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Rb6 Bd7 34.Be3 Bd8 35.Rb3 Qh5 36.Qb2 Qd1 37.Qb1 Qe2 38.Bf2 Be6 39.Qd3 Qa2 40.Ra3 Qb2 41.Rb3 Qc1 1/2-1/2