This was a great game by Jason Covey and the endgame we arrived at was very instructive for both sides! Thanks to chessable.com for the free one year Pro Sub as a prize!
[Event "Golders Green Rapid Chess - Open"]
[Site "London, UK"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Covey, Jason"]
[Black "Balasundaram, Sivasatyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[Annotator "ashva"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Bg5 Kf8
15. Bh6 Be6 16. Qd4 $1 {Very nice move taking advantage of the pin} f6 17. Nxe7
$1 {Great sacrificice, which wins a pawn and gives white a much better position
} Rxe7 18. Qxf6+ Rf7 19. Bxg7+ Kg8 20. Qxe6 Kxg7 21. c3 Re8 22. Qd5 Rxe4 23.
Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rfe1 Rfe7 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. f3 R4e5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Rd1 d5 29.
Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 {This endgame is winning for white but it is still complex
as you will see!} Ke5 31. Ke2 d4 32. cxd4+ Kxd4 33. Kd2 c5 34. Ke2 h5 35. h4 c4
36. Kd2 a5 37. g3 a4 38. g4 Ke5 39. Ke3 $4 (39. gxh5 $1 {This was the only
move to maintain whites winning position, but black has to find an incredible
move to take advantage}) 39... g5 $2 (39... a3 $3 {A very hard move to find
but the idea is very nice!} 40. bxa3 g5 41. gxh5 gxh4 42. h6 Kf6) 40. hxg5 h4
$2 (40... a3 $3 41. bxa3 h4 42. g6) 41. f4+ {And here it is an easy win for
white} Kd6 42. g6 h3 43. g7 h2 44. g8=Q h1=Q 45. Qd8+ Kc5 46. Qd4+ Kb4 47. a3+
Kb5 48. Qd7+ Kc5 49. Qa7+ Kb5 50. Qd7+ Kc5 51. Qd4+ Kb5 52. Qe5+ Ka6 53. Qe6+
Kb5 54. Qe8+ Ka5 55. Qh5+ Qxh5 56. gxh5 {#r} 1-0