[Event "Asian Championship"] [Site "Al Ain UAE"] [Date "2025.05.14"] [EventDate "2025.05.07"] [Round "8.12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Xiangyu Xu"] [Black "Denis Makhnev"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "118"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b6 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Bb2 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc7 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Rcd1 f6 20. h3 b5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Kf7 23. g4 Re6 24. Rxe6 Kxe6 25. Nh4 g6 26. f4 Ke7 27. f5 g5 28. Nf3 Bb7 29. e4 c4 30. Ba3+ Ke8 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Ne6 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Bb4 Bxe4 36. Nc7+ Kf7 37. Nxa6 Nb6 38. Nc7 Na4 39. Nb5 Kg7 40. a3 Bc6 41. Nd4 Be4 42. Ne2 Kf7 43. Kf2 h5 44. Ng3 Bb1 45. gxh5 c3 46. Ke3 c2 47. Kd2 Nb2 48. Ne2 Nd3 49. Nc1 Nxc1 50. Kxc1 Ba2 51. Kxc2 Bd5 52. Kd3 Bg2 53. h4 gxh4 54. a4 Kg7 55. Bd2 h3 56. Bf4 h2 57. Bxh2 Kh6 58. Ke3 Kxh5 59. Kf4 Kh6 1/2-1/2