[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0adjHwpP"] [Date "2024.04.27"] [White "Merus_2009"] [Black "ECVH0111"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.27"] [UTCTime "01:06:29"] [WhiteElo "1717"] [BlackElo "1498"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [ECO "B44"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 { B44 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation } 5. Be3 a6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd4?! { (0.70 → 1.39) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (7... exd5 8. Nc3) 8. Bxd4 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd4?? { (1.36 → 3.56) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } (9... Qd6 10. Ne4 Qd5 11. Bc3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. O-O Qh5 15. g4 Qh4 16. b4) 10. Bb5+ axb5 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. Nxb5 Rb8?! { (4.12 → 5.76) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (12... Kf8 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Qc4 g6 15. Qc7 h5 16. Kb1 h4 17. Rhe1 Rh5 18. Rd8+ Bxd8 19. Qxd8+) 13. Qa7 Nf6 14. Qxb8 O-O 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Qxb7 h6 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxd7 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Rd8 20. Qb7 Bf4 21. Nc3 Be5 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Qa7 Rc8 24. Rd7 Rf8 25. Ne4 Rb8 26. Rxf7 Kh8 27. Rxg7 Rxb2+ 28. Kc1 Bxg7 29. c3 Re2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qb1?! { (7.44 → 5.57) Inaccuracy. Kd1 was best. } (31. Kd1 Rxf2 32. Nxf2 Bxc3 33. Qb7+ Bg7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Qxe6 Bf8 36. Ne4 Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh8) 31... Re1+ 32. Kc2 Rxb1 33. Kxb1 Be5 34. g3 Kg7 35. a4 Kf7 36. a5 Ke7 37. a6 Bb8 38. Nc5 Kd6 39. Ne4+ Ke5 40. f3 Ba7 41. c4 Kd4 42. c5 Kd5 43. Kc2 e5 44. Kd3 h5 45. h4 Bb8 46. Nf6+ Kxc5?? { (7.00 → Mate in 20) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc6 was best. } (46... Kc6 47. Kc4 e4 48. Nxe4 Bc7 49. f4 Bb8 50. f5 Kd7 51. Kd5 Ke7 52. f6+ Kf7 53. Kc6) 47. Nd7+ Kb5 48. Nxb8 Kb6 49. Ke4 Ka7 50. Kxe5 Kxb8 51. f4 Ka7 52. f5 Kxa6 53. f6 Kb7 54. f7 Kc7 55. f8=Q Kd7 56. Qf7+ Kd8 57. Kd6 Kc8 58. Qc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0