[Event "XP Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/1AOA6lUj"] [Date "2022.02.27"] [White "Fransoiscarlsen"] [Black "EthanMerkel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.02.27"] [UTCTime "10:13:29"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1817"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+51"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+5"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 { D10 Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack } b5 5. Nf3 Bg4?! { (-0.11 → 0.90) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (5... Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Bb4 9. e5 Bxc3 10. exf6) 6. a4 Qa5? { (0.76 → 2.02) Mistake. b4 was best. } (6... b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Bh5 11. O-O) 7. Bd2 Qb6? { (2.14 → 3.70) Mistake. b4 was best. } (7... b4 8. Na2 Nf6 9. Bxb4 Qh5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. O-O Qg6 14. Nc1) 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Be3? { (3.30 → 1.76) Mistake. b3 was best. } (9. b3) 9... Qc7?? { (1.76 → 9.14) Blunder. e6 was best. } (9... e6) 10. Nxb5 Qc6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Bd5 Qxb5 14. Qxb5 Bxb5 15. Bxa8 e6 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nf3 Bb4+ 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. d5?! { (7.45 → 5.20) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (19. e5 Bc7) 19... e5 20. O-O-O Kd7?! { (4.50 → 5.78) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } (20... Ne7 21. Ba5) 21. Rhe1?! { (5.78 → 4.06) Inaccuracy. Ba5 was best. } (21. Ba5 Nh6 22. Kb1 Ke7 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Ng4 26. Be1 Nd7 27. h3 Bd3+) 21... Ne7?! { (4.06 → 6.30) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (21... Bc5) 22. Re3 Ng6 23. Rc3 a5 24. Bc6+ Nxc6 25. dxc6+ Bxc6 26. Rd3?? { (6.89 → 0.47) Blunder. Be3 was best. } (26. Be3 Rc8 27. Bc5 Nf4 28. Rxd6+ Ke8 29. Kd2 Bxe4 30. Ba3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nxg2 32. Re6+ Kf7) 26... Rc8?? { (0.47 → 6.46) Blunder. Bxe4 was best. } (26... Bxe4 27. Re3 Rc8+ 28. Rc3 Bc6 29. Be3 Ke6 30. Ne1 Ne7 31. Bc5 Nd5 32. Bxd6 Nxc3 33. bxc3) 27. Bc3 Ba4 28. Rxd6+ Ke7 29. R1d2 Nf4 30. g3 Ne6 31. Kb1 Nc5 32. Bxa5 Nxe4 33. Rd8 Nxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Ke6 35. Bc3 Bb3 36. Re2 Rd8 37. Re1 Rd3 38. Nd4+ Kd5?! { (6.16 → 8.89) Inaccuracy. Rxd4 was best. } (38... Rxd4 39. Bxd4) 39. Nxb3 Kc4 40. Nc1 Rd8 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Re2 Ke6 43. Kc2 Rc8 44. Nd3 g6 45. g4 Rc5 46. Nf4+ Kd6 47. Rd2+ Kc7 48. Ne6+ Kc6 49. Nxc5 Kxc5 50. Rd7 h5 51. Rg7 hxg4 52. Rxg6 f5 53. Rg5 Kd5 54. Rxf5 Ke4 55. Rxe5+ Kf3 56. Rg5 Kf4 57. Bd2+ Kf3 58. Be3 Ke2 59. Rxg4 Kf1 60. f4 Ke1 61. Kd3 Kf1 62. Bd4 Ke1 63. f5 Kd1 64. Rg1# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0