[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/1k2CisVX"] [Date "2023.08.01"] [White "paul_kersey_013"] [Black "Sofia_v"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.01"] [UTCTime "00:28:43"] [WhiteElo "1548"] [BlackElo "1504"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Qf3 Nc6 4. Nc3?! { (0.00 → -0.64) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (4. Ne2 d6 5. Nbc3 Bg4 6. Qe3 Nb4 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Ba4+ Bd7) 4... Bc5?! { (-0.64 → 0.08) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (4... Nd4 5. Qd1 c6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. e5) 5. Nge2 O-O 6. d3 d6?! { (-0.09 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (6... Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 c6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3) 7. Bg5 Kh8? { (0.87 → 2.59) Mistake. Bb4 was best. } (7... Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Bb3) 8. Nd5 Be6?? { (2.72 → 5.60) Blunder. Bg4 was best. } (8... Bg4 9. Bxf6 Bxf3 10. Bxd8 Bxe2 11. Bxc7 Bg4 12. c3 a5 13. Bb6 a4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. f3) 9. Nxf6 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bc5 11. h4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Na5 13. Nxh7 Qd7?? { (6.45 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (13... f6 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Rc1 d5 19. Ng3 Qe8 20. exd5) 14. Nxf8?? { (Mate in 10 → 6.66) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf6 was best. } (14. Nf6 Qg4 15. Qxg4 g6 16. h5 Kg7 17. hxg6 Rh8 18. Nh5+ Kg8 19. gxf7+ Kf8 20. Bf6 Bxf2+) 14... Rxf8 15. h5 Nxc4?! { (6.17 → 11.03) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (15... f5 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 f4 18. h6 g6 19. Qh3 Rf5 20. h7 Qf7 21. Qh4 Bf8 22. Rd1) 16. h6 g6?! { (11.07 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe6 was best. } (16... Qe6 17. hxg7+ Kxg7 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Bh6+ Qxh6 20. Nf5+ Kf8 21. Nxh6 Rg7 22. Qf6 Ke8 23. Qxg7) 17. Qf6+ Kh7 18. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0