[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/2PpEESyP"] [Date "2023.07.04"] [White "DiggerDargon"] [Black "Hardcastle"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.04"] [UTCTime "20:21:35"] [WhiteElo "1850"] [BlackElo "1851"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 { D06 Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense } 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bf4?! { (0.27 → -0.28) Inaccuracy. e3 was best. } (4. e3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O) 4... e6?! { (-0.28 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. dxc4 was best. } (4... dxc4 5. a4 Nd5 6. Bg3 Qa5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. bxc3) 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c5 Qc7 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. b4 b5?? { (-0.11 → 1.81) Blunder. a5 was best. } (11... a5 12. a3) 12. a4 a6?! { (1.81 → 2.74) Inaccuracy. bxa4 was best. } (12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5 14. Qa1 Bb7 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Qd8 17. O-O Bc6 18. Ra3 Ne4 19. Rc1) 13. axb5 Rb8? { (2.93 → 4.97) Mistake. cxb5 was best. } (13... cxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb7 15. Nc3 Qxb4 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. O-O Qb7 18. Qa2 Qc6 19. Nb5 Ra8 20. Ne5) 14. b6 Nxb6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O Qxb4 17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Ne5?! { (4.60 → 3.15) Inaccuracy. Rxb8 was best. } (18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Na4 a5 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Ra1 Qa7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Ba6 24. Ng5 g6) 18... Nd7?! { (3.15 → 4.67) Inaccuracy. Rxb1 was best. } (18... Rxb1 19. Qxb1 c5 20. Qa2 Ne8 21. Bc2 cxd4 22. exd4 Bd7 23. Bd3 Qc7 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. Bxb5) 19. Rxb8 Nxb8 20. Qh5 g6 21. Nxg6? { (4.45 → 2.64) Mistake. Qh6 was best. } (21. Qh6 Qe7 22. Rf3 Qf6 23. Na4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Rh3 Qh8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Rf3 Qf6) 21... fxg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6?? { (2.03 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe7 was best. } (22... Qe7 23. Bd3 a5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Ng3 c5 28. Nh5 cxd4 29. exd4) 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. Rh3+ Qh7 26. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0