[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/3MIZ6LJ0"] [Date "2023.09.09"] [White "NLance"] [Black "Xmask"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.09.09"] [UTCTime "14:06:00"] [WhiteElo "2090"] [BlackElo "2056"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+45"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani Opening: Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 { C44 Ponziani Opening: Steinitz Variation } 5. d3 Be6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O Qd7 8. Be3 a6 9. Nbd2 d4?! { (-0.23 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (9... O-O-O 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Nfd2 f5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Bf1) 10. cxd4 b5 11. Qc2 exd4 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4?! { (0.36 → -0.22) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (14. h3) 14... g4 15. Ne1 Bh6 16. a3?! { (-0.38 → -0.94) Inaccuracy. Nb3 was best. } (16. Nb3 Bxb3) 16... f5 17. exf5?! { (-0.78 → -1.80) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (17. f4 O-O) 17... Nxf5 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Qc5 Bd5 20. Bxc7?! { (-1.43 → -2.51) Inaccuracy. Nc2 was best. } (20. Nc2 Rf7 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22. axb4 c6 23. Rae1 Raf8 24. Be5 Nxh4 25. Bd1 Nf5 26. Bxd4 Nxd4) 20... Nxh4? { (-2.51 → -0.75) Mistake. Rac8 was best. } (20... Rac8) 21. Bd6 Rf5 22. Nf6+?! { (-0.71 → -1.81) Inaccuracy. Qxd5+ was best. } (22. Qxd5+) 22... Rxf6 23. Qxd5+ Kh8?! { (-1.41 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Qe6 was best. } (23... Qe6 24. Qxc6) 24. Qxh5 Nf3+?? { (-0.26 → 2.66) Blunder. Qxd6 was best. } (24... Qxd6 25. Qxh4) 25. Nxf3 gxf3 26. Be5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Qg7?! { (2.57 → 3.37) Inaccuracy. fxe2 was best. } (27... fxe2 28. Qxf6+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. f4 Bxf4 32. Kf2 Re3 33. Rxe2 Rxd3 34. Re4) 28. Bxf3 Bf4?! { (3.41 → 4.48) Inaccuracy. Raf8 was best. } (28... Raf8 29. Rfe1 R8f7 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qe7 R6f7 32. Qe5 Rc7 33. Qh5 Qg5 34. Qxg5 Bxg5 35. Re6) 29. Qe4?! { (4.48 → 3.48) Inaccuracy. Qxf6 was best. } (29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Bxa8 Qg6 31. g3 Be3 32. Rae1 b4 33. Bg2 bxa3 34. bxa3 Qd6 35. fxe3 Qxg3) 29... Rg8 30. g3 Bxg3 31. fxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Bg2 Rh6 33. Qxd4+ Rg7 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Rhg6 36. Rf2 Kh6 37. Rc1 Rg5 38. Rc6+ Kh5?? { (5.53 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. R7g6 was best. } (38... R7g6 39. Kf1 a5 40. Rxg6+ Rxg6 41. Qd4 Qxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rxg2 43. Qb6+ Kg7 44. Qb7+ Kg6 45. Qxb5) 39. Kf1? { (Mate in 10 → 7.65) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe8+ was best. } (39. Qe8+ R5g6 40. Rf5+ Kh6 41. Qh8+ Rh7 42. Rh5+ Kxh5 43. Qxh7+ Kg4 44. Rxg6+ Kf4 45. Qh6+ Kf5) 39... a5? { (7.65 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. R5g6 was best. } (39... R5g6 40. Rc8 Rh7 41. Qf5+ Kh6 42. Be4 Qg1+ 43. Ke2 Qg4+ 44. Qxg4 Rxg4 45. Rh2+ Kg5 46. Rxh7) 40. Bf3+ Rg4 41. Qf5+ Rg5 42. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0