[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/3QynWEPo"] [Date "2024.01.24"] [White "Michael_Campbell"] [Black "iancmason"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.01.24"] [UTCTime "02:31:30"] [WhiteElo "1916"] [BlackElo "2193"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } c5 3. Nc3 a6?! { (-0.01 → 0.81) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (3... Nc6 4. Nf3 Nd4 5. d3 Ne7 6. g3 Nec6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O) 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. g3?! { (0.76 → -0.04) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O) 5... Nf6?! { (-0.04 → 0.55) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (5... Ne5 6. Ng1 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Bg2 b5 9. d3 d6 10. Nf3) 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 h6 9. f4 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. f5 Bd7 12. g4?! { (0.68 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (12. h4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bf6 18. Qg4 Kh7) 12... Rb8 13. Ng3 Nd4 14. Be3 b5 15. b3 Bc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 bxc4 18. dxc4 a5 19. Bxd4? { (-0.82 → -2.03) Mistake. Qd3 was best. } (19. Qd3 a4 20. bxa4 Ra8 21. Qd1 Qa5 22. h4 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Ng4) 19... cxd4?! { (-2.03 → -1.40) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } (19... exd4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Be4 Kh7 22. Qe2 Rh8 23. Rae1 Kg8 24. Bf3 Kf8 25. Bg4 Rh4 26. Rf2) 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bg5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2