[Event "Nikolaus Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4jCeCEkc"] [Date "2021.12.06"] [White "Sonnenkoenig"] [Black "Roland1991"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2021.12.06"] [UTCTime "19:25:31"] [WhiteElo "1951"] [BlackElo "2013"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation } cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6?! { (0.70 → 1.75) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (9... a6 10. O-O-O) 10. Na4 Qb4 11. Nxc5 Nxc5?? { (1.69 → 6.23) Blunder. Qxd2+ was best. } (11... Qxd2+) 12. Nxc6?? { (6.23 → 1.51) Blunder. c3 was best. } (12. c3 Qb6 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Qf2 d4 15. Nxd4 Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc6 18. Bd3 f5) 12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Kc1 bxc6 15. Bd3 O-O?? { (1.55 → 3.81) Blunder. f5 was best. } (15... f5 16. a4 a5 17. Ra3 O-O 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. g3 Rf7 21. b3 h5 22. Rc5) 16. c3?? { (3.81 → 1.25) Blunder. Bxe4 was best. } (16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 a5 18. b3 a4 19. Kb2 f6 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Rd6 axb3 22. cxb3 Ba6) 16... a5?? { (1.25 → 3.27) Blunder. f5 was best. } (16... f5 17. exf6) 17. Kc2?? { (3.27 → 0.18) Blunder. Bxe4 was best. } (17. Bxe4 dxe4) 17... f6?? { (0.18 → 2.90) Blunder. Ba6 was best. } (17... Ba6) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bc5 Rf7 20. Bd6?? { (2.49 → 0.22) Blunder. c4 was best. } (20. c4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Rf5 22. Rad1 Ba6 23. Kc3 Rxe5 24. Be3 Rf5 25. Rd6 e5 26. Rhd1 Rf6) 20... Ba6 21. Kd2?! { (0.23 → -0.82) Inaccuracy. b3 was best. } (21. b3 Bd3+) 21... Bd3?! { (-0.82 → 0.18) Inaccuracy. fxe5 was best. } (21... fxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd7+ 23. Kc2 Bd3+ 24. Kd2 Bc4+ 25. Kc1 e3 26. Re1 e2 27. b3 Bd3 28. a4) 22. Ke3 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Rd8 24. Rad1 c5 25. b3 Rfd7 26. c4?! { (0.87 → -0.09) Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best. } (26. Rd2) 26... Kf7 27. Rd2 h5 28. Rhd1 Kg6?! { (0.16 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (28... a4 29. g4) 29. h3?! { (0.73 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (29. g4 h4 30. Rb2 a4 31. bxa4 Ra8 32. Rb6 Rxa4 33. Rxe6+ Kh7 34. f5 Rxa2 35. h3 Ra3) 29... Kf5? { (0.00 → 1.33) Mistake. a4 was best. } (29... a4 30. g4 axb3 31. gxh5+ Kxh5 32. axb3 Ra8 33. Rg2 Ra3 34. Rg5+ Kh4 35. Rg4+ Kh5 36. Rg5+) 30. Rg1?! { (1.33 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. g4+ was best. } (30. g4+ hxg4 31. hxg4+ Kg6 32. Rh2 a4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Rdh1 Bxc4 35. Rh5 Kf7 36. Rh7 Kg6) 30... a4?? { (0.25 → 3.20) Blunder. Kg6 was best. } (30... Kg6) 31. g4+ hxg4?? { (2.95 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg6 was best. } (31... Kg6 32. gxh5+ Kh7 33. Rdg2 axb3 34. axb3 Ra8 35. Rxg7+ Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kh6 37. Rc7 Bc2 38. Rxc5) 32. hxg4+?? { (Mate in 2 → 1.43) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxg4 was best. } (32. Rxg4 Bxc4 33. Rg5#) 32... Kg6 33. bxa4? { (1.18 → 0.00) Mistake. Rh2 was best. } (33. Rh2 Rg8 34. bxa4 Bxc4 35. Rc1 Ba6 36. Rxc5 Rgd8 37. Rb2 Kf7 38. Kxe4 Bb7+ 39. Ke3 Rh8) 33... Ra8 34. Bb2?! { (0.53 → -0.06) Inaccuracy. Rh2 was best. } (34. Rh2 Bxc4 35. f5+ Kf7 36. Rh7 Rd3+ 37. Kxe4 Rxa4 38. Rxg7+ Ke8 39. fxe6 Rda3 40. Bf6 Bxe6+) 34... Rxa4 35. a3 Rxc4 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Rb7?! { (-0.57 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Rd8 was best. } (37... Rd8 38. Rh2) 38. Bb2? { (0.00 → -1.67) Mistake. Rb2 was best. } (38. Rb2 Rc7 39. Rb6 Kf7 40. Bb2 Bc2 41. Rb5 Bd1 42. Be5 Ra7 43. Rxc5 Rxa3+ 44. Kxe4 Ra7) 38... c4? { (-1.67 → -0.25) Mistake. Rb3 was best. } (38... Rb3 39. f5+) 39. Bc3?? { (-0.25 → -3.19) Blunder. Bd4 was best. } (39. Bd4 Rb1 40. Rb2 Rf1 41. Rb7 Rf3+ 42. Kd2 c3+ 43. Bxc3 Bc4 44. Rxg7+ Kh6 45. g5+ Kh5) 39... Rb3 40. Kd4 Rxa3?? { (-3.14 → -0.58) Blunder. e3 was best. } (40... e3 41. Rd1 e2 42. Rc1 Rxa3 43. Bb4 Ra4 44. Bc3 Kf7 45. Rh1 Ra2 46. Bb4 Kf6 47. Ke3) 41. Bb4? { (-0.58 → -2.06) Mistake. Rb2 was best. } (41. Rb2) 41... Rb3 42. Bc3?! { (-2.14 → -3.46) Inaccuracy. Ba5 was best. } (42. Ba5) 42... Kf7?? { (-3.46 → -1.31) Blunder. e3 was best. } (42... e3 43. Rd1 Kf6 44. Ba5 Ra3 45. Bb4 e2 46. Rh1 Ra2 47. Ke3 g5 48. Kf3 gxf4 49. Kxf4) 43. Rd1?? { (-1.31 → -6.21) Blunder. Rb2 was best. } (43. Rb2 g6) 43... Ra3?? { (-6.21 → -0.99) Blunder. g5 was best. } (43... g5) 44. Re1?! { (-0.99 → -2.11) Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best. } (44. Ra1 Rb3) 44... Ra2? { (-2.11 → -0.58) Mistake. g5 was best. } (44... g5 45. Bb2 Rb3 46. Bc1 Rb5 47. Rh1 gxf4 48. Bxf4 Rd5+ 49. Kc3 e5 50. Be3 Be2 51. Kb4) 45. g5?? { (-0.58 → -3.23) Blunder. Ra1 was best. } (45. Ra1 Rc2 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Bb4 Re2 48. Re7 e3 49. Rxe6 Rf2 50. g5 Kh7 51. Rxe3 Rxf4+) 45... Kg6 46. Re3? { (-3.22 → -5.55) Mistake. Ra1 was best. } (46. Ra1 Rc2) 46... Kf5 47. Rh3 Kxf4 48. Rh7 e3 49. Rxg7 e2 50. Rf7+ Kg4 51. Re7 e1=Q?? { (-5.08 → -0.09) Blunder. Ra6 was best. } (51... Ra6) 52. Bxe1 Kxg5 53. Rxe6 Kf5 54. Re5+ Kf4 55. Bc3 Ra3 56. Rc5 { White offers draw } 56... Rb3 57. Rxc4 Bxc4 58. Kxc4 Rb1 59. Bb4 Ke4 60. Kb5 Kd5 61. Ka5 Kc4 62. Be7 Rb7 63. Bf8 Rb5+ 64. Ka6 Rb8 65. Bd6 Kd5 66. Bxb8 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2