[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/6CBhkjoz"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [White "pollovsky"] [Black "moralee73"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.07.22"] [UTCTime "16:22:23"] [WhiteElo "1412"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. a3 { B20 Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation } e6 3. b4 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. e5 d6 6. Nf3 d5?! { (-0.37 → 0.37) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (6... Nd7 7. exd6 Ngf6 8. d4 cxb4 9. axb4 Bxd6 10. b5 O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Nbd2) 7. g3?! { (0.37 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (7. c3 a5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. O-O Ne7 11. d4 Bc6 12. c4 Bxb5) 7... f6? { (-0.35 → 0.99) Mistake. d4 was best. } (7... d4 8. Bg2 g5 9. O-O h5 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. d3 g4 12. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2) 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Qe2 Bc8?! { (1.04 → 1.75) Inaccuracy. Na6 was best. } (10... Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. d3 d4 14. Nbd2 O-O) 11. Bh3? { (1.75 → 0.27) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (11. Ng5) 11... Qd6?! { (0.27 → 1.36) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (11... e5 12. Bxc8 Qxc8 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. O-O cxb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qb5 Bd6 17. d4) 12. Ng5 Kd7?? { (0.87 → 4.48) Blunder. O-O was best. } (12... O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxe6+ Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Nxe6 Rfc8 17. bxc5 Rab8 18. Bxf6) 13. Nc3 Qc6?! { (3.75 → 5.38) Inaccuracy. Ke8 was best. } (13... Ke8 14. O-O a6 15. Na4 h6 16. Nxe6 Kf7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rae1 c4 19. Qf3) 14. Bxe6+ Kd6?? { (4.44 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } (14... Ke8 15. O-O Bxe6 16. Nxe6 Kf7 17. Ng5+ Kf8 18. Rae1 Bd8 19. Ne6+ Kf7 20. Nxd8+) 15. Nb5+?? { (Mate in 3 → 5.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe5+ was best. } (15. Qe5+ Kxe5 16. Nb5+ d4 17. f4#) 15... Qxb5 16. Nf7+?! { (5.28 → 4.14) Inaccuracy. Qxb5 was best. } { White offers draw } { The game is a draw. } (16. Qxb5 Bxe6 17. bxc5+ bxc5 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. O-O Kd6 20. Rae1 Nbd7 21. Qa6+ Nb6) 1/2-1/2