[Event "rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/71qlUBUF"] [Date "2025.09.28"] [White "phalanxmeta"] [Black "Nikolai1959"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "71qlUBUF"] [UTCDate "2025.09.28"] [UTCTime "11:59:58"] [WhiteElo "1137"] [BlackElo "1152"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "English Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 { A40 English Defense } 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Qe7?! { (0.27 → 1.24) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (4... Bb4 5. f3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe7 8. c5 bxc5 9. Rb1) 5. Bd3 Qb4?! { (1.22 → 2.10) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (5... g6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. d5 h6 10. Be3) 6. a3 Qd6?? { (1.56 → 4.43) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } (6... Qe7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Qd8 9. b4 a5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. d5) 7. Nf3?! { (4.43 → 2.94) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } (7. Nb5 Qe7 8. Nxc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 f5 10. Nxb6 fxe4 11. Na4 exd3 12. Nf3 e5) 7... c5?! { (2.94 → 4.07) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (7... Qe7 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 g6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. b4 c5 13. Bc2) 8. d5 Nf6?! { (3.76 → 5.77) Inaccuracy. Na6 was best. } (8... Na6 9. e5 Qb8 10. h4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nc7 12. Bc4 b5 13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5) 9. e5 Qe7 10. d6 Qd8 11. Bg5?! { (5.38 → 4.13) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } (11. Nb5 Na6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Rg1 O-O 15. g4 Nb8 16. Bd2 a6) 11... Nc6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 Bxd6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Be4 O-O-O 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Rb1? { (4.10 → 1.99) Mistake. Qd3 was best. } (18. Qd3 h5 19. h4 Ne7 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qg4 22. Nd2 f5 23. Bf3 Qg7) 18... Qg4?? { (1.99 → 4.49) Blunder. f5 was best. } (18... f5 19. Bc2 h5 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. h4 Rhg8 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5) 19. h3 Qxe4 20. Nxf6 Qg6 21. Qxd6 Rhg8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxg2?? { (6.00 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d6 was best. } (23... d6 24. Qf4 Rg7 25. h4 Qc2 26. Rfe1 Rxg3 27. Qxg3 Qg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. f3) 24. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0