[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "bmclaughlin76"] [Black "briandking"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1214"] [BlackElo "1112"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5?! { (0.29 → 1.23) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+) 3. exd5 e4 { C40 Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit } 4. Qe2 Qxd5? { (1.36 → 3.20) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (4... Nf6 5. d3 Qxd5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. dxe4 Qh5 8. Qb5 Bc5 9. Nb3) 5. Nc3 Qc6 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. d3? { (2.90 → 1.44) Mistake. d4 was best. } (7. d4 Bf5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6) 7... Nf6?! { (1.44 → 2.05) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } (7... Bg4 8. Be3) 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. Bxe7 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Kxe7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. d4 Bxa2? { (2.14 → 4.36) Mistake. c6 was best. } (13... c6 14. Rhe1 Kd6 15. Ng5 Nd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rd2 Rhe8 18. f4 h6 19. Bf3 Re7 20. Rde2) 14. Rhe1 Kd6?! { (3.55 → 4.86) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } (14... Be6 15. d5 Bc8 16. d6+ cxd6 17. Bc4+ Be6 18. Ng5 Kd7 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Rxe6 Nc6 21. Rexd6+) 15. b3 Nc6 16. Bc4 f6 17. Kb2 Bxb3 18. Bxb3 Nd8 19. d5 a5 20. Nd4 c6 21. dxc6 bxc6?? { (6.26 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc8 was best. } (21... Rc8 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Re3 a4 24. Bxa4 Rxb7+ 25. Bb5 Kc7 26. Kc1 Kb6 27. Be2 Nc6 28. Rb3+) 22. Ne6+ Ke7 23. Nc7+? { (Mate in 6 → 9.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nc5+ was best. } { White wins. } (23. Nc5+ Ne6 24. Rd7+ Ke8 25. Rxe6+ Kf8 26. Ree7 Rb8 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Rxg7#) 1-0