[Event "VCA INTERMEDIATE PLAYING Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9PB8qEPX"] [Date "2024.08.04"] [White "UsableLepidMinnow"] [Black "Bhargav1980"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.08.04"] [UTCTime "14:49:55"] [WhiteElo "1121"] [BlackElo "1169"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: French Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 { White offers draw } 2... Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 { C42 Petrov's Defense: French Attack } Nf6 6. Be2 Be6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. O-O Qd7 9. Ng5 O-O-O?! { (-0.12 → 0.62) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } (9... Bf5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a3 d5 13. d4 Ne4 14. Ne1 Ng5) 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. h3 Kb8 12. Bg5?! { (0.48 → -0.57) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (12. Re1) 12... Re8?! { (-0.57 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c3 h5 15. Nd2 d5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. a4 Ne7 18. a5) 13. Nc3 d5 14. d4?! { (0.58 → -0.09) Inaccuracy. Bxf6 was best. } (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bg4 Qd6 16. d4 Rd8 17. Nb5 Qf4 18. g3 Qh6 19. c3 Ne7) 14... Bb4 15. Re1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bb5?! { (0.30 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best. } (18. Qd3 Qg6 19. Qb5 Qxc2 20. Bf3 a6 21. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxc3 23. Rb1 Re8) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Na5 20. c4? { (0.19 → -1.23) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } (20. Bd3 a6 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rb1 Ka7 23. Re1 Nc6 24. g3 Qd6 25. Qf3 f5) 20... dxc4?? { (-1.23 → 3.53) Blunder. Nxc4 was best. } (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. c3 Rd8 23. Qe4 g6 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb5 Qd6 26. Re5) 21. Qxa5 Qxd4?! { (3.46 → 4.67) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (21... a6 22. Ba4 Qxd4 23. Rb1 Qd6 24. c3 Ka7 25. Bd1 b6 26. Qg5 Qg6 27. Qc1) 22. Qe1?! { (4.67 → 3.55) Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. } (22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Bc6 Qb6 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Qc3 bxc6 26. g4 g6 27. Qxc4 f5) 22... a6 23. Ba4?! { (4.14 → 2.72) Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best. } (23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Be8 f6 25. Bf7 Ka7 26. Rd7 h5 27. Bg6 Qg5 28. Qe3+ Qxe3) 23... Rd8 24. c3 Qf4?! { (2.37 → 3.20) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (24... Qd2 25. Be8) 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qd6?! { (2.79 → 3.98) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (26... b5 27. Bc2 g6 28. g3 Qe5 29. Qf3 f5 30. Kf1 Qd6 31. Qe3 Kb7 32. h4) 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Be8 b5?! { (3.45 → 4.63) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (28... f6 29. Kf1 Kc7 30. Ke2 b5 31. Ke3 Kb6 32. Kd4 Ka5 33. Bc6 Ka4 34. Bb7) 29. Bxf7 Kb7 30. Bg8 h6 31. Bf7 Kb6 32. Kf1 a5 33. Ke2 Kc5 34. Kd2 b4 35. Kc2 a4 36. Kb2 a3+ 37. Kc2 d5 38. f4?! { (6.26 → 4.81) Inaccuracy. cxb4+ was best. } (38. cxb4+ Kd4 39. b5 Kc5 40. b6 Kxb6 41. Bxd5 Kc7 42. Be4 h5 43. h4 g5) 38... d4 39. cxd4+? { (5.12 → 3.07) Mistake. cxb4+ was best. } (39. cxb4+ Kxb4 40. g4 Kb5 41. h4 Kb4 42. g5 Kc5 43. Be6 hxg5 44. fxg5 Kb4) 39... Kxd4 40. f5 c3?! { (2.74 → 4.36) Inaccuracy. b3+ was best. } (40... b3+ 41. Kb1) 41. Bb3 Kc5?! { (4.08 → 6.14) Inaccuracy. Ke3 was best. } (41... Ke3 42. Ba4) 42. Kd3 Kb5 43. g4 Kc5 44. h4 Kb5 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Kc5 47. f6 gxf6 48. gxf6 Kd6 49. f7 Ke7 { Black offers draw } 50. Kd4 Kf8 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. Kxb4 Kf8 53. Kxa3 Ke7 54. Kb4 Kf8? { (7.90 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c2 was best. } (54... c2 55. Bxc2 Kxf7 56. Bb3+ Ke8 57. a4 Kd7 58. Kb5 Kd6 59. a5 Kd7 60. Bc4) 55. Kxc3 Ke7 56. a4 Kf8 57. a5 Ke7 58. a6 Kd7 59. a7 Kc7 60. a8=Q Kd7 61. f8=R { Black resigns. } 1-0