[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9UhrmCEF"] [Date "2023.08.10"] [White "ERNEST_1"] [Black "canadian1966"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.10"] [UTCTime "16:06:04"] [WhiteElo "1915"] [BlackElo "1888"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: French Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 { B40 Sicilian Defense: French Variation } 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3?! { (1.13 → 0.22) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (10. Nc6 Qc7) 10... Bb7 11. f3 Rc8 12. g4 Ne5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4?! { (0.45 → -0.23) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (14. f4 Nc4) 14... Nc4?? { (-0.23 → 1.44) Blunder. Nb6 was best. } (14... Nb6 15. b3) 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Rhg1?! { (1.57 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (16. h5) 16... Qc8 17. h5 d5?? { (0.53 → 2.82) Blunder. Rxc3 was best. } (17... Rxc3) 18. exd5 Bxa3? { (2.72 → 4.59) Mistake. O-O was best. } (18... O-O 19. g6 Nc5 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxg5 Rg8 23. Kb1 Qd8 24. Qe3 exd5 25. b3) 19. dxe6 Bxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Nc5?! { (6.38 → 9.07) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (20... b4 21. Na4 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Bc6 25. Nac5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Kf7 27. Rd6) 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Ne6+?! { (9.93 → 5.35) Inaccuracy. Nb3 was best. } (22. Nb3 Na4+ 23. Nxa4 Rxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Bc8 26. Rd8+ Kxf7 27. Rxh8 Bf5+ 28. Kc3 g6) 22... Nxe6 23. g6 b4?? { (5.48 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc7 was best. } (23... Qc7 24. Rg4 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Ke7 27. Bg5+ Nxg5 28. Rxg5 hxg6 29. hxg6 Kf6 30. Rg4) 24. Na4?? { (Mate in 1 → 6.79) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd6# was best. } (24. Qd6#) 24... b3?? { (6.79 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxc2+ was best. } (24... Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 hxg6 27. hxg6 Ke7 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Bxc5+ Kf6 30. Rd7 Bxf3 31. Rf1) 25. Qd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0