[Event "Road to Sharjah 2024 - Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/IfXBd6aQ"] [Date "2024.03.30"] [White "Marek_Religa"] [Black "AlexVanGog"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.30"] [UTCTime "17:06:04"] [WhiteElo "2621"] [BlackElo "2637"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Nxd4?! { (-0.29 → 0.56) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } (7... cxd4 8. Nb5 Nge7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nbxd4 Na5 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2) 8. Be3 Qb6 9. Rb1?! { (0.98 → -0.03) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (9. e5 Nxf3+) 9... Bd7 10. Kh1 Ne7 11. Ne2?? { (0.20 → -2.40) Blunder. b4 was best. } (11. b4 O-O 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxd4 Qxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qxd6 Bc6 16. Qe5+ f6 17. Qd4 Qxd4) 11... Nxf3 12. Rxf3 O-O?! { (-2.51 → -1.53) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (12... d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bd3 d4 15. Bg1 Qc7 16. Rf1 O-O 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. f5 Nd5 19. Qf3) 13. b4 Qc7 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Rh3 Bc6 16. Ng3 Rad8?! { (-1.42 → -0.45) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (16... b5 17. Bxb5 Rfd8 18. Qf1 Rab8 19. Bxc6 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Qxc6 21. Bg1 h6 22. Qc1 c4 23. f5) 17. Qg4 b5? { (-0.50 → 1.11) Mistake. Rfe8 was best. } (17... Rfe8) 18. Qh4 h6? { (0.75 → 2.33) Mistake. h5 was best. } (18... h5 19. f5 Qe5 20. Nxh5 gxh5 21. Qxh5 Rfe8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rg3 Ng8 24. Bxc5+ Re7 25. f6) 19. f5 exf5?? { (2.15 → 4.67) Blunder. Qe5 was best. } (19... Qe5 20. Bxh6) 20. Bxh6 Qe5?? { (4.59 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. bxc4 was best. } (20... bxc4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. exf5 Rg8 23. Qh6+ Kf6 24. Rf1 Qxg3 25. fxg6+ Ke6 26. Rxg3 f5 27. Re3+) 21. Bf4 { Black resigns. } 1-0