[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SIktpQY3"] [Date "2023.12.23"] [White "Berthhold"] [Black "fawkes_19"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.23"] [UTCTime "10:27:25"] [WhiteElo "1582"] [BlackElo "1496"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C66"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 { C66 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz Defense } 5. Re1 Bg4 6. c3 h5?! { (0.52 → 1.10) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (6... Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. dxe5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe5 11. Nd2) 7. Qc2?! { (1.10 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (7. d4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Qe2 a5 12. Qc4 c5 13. Nf3 Be7) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 g5 9. d4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Kh1 g4 12. fxg4? { (0.37 → -0.76) Mistake. Rg1 was best. } (12. Rg1 Qe7 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Qd1 Rg8 15. Nc4 exd4 16. cxd4 gxf3 17. Rxg8 Nxg8 18. Qxf3 Qe6) 12... Nxg4? { (-0.76 → 0.35) Mistake. hxg4 was best. } (12... hxg4 13. Qe2) 13. Rg1? { (0.35 → -1.15) Mistake. f3 was best. } (13. f3 Qh4) 13... Qf6 14. Be3?? { (-1.16 → -5.63) Blunder. Rg2 was best. } (14. Rg2 Qf3) 14... Bh6 15. Bxh6 Nxh6?? { (-5.37 → -0.64) Blunder. Nxf2+ was best. } (15... Nxf2+ 16. Qxf2 Qxf2 17. Nd2 Rxh6 18. Rg8+ Kd7 19. Rg2 Qe3 20. Rf1 Rg6 21. Rxf7+ Ke6 22. Rf3) 16. Na3?? { (-0.64 → -5.06) Blunder. Nd2 was best. } (16. Nd2 Ng4) 16... Ng4?? { (-5.06 → -1.00) Blunder. Qf3+ was best. } (16... Qf3+ 17. Rg2 Rg8 18. Rg1 Ng4 19. Qd2 h4 20. Nc2 h3 21. Ne1 hxg2+ 22. Rxg2 Nxf2+ 23. Qxf2) 17. Raf1?? { (-1.00 → -3.88) Blunder. Rg2 was best. } (17. Rg2) 17... O-O-O? { (-3.88 → -1.97) Mistake. Qf3+ was best. } (17... Qf3+ 18. Rg2 Ne3 19. fxe3 Qxf1+ 20. Rg1 Qf3+ 21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Rxg2 exd4 23. exd4 O-O-O 24. Nc2) 18. Nc4?? { (-1.97 → -4.53) Blunder. Rg3 was best. } (18. Rg3 Qf4) 18... Rhg8?? { (-4.53 → 0.81) Blunder. Qf3+ was best. } (18... Qf3+ 19. Rg2 Rhg8 20. Nd2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Ne3+ 22. Kf3 Nxc2 23. Rc1 exd4 24. Rxc2 dxc3 25. Rxc3) 19. Rg2?? { (0.81 → -5.09) Blunder. f3 was best. } (19. f3 Nh6) 19... Nh6?? { (-5.09 → 0.00) Blunder. Nxh2 was best. } (19... Nxh2 20. Qd3 Nxf1 21. Qh3+ Qe6 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. dxe5 d5 24. Na5 dxe4 25. Nb3 Rxg2 26. Kxg2) 20. Qa4?? { (0.00 → -7.73) Blunder. Rxg8 was best. } (20. Rxg8 Rxg8 21. f3 exd4 22. cxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. b4 Qg5 25. Nxd6+ cxd6 26. Qxc6+ Kd8) 20... Qf3 21. Qxa6+ Kd7 22. Rg1 Rxg2? { (-9.78 → -5.14) Mistake. Ng4 was best. } (22... Ng4) 23. Rxg2 Ng4?? { (-5.14 → -1.38) Blunder. Qd1+ was best. } (23... Qd1+ 24. Rg1 Qf3+ 25. Rg2 Rg8 26. Nxe5+ dxe5 27. Qf1 exd4 28. cxd4 Re8 29. d5 Rxe4 30. dxc6+) 24. Na5?? { (-1.38 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd2 was best. } (24. Nd2 Qd1+ 25. Nf1 exd4 26. cxd4 Qf3 27. Kg1 Qxe4 28. h3 Nh6 29. Qc4 Re8 30. Ne3 d5) 24... Nxf2+ 25. Kg1 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Nf4 27. Qxc6+ Ke7 28. Qxc7+ Rd7 29. Nc6+ Kf6?? { (-5.58 → 9.02) Blunder. Ke6 was best. } (29... Ke6 30. Nd8+ Kf6 31. dxe5+ dxe5 32. Qb6+ Ne6 33. Nxe6 Rd1+ 34. Qg1 Kxe6 35. a3 Ke7 36. b4) 30. dxe5+ dxe5? { (9.20 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke6 was best. } (30... Ke6 31. Nd4+ Kxe5 32. Qa5+ d5 33. Nxf3+ Kxe4 34. Qa4+ d4 35. Rg3 h4 36. Qc6+ Rd5 37. Qe8+) 31. Qxe5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0