[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/57mDMayd"] [Date "2024.04.30"] [White "Meldney"] [Black "swbxx"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.04.30"] [UTCTime "11:39:00"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2530"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "D45"] [Opening "Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 { D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation } 6. Be2 dxc4 7. a4 c5 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 b6 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Ba6 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ncb5 Ne4 20. f3 a6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. fxe4 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rc5 24. Nd6 Qc6 25. Qb2 f6 26. Qd4 Rc1 27. h3 Qc2 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc2 30. Qxb6?? { (-0.35 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg1 was best. } (30. Kg1 Nc6 31. Qxb6 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qxd6 33. a5 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Ne5 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. a6 Qxe3+) 30... Qf2?? { (Mate in 8 → 0.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf3+ was best. } (30... Nf3+ 31. Kg3 Ne1 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qh8+ Kxh8 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. b4 Qxg2+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Nxg5+) 31. Kh1 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Nc4 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2