[Event "Almaty Open Qualifier Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/APB8mKhX"] [Date "2025.07.19"] [White "Rekcul"] [Black "Always_Good_Game"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "APB8mKhX"] [UTCDate "2025.07.19"] [UTCTime "15:53:50"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2572"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation } dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Bxe4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4?! { (0.67 → 1.30) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (8... Nd7) 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bf4 f6 11. Nb3?! { (1.64 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (11. Be3) 11... Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. O-O-O e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Rd2?! { (0.15 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } (15. Nc5 Bd5) 15... Be7?! { (-0.43 → 0.12) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (15... a5 16. Nc5) 16. Rhd1 a5 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. f3 a4 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Ra5 21. Nd3 Kf7 22. c4 Be6 23. Bb6? { (-0.96 → -2.58) Mistake. Kb2 was best. } (23. Kb2 Rb8) 23... Ra1+?? { (-2.58 → 0.00) Blunder. Ra3 was best. } (23... Ra3 24. Bc5 Rxb3 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Nc5 Rb4 27. Rc2 Rhb8 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Kd2) 24. Kb2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rb8 26. c5 Bd8?? { (-0.36 → 2.95) Blunder. g5 was best. } (26... g5) 27. Bxd8 Bxb3 28. Rd2 Rxd8?! { (3.55 → 4.76) Inaccuracy. Bc4+ was best. } (28... Bc4+ 29. Bb6 Bb5 30. Nb4 Kg6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Kf7 34. Kc3) 29. Nxe5+ Ke8?! { (4.50 → 6.16) Inaccuracy. fxe5 was best. } (29... fxe5 30. Rxd8 Bd5 31. Rd6 g5 32. Kc3 h5 33. Kd3 g4 34. Ke3 Kg7 35. Rxd5) 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Nxc6+ Kc7 32. Kxb3 Kxc6 33. Kc4 { Black resigns. } 1-0