[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AghkLWrI"] [Date "2021.12.17"] [White "geofflinton"] [Black "itishassan"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.12.17"] [UTCTime "09:47:01"] [WhiteElo "1907"] [BlackElo "1845"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-27"] [BlackRatingDiff "+177"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 { C45 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation } 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bg5 h6 9. a3?? { (-0.36 → -8.01) Blunder. Bd2 was best. } (9. Bd2 O-O) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 hxg5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. O-O Qd6 14. g3 c6 15. Bd3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Nxh2 17. Rfe1 Bg4 18. Qe3 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Rh2+ 20. Kf1 Nd2+ 21. Qxd2?! { (-14.76 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg1 was best. } (21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Qf6 23. Bh7 d4 24. cxd4 Rxh7 25. Reb1 Bh3+ 26. Ke2 Nxd4+ 27. Kd3 Rd8) 21... Bf3 22. Re8+ Rxe8 { White resigns. } 0-1