[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EgK4jESz"] [Date "2023.12.19"] [White "kochb61"] [Black "Bizio87"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2023.12.19"] [UTCTime "21:01:13"] [WhiteElo "2049"] [BlackElo "2049"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } Nfd7 5. Bf4 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 Qc7 9. Qe2?! { (-0.01 → -0.97) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (9. Qd2 Be7 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. c3 O-O 12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nbd4 Ne4 15. Qc2 Bc5) 9... a6?! { (-0.97 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (9... Bb4 10. Qe3 Bc5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Nbd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Ndxe5 16. h4) 10. a3?! { (-0.35 → -1.21) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (10. O-O-O Qa5) 10... Be7 11. b4?? { (-0.69 → -4.59) Blunder. g3 was best. } (11. g3 Qa5) 11... b5?? { (-4.59 → -1.85) Blunder. Nxb4 was best. } (11... Nxb4 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Nde5 15. exf7+ Kf8 16. Be2 Bd6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O) 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6? { (-1.86 → -0.59) Mistake. Nxb4 was best. } (13... Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Bxb4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh7 a5 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Rhb1 Ba6 20. Kf1) 14. Qd2? { (-0.59 → -1.91) Mistake. Qe2 was best. } (14. Qe2 Bb7) 14... f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. O-O?? { (-1.67 → -5.66) Blunder. Bg5 was best. } (16. Bg5 Nde5) 16... Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rxf4 18. Qd2 Rf8 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. h3 Bd7 21. c3 Rae8 22. a4 e5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf1 e4 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Ra8 27. Ra5 Rxa5 28. bxa5 Qa7 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Qb4 Ne8 31. Qb3 Qxd4? { (-5.91 → -3.64) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (31... Nf6 32. Qb4 Ra8 33. Ra3 Qa6 34. Rg3 Qc8 35. Bxb5 e3 36. Rxe3 Bxb5 37. Qxb5 Qc1+ 38. Kh2) 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Rxd5 Qe6 34. a6 Nc7?? { (-4.34 → 0.00) Blunder. Bc6 was best. } (34... Bc6 35. Rxb5 Qxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Bxb3 Ke7 39. Kh2 Nc7 40. Bc4 Kd6 41. a7) 35. Bc4 Kh8 36. a7 Rf8 37. Qb4 Qf6 38. Rxd7 bxc4 39. Rxc7 Qxf2+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2