[Event "ODJM B 2024"] [Site "Willingen GER"] [Date "2024.05.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Malan, Jan-Willem"] [Black "Briese, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1664"] [BlackElo "1625"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 { A20 English Opening: King's English Variation } 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 e4 8. d5?! { (0.30 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } (8. f3 exf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Nf4 Qe8 12. b3 g5) 8... Nbd7 9. b4 Ne5 10. O-O Nxc4 11. Qb3 Ne5 12. Nd4 Qe8 13. a4 Qh5 14. Qd1 Qh6 15. Ba3? { (-1.23 → -2.83) Mistake. Nce2 was best. } (15. Nce2 Rf7 16. Qb3 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. f4 exf3 19. Nxf3 Nfg4 20. h3 Be6) 15... g5?! { (-2.83 → -2.11) Inaccuracy. Nfg4 was best. } (15... Nfg4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh2 Qxc3 19. Nb5 Qe3 20. Nxc7 Rb8 21. b5) 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Qf2 Bd7 21. Bc1 Nd3?! { (-1.91 → -1.23) Inaccuracy. Bf6 was best. } (21... Bf6 22. Ra3 a6 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Rd3 b5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qg6 27. a5) 22. Qe2 Nxc1 23. Raxc1 f4? { (-1.51 → -0.24) Mistake. g4 was best. } (23... g4 24. h4 Bf6 25. Qd3 Rae8 26. e4 Re7 27. b5 Rfe8 28. exf5 Re3 29. Qd2) 24. exf4 Rae8 25. fxg5?? { (0.00 → -2.78) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } (25. Ne4 gxf4 26. Rxc7 Bxh3 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Rxb7 fxg3 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qg2 Qh6) 25... Bxg5 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rf1 Rxe2 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Nxe2 Bxa4 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Kg7 32. Be4 c6?! { (-3.52 → -2.54) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (32... b6 33. Kf2 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Ke3 h6 36. Kd4 Bd7 37. h4 Kf6 38. Kc4) 33. Kf2?! { (-2.54 → -3.27) Inaccuracy. dxc6 was best. } (33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Kf2 c5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. h4 h6 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd2 Bd7) 33... cxd5 34. Bxd5 Bc6 35. Bc4 Kf6 36. Ke3 h5?? { (-2.11 → -0.11) Blunder. a6 was best. } (36... a6 37. Kd4 h6 38. Bd3 Ke6 39. h4 Bb5 40. Bc2 b6 41. Bd1 a5 42. bxa5) 37. h4 Kf5 38. Be2 Be8 39. Bf3?! { (-0.20 → -1.05) Inaccuracy. Bd3+ was best. } (39. Bd3+ Kg4 40. f5 b6 41. b5 Bxb5 42. Bxb5 Kxf5 43. Bd7+ Ke5 44. Be8 a5) 39... b6 40. Be2?? { (-1.34 → -4.45) Blunder. Be4+ was best. } (40. Be4+) 40... a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Kf3?! { (-4.81 → -6.57) Inaccuracy. Ba6 was best. } (42. Ba6 Kg4) 42... a4 43. Bc4 Bc6+ 44. Kg3 a3 45. Bb3 Be4 46. Ba2 d5 47. Bb3 Bb1 48. Bxd5 a2 49. Bxa2 Bxa2 50. Kf3 Bd5+ 51. Kg3 Be4 52. Kh3 Kxf4 53. Kh2 Kg4? { (Mate in 16 → -8.14) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kf3 was best. } (53... Kf3 54. Kg1 Bd3 55. Kh2 Bf5 56. Kg1 Bh3 57. Kh2 Kg4 58. Kg1 Kg3 59. Kh1) 54. Kg1 Kxh4 55. Kh2? { (-8.16 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf2 was best. } (55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Ke3 Bb1 57. Kd4 Kf3 58. Kc5 h4 59. Kd6 Bd3 60. Kd7 h3) 55... Kg4 56. Kg1 h4? { (Mate in 11 → -8.28) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kf3 was best. } (56... Kf3 57. Kh2 Bf5 58. Kg1 h4 59. Kf1 h3 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Kf1 Bg4 62. Kg1) 57. Kh2? { (-8.28 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf2 was best. } (57. Kf2 Kf4 58. Ke2 h3 59. Kd2 Kf3 60. Kc3 Ke3 61. Kc4 Bc2 62. Kc3 Bd3) 57... h3 58. Kg1 Kg3 59. Kf1 Bg2+? { (Mate in 8 → -8.03) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kf3 was best. } (59... Kf3 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Kd1 h2 62. Kc1 Kd3 63. Kb2 h1=Q 64. Kb3 Qb1+ 65. Ka3) 60. Ke2 { White resigns. } 0-1