[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/IvzZZ9Fk"] [Date "2023.10.19"] [White "Earl_Bird"] [Black "Stephen_LIGHT"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.10.19"] [UTCTime "05:21:25"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1770"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+46"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C60"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 { C60 Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense } 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 d5?! { (0.82 → 1.91) Inaccuracy. Ng6 was best. } (6... Ng6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 bxa4 11. d4) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3?! { (1.61 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 8... Be7 9. Re1 Qd6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qg6?? { (0.34 → 3.27) Blunder. Qxd1 was best. } (11... Qxd1) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bxh3?! { (3.43 → 4.98) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Kf7 16. Re3 Bd6 17. Rf3+ Ke7 18. Bf4 Rhf8 19. Bxd6+ cxd6 20. Rg3) 14. Qf3 Bxg2 15. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 16. Kxg2 h5 17. Be3 h4?! { (5.22 → 6.74) Inaccuracy. f6 was best. } (17... f6 18. Re4 Kf8 19. Bf4 h4 20. Bxc7 g5 21. Rd1 Ra7 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Kg7 24. Bd5) 18. Bc5 O-O 19. Rxe7 Rac8 20. Rh1 Rce8 21. Rxc7 Rc8 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxc8+ Kh7 24. Rxh4+ Kg6 25. Rc6+ Kg5?! { (11.88 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf6 was best. } (25... Rf6 26. Rc7 b4 27. cxb4 Re6 28. Bd4 Kf5 29. Rxg7 Re2 30. Rh6 Kf4 31. Be3+ Ke4 32. Rg4+) 26. Rb4?! { (Mate in 10 → 40.20) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kg3 was best. } (26. Kg3 Rf6 27. Be7 Kg6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rf4 Kf7 30. Rfxf6+ Ke7 31. Rxa6 b4 32. cxb4 Kd8) 26... Kf5 27. Rxa6 Rb7 28. Bb6?! { (Mate in 10 → 35.32) Lost forced checkmate sequence. a4 was best. } (28. a4 Rf7 29. Rxb5 Rf6 30. Bd4+ Kg6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rbb6 Kf7 33. Rxf6+ Ke7 34. f3 Kd7) 28... Ke5?! { (35.32 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg6 was best. } (28... Kg6 29. Rxb5 Kh7 30. a4 Rf7 31. Bd4 Rf4 32. Rb7 Rg4+ 33. Kf3 Rg1 34. Rxg7+ Rxg7 35. Bxg7) 29. Rxb5+ Ke6 30. Bd4+ Kf7 31. Rxb7+ Kg8 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0