[Event "Casual correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/M7Zj9l1C"] [Date "2024.02.15"] [White "lichess AI level 4"] [Black "Xavier-Merlet"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.15"] [UTCTime "08:20:46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5?! { (0.21 → 1.23) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { C40 Elephant Gambit } (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bf1) 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6?! { (0.97 → 1.89) Inaccuracy. Qc5 was best. } (4... Qc5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Qxe5) 5. b3? { (1.89 → 0.64) Mistake. Bb5+ was best. } (5. Bb5+ c6 6. Ba4 Qg6 7. Qe2 Be6 8. O-O Nd7 9. d4 Bg4) 5... Bd7? { (0.64 → 1.89) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (5... Nc6 6. Bc4 Qg6 7. Nb5 Bd6 8. d4 Bg4 9. O-O O-O-O 10. h3) 6. Bc4 Qf6?! { (1.85 → 2.60) Inaccuracy. Qf5 was best. } (6... Qf5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 O-O-O 9. d5 Nb8 10. Re1 f6 11. a3 Ne7 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Bd3) 7. Ne4?! { (2.60 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (7. O-O Bg4 8. Nd5 Qd6 9. d4 Nc6 10. dxe5 Qd7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Ne3 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bxf3) 7... Qf5?! { (1.37 → 2.34) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (7... Qe7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Ba3 Qd8 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Re1 Nh6 13. Ng3 f6 14. d4) 8. Ng3 Qf4? { (2.13 → 4.07) Mistake. Qf6 was best. } (8... Qf6 9. d4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 exd4 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Rhe1+ Kf8 15. Kb1) 9. Ne2?? { (4.07 → 1.81) Blunder. d4 was best. } (9. d4 Qf6 10. O-O Nc6 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Bc4 Qg6) 9... Qe4?? { (1.81 → 4.52) Blunder. Qf6 was best. } (9... Qf6 10. d4 Nc6 11. O-O exd4 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bf4 Qc5 15. Nexd4 O-O-O 16. c3) 10. d3? { (4.52 → 2.82) Mistake. Bxf7+ was best. } (10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. O-O Qf5 12. Bxg8 Rxg8 13. Ng3 Qg4 14. h3 Qb4 15. Nxe5 Qd4 16. Nxd7 Nxd7) 10... Qf5 11. Ng3 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bd5?? { (2.52 → 0.00) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } (13. Ne4 Bg4 14. Nxe5 Bxd1 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kxd1 Nc6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. c3 Nf6 19. Bxc7 Nxe4) 13... Bb4+?? { (0.00 → 2.01) Blunder. c6 was best. } (13... c6 14. Bc4 b5 15. O-O bxc4 16. Re1 f6 17. d4 Be6 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Nxe5) 14. Kf1?? { (2.01 → 0.10) Blunder. Bd2 was best. } (14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nc6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxe5 Qf6 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Rae1 h5 20. h4 Ne7) 14... Bb5?? { (0.10 → 5.29) Blunder. Bc6 was best. } (14... Bc6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 f6 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qd3 Bd6 19. h4 Qf7 20. c3 O-O-O 21. Nd2) 15. Be4?? { (5.29 → 2.47) Blunder. Bxb7 was best. } (15. Bxb7 Bc6 16. Nxe5 Qxg5 17. Nxc6 Qb5 18. Qe2+ Kf8 19. Bxa8 Nxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qe4 Qb6) 15... Qd6?! { (2.47 → 3.56) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } (15... Qb6 16. c4) 16. Nf5 Qg6 17. Ng3?! { (3.24 → 2.43) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (17. h4 f6) 17... f5? { (2.43 → 4.20) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } (17... Qb6 18. c4 Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bc3 20. Qg4 Bd7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rc1 Bf6 23. h4 g6 24. Ne2) 18. Bxf5 Qb6?! { (3.67 → 5.15) Inaccuracy. Qd6 was best. } (18... Qd6 19. Ne4 Qf8 20. Bc8 Nd7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. a4 h6 23. axb5 Rxb7 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Nfxd2) 19. Nxe5 Bc5? { (5.02 → 9.25) Mistake. Kf8 was best. } (19... Kf8 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Rd1 Bd6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Nc6 25. Be4 Be5 26. Nf5) 20. Nc4? { (9.25 → 4.51) Mistake. Qh5+ was best. } (20. Qh5+ g6 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxh8 Qe6 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Re1 Qxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Nc6 26. Qxg8 Ne7) 20... Bxc4 21. Nh5?? { (4.73 → 0.56) Blunder. bxc4 was best. } (21. bxc4 Ne7 22. Rb1 Qd6 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Bxe7 gxh5 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Bc8 Nd7 27. Bxb7 Rb8) 21... Bxf2?? { (0.56 → 6.02) Blunder. Bf7 was best. } (21... Bf7 22. Qf3) 22. dxc4 Nc6?? { (5.83 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne7 was best. } (22... Ne7 23. Nxg7+) 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Qxg7+ Ke8 25. Re1+ Bxe1 26. Bd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0