[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NeXQ8qH4"] [Date "2024.04.25"] [White "Pacman2"] [Black "the_puzzles"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.04.25"] [UTCTime "17:06:40"] [WhiteElo "2361"] [BlackElo "2255"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5?! { (-0.55 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4) 10. c3 O-O 11. Na3?! { (-0.44 → -1.05) Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (11. Be3) 11... Bxa3 12. bxa3 Rc8?! { (-0.92 → -0.07) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (12... e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Rf7 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. f4 e4 17. h3 h5 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Kh2) 13. a4?! { (-0.07 → -0.82) Inaccuracy. Bf4 was best. } (13. Bf4 Na5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Rc1 Nc4 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Ne5 Ba4 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Qd1 Qxa3) 13... Nxd4 14. cxd4 Rc4 15. Re1 Qb6 16. Be3 Bxa4 17. Qd3 Rfc8 18. Rab1 Qa6?! { (-0.67 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qc6 was best. } (18... Qc6 19. Qa3 Bc2 20. Rb2 a6 21. Bg5 Bf5 22. Bf1 Ne4 23. Bf4 b5 24. f3 Nf6 25. g4) 19. Qa3 Kf7 20. Bf1 Bc2 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Rb7+ R4c7 23. Rxc7+?! { (0.67 → 0.07) Inaccuracy. Rb4 was best. } (23. Rb4) 23... Rxc7 24. Rc1 Rc6 25. Bd3 Ba4 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Bxa6 Ne4 28. Bd3 Nc3 29. a3 Nb5 { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2