[Event "Maties Chess Club Blitz Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NgMdHCOs"] [Date "2024.03.12"] [White "kahill2003RSA"] [Black "MatshayaMxesibe"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.12"] [UTCTime "18:21:06"] [WhiteElo "1934"] [BlackElo "2129"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+34"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 { D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation } Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6?! { (0.32 → 1.26) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (8... Be7 9. cxd5) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 Bb4 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc2?! { (1.88 → 1.17) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (13. Nf5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 O-O 16. Be5 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Rad1 Re6) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nfe4?! { (1.08 → 1.77) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (14... O-O 15. f3 Re8 16. h3 Qe7 17. Rb1 b5 18. Nc6 Qe6 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Bh2) 15. Rc1 Nxc3?! { (1.21 → 1.87) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (15... O-O 16. Nb3) 16. Qh5 N3e4?? { (1.60 → 3.88) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } (16... Qe7 17. f4 N5e4 18. Be1 Nf6 19. Qf3 g4 20. Qf2 Nce4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qb2 O-O 23. Bb4) 17. Be5 Rh7 18. f3 Qe7 19. fxe4 Qxe5 20. exd5 Qxe3+?! { (3.93 → 5.89) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (20... Ne4 21. d6 Bd7 22. Qf3 f5 23. Qh5+ Rf7 24. Bb3 Nxd6 25. Qg6 Ke7 26. Bxf7 Nxf7 27. Nxf5+) 21. Kh1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Rce1 Qxe1 24. Rxe1+ Kf8 25. Qe2 b5 26. Qe4 Rh8 27. d6 Ra7 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ f6 30. Nf5+ Bxf5 31. Qxf5 Rd8 32. d7?! { (6.08 → 4.58) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (32. h4 gxh4 33. Qg4+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Rxe7 36. dxe7 Ra8 37. e8=Q Rxe8 38. Qxe8 h3) 32... Raxd7 33. h3?! { (4.54 → 3.52) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (33. h4 Rf7 34. Qe4 gxh4 35. Qg4+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Re4 Kf8 38. Rxh4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2) 33... Rd5?? { (3.52 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd1 was best. } (33... Rd1 34. Qe6 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Kf7 36. Qe4 Rd6 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Kg3 h5 40. Qh8+) 34. Qf3?? { (Mate in 3 → 4.31) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re7+ was best. } (34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qf7#) 34... Rd3?? { (4.31 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. R5d7 was best. } (34... R5d7 35. h4 Rf7 36. h5 Rdf8 37. Qf5 Kg8 38. Kh2 b4 39. Qa5 g4 40. Qxb4 g3+ 41. Kh3) 35. Qb7+?? { (Mate in 9 → 5.46) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Re7+ was best. } (35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Qe4+ Kh5 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Rg7 f5 39. Qxf5 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Rd3+) 35... R8d7 36. Qxa6?! { (5.36 → 4.08) Inaccuracy. Re7+ was best. } (36. Re7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7+ Kg8 38. Qxf6 Rd7 39. Qxh6 Rg7 40. Kh2 a5 41. Kg3 g4 42. h4 a4) 36... h5 37. Qxb5 h4 38. Qf5 R7d5?? { (4.68 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. R3d5 was best. } (38... R3d5 39. Qe6 Rd4 40. Qe8 g4 41. hxg4 h3 42. gxh3 Rd1 43. Qe6 R7d6 44. Qe7+ Kg6) 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Qxf6+ { Black resigns. } 1-0