[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/OaZExa9j"] [Date "2025.04.05"] [White "Paul18A"] [Black "Caro-Kahn"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "OaZExa9j"] [UTCDate "2025.04.05"] [UTCTime "19:17:44"] [WhiteElo "1802"] [BlackElo "2023"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O h6 8. c5 Bc7 9. Re1 O-O 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Nh4?? { (-0.50 → -4.95) Blunder. Be2 was best. } (14. Be2 Ng6) 14... Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Nf6 16. b5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Be2 g5 19. b6 axb6 20. cxb6 Bb8 21. Bxg5?! { (-5.74 → -7.72) Inaccuracy. Ba3 was best. } (21. Ba3 gxh4 22. Bc5 Bd6 23. a5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 h5 25. a6 bxa6 26. b7 Rb8) 21... hxg5 22. Nf3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Qd6 24. Bh5? { (-8.55 → Mate in 19) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf1 was best. } (24. Kf1 Qh2 25. Ke2 Rxf3 26. Kxf3 Bd6 27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. a5 Rf8 29. a6 Qxf2+) 24... Rxf2? { (Mate in 19 → -7.60) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qh2+ was best. } (24... Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qxg2 27. Rf1 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qxd4+ 29. Ke2 Qb2+ 30. Ke1) 25. Kxf2 Qg3+ 26. Kg1 Nf5 27. Bg6? { (-7.94 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf3 was best. } (27. Bf3 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 Bg3+ 29. Ke2 Re8+ 30. Kd3 Re3+ 31. Kc2 Rxf3 32. Rd2 Rf2) 27... Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 Ne4+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ { White resigns. } 0-1