[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/PhW2ycj5"] [Date "2024.04.02"] [White "the_puzzles"] [Black "pgsdevoto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.04.02"] [UTCTime "17:04:59"] [WhiteElo "2241"] [BlackElo "2259"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line } Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Bb2 h5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Rc1?! { (1.55 → 0.76) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } (13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Nh4 15. O-O Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qg5 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Rad1 Qh4 19. h3 Rg8) 13... Be7?! { (0.76 → 1.62) Inaccuracy. Bh6 was best. } (13... Bh6) 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 O-O 16. Bxf5 gxf5?! { (2.07 → 3.28) Inaccuracy. exf5 was best. } (16... exf5 17. O-O f4 18. h3 Ne7 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rc3 Nf5 21. Qxf4 Ng7 22. Bc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8) 17. Qd2 Kg7?! { (2.75 → 3.51) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (17... a6 18. Rc3 f6 19. Qh6 Qe7 20. Nh4 f4 21. Ng6 Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. exf6+) 18. h4 Rc8 19. Rh3?! { (3.18 → 2.36) Inaccuracy. Bc1 was best. } (19. Bc1 Rh8 20. Qb2 Ne7 21. O-O Rxc5 22. bxc5 Qc7 23. Bg5 Kf8 24. Bf6 Rh6 25. Qd2 Ng8) 19... Ne7 20. Qg5+?? { (2.88 → 0.35) Blunder. Rg3+ was best. } (20. Rg3+ Ng6 21. Bc1 Rh8 22. Qc2 Rxc5 23. dxc5 a5 24. Bg5 Qa8 25. Bf6+ Kg8 26. Nd4 Qa6) 20... Ng6 21. Qxh5?! { (0.67 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (21. Qd2) 21... Rh8 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Rxh4 25. Rxh4 Nxh4 26. g3 Ng6 27. Nh3 Bb5 28. Bc1 Bd3 29. Bg5 Be4 30. Kd2 Bg2 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Bf1 { Black offers draw } 33. Kc3 Bb5 34. Kb4 Bc6 35. Bh4 Kg6 36. Bg3 Kh5 37. f3 Kg6 38. a4 f6 39. exf6 Kxf6 40. Bh4+ Kf7 41. a5 a6 42. Kc3 { White offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2