[Event "Essex Chess Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QG5THNK1"] [Date "2020.12.02"] [White "JohnStaplehurst"] [Black "Finn78"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.02"] [UTCTime "19:17:48"] [WhiteElo "1669"] [BlackElo "1984"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5? { (-0.54 → -1.88) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } (10. Bd3 Qb6) 10... Be6? { (-1.88 → -0.63) Mistake. Qb6 was best. } (10... Qb6) 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Re8?! { (-0.68 → 0.25) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (12... g5) 13. a3?! { (0.25 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (13. Qd2 Be7 14. Nc3 a6 15. a3 b5 16. Bg3 Bc5 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Bh4 Be7 19. Ne2 Ne4) 13... Rc8?! { (-0.60 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (13... g5) 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Bb5?! { (0.38 → -0.22) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } (15. Nb5 g5 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Nc3 a6 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. Ne2 d4 21. Bh2 Bf6) 15... a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qf3 Rf8?! { (-0.37 → 0.29) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (19... Bd6 20. Na4) 20. Qd3?! { (0.29 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (20. Qe2 Bc5 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nh5 23. Rf1 Rfe8 24. Ree1 Bd4 25. g4 Nf4 26. Kh2 Bxc3) 20... Rce8 21. Rad1 Bc5?? { (-0.79 → 1.11) Blunder. a5 was best. } (21... a5 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Be5 Bd6 24. Qd2 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf7 26. Rf1 Nf6 27. f4 Qa7+ 28. Kh2) 22. Bxf6 Rxf6?? { (1.12 → 3.03) Blunder. gxf6 was best. } (22... gxf6) 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rf1 Qxb2 26. Qxa6 Qxc2? { (1.96 → 3.71) Mistake. Qc3 was best. } (26... Qc3 27. Kh1 Bd6 28. a4 e5 29. Qd3 Bb4 30. Qg6 Rf8 31. f3 Rf6 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. cxd3) 27. Qd3?? { (3.71 → 0.52) Blunder. Rc1 was best. } (27. Rc1 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qd2 29. Rxc6 Bd4 30. Rxe6 Rd8 31. Rd6 Re8 32. Qc6 Qe2 33. Qxd5+ Kh8) 27... Qb2? { (0.52 → 2.22) Mistake. Qxd3 was best. } (27... Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Be7 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Rb3 c5 31. Rb6 Bf6 32. Kf1 c4 33. Rc6 Ra8 34. Rexe6) 28. Rd2 Qf6? { (1.70 → 3.16) Mistake. Qb7 was best. } (28... Qb7 29. Rb1 Qa7 30. Qg6 Rf8 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxa3 34. Qxd5 Bh4 35. Qb5) 29. Rc2 Ba7 30. Re2?? { (3.39 → 0.72) Blunder. Rxc6 was best. } (30. Rxc6 Bb8) 30... e5 31. Qf3 Qg6?! { (0.20 → 0.77) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (31... Qe7 32. Qg3 e4 33. Rb1 Qf6 34. Rb7 Bc5 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Qb2 Qxb2 38. Rxb2) 32. Rb2?! { (0.77 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } (32. Qg4 Qf7) 32... Rf8 33. Qe2 e4 34. Rb3 d4?? { (0.00 → 2.74) Blunder. Bd4 was best. } (34... Bd4 35. a4 c5 36. Rbb1 Qc6 37. Qd1 Ra8 38. Qh5 Rd8 39. Qd1 Ra8) 35. Rg3?? { (2.74 → -0.51) Blunder. Rb7 was best. } (35. Rb7 Bb8) 35... Qf5 36. Qc4+? { (-0.90 → -2.49) Mistake. Rg4 was best. } (36. Rg4) 36... Kh8? { (-2.49 → -0.82) Mistake. Kh7 was best. } (36... Kh7) 37. Qe2?? { (-0.82 → -4.96) Blunder. Rg4 was best. } (37. Rg4 Qd5 38. Qxd5 cxd5 39. Rg6 d3 40. Ra6 Rf7 41. Ra5 e3 42. Rxa7 e2 43. Ra8+ Kh7) 37... d3 38. Qb2 e3?? { (-4.68 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf6 was best. } (38... Rf6) 39. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0