[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RFzUtkQx"] [Date "2024.03.31"] [White "GiantSauce"] [Black "bnlong"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.31"] [UTCTime "08:39:14"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "1891"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A18"] [Opening "English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 { A18 English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation } Bb4? { (0.30 → 1.48) Mistake. d5 was best. } (3... d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3) 4. e5 Bxc3?! { (1.27 → 2.02) Inaccuracy. Ng8 was best. } (4... Ng8 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. d4 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd2 h5 9. Qf4 cxd4 10. Nb5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2) 5. dxc3 Ng8 6. Qg4 Ne7?? { (2.05 → 4.40) Blunder. Kf8 was best. } (6... Kf8 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. O-O-O Nf5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qh3 f6 12. c5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5) 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qxh7 d6 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bg5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxg8+ Nxg8 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. Be2 b6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. O-O Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rfe1 Kf6 20. Rd3 Ne7 21. Rf3+ Kg7 22. Rxe5 c5 23. h4 Ng6 24. Rg3 Kf6 25. Re4 Rb8 26. Rf3+ Ke7 27. h5 Nf8 28. h6 Ng6 29. Rh3 f5 30. Re1 Kf6 31. f3 Rh8 32. g4 fxg4 33. fxg4 Nf4 34. Rf1 e5 35. Rh5 Kg6 36. Rxe5 Nd3 37. Re6+ Kg5 38. Rf7 Nxb2 39. h7 Nxc4 40. Kf2 b5?? { (6.48 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxh7 was best. } (40... Rxh7 41. Rxh7 Kxg4 42. Re4+ Kf5 43. Rxc4 Ke6 44. Re4+ Kd6 45. Rh6+ Kd7 46. Rg4 Ke7 47. Kf3) 41. Rg7+?? { (Mate in 2 → 6.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kg3 was best. } (41. Kg3 b4 42. Rf5#) 41... Kf4 42. Ree7 Ne5 43. Rg8 Nxg4+ 44. Ke2 Rxh7 45. Rxh7 Nf6 46. Rf8 Ke5 47. Rxa7 Nd5 48. Rc8 c4 49. Ra5 Nxc3+ 50. Kd2 { Black resigns. } 1-0