[Event "Chess Challengers Minor 289"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RQ7GsV6v"] [Date "2023.03.26"] [White "Neel_Bhatt"] [Black "Shivank_Madan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.03.26"] [UTCTime "12:00:00"] [WhiteElo "1633"] [BlackElo "1233"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 { D35 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation } Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Bf5? { (0.17 → 1.35) Mistake. h6 was best. } (7... h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qb3) 8. Qb3 b6?! { (1.22 → 2.02) Inaccuracy. Nbd7 was best. } (8... Nbd7 9. Nxd5) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Bd8 12. Bc4 c6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Be2 Na6?! { (1.58 → 2.67) Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } (14... Nd7 15. O-O Be7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. d5 c5 19. h3 Bf6 20. g4 Bg6 21. b3) 15. O-O b4?! { (2.43 → 3.16) Inaccuracy. Nb8 was best. } (15... Nb8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 a5 21. h5 Bf7 22. a4) 16. Bxa6 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ba5?! { (2.81 → 3.78) Inaccuracy. Bf6 was best. } (17... Bf6 18. Rfd1 Rfb8 19. Bd3 Be6 20. a4 Rb3 21. Rdc1 g6 22. Nd2 Rb2 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4) 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. Ne5 Rb2 20. Nxc6 Rxa2?! { (4.44 → 5.82) Inaccuracy. Bd8 was best. } (20... Bd8 21. Bc4 g5 22. Bb3 a5 23. c4 a4 24. Bxa4 Rxa2 25. Ra1 Rb2 26. c5 g4 27. Na7) 21. Nxa5 Rxa5 22. Bc4?! { (4.87 → 3.25) Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best. } (22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. c4 Kf8 25. f3 Rb3 26. e4 Bd7 27. c5 Rc3 28. h4 f5) 22... Rc8 23. Be2 Ra3 24. f4?? { (4.08 → 1.30) Blunder. c4 was best. } (24. c4) 24... Raxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Rf3?? { (1.76 → 0.03) Blunder. Kf2 was best. } (26. Kf2 Rc2) 26... Be4 27. Rg3?! { (0.09 → -0.78) Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best. } (27. Rf1 Rxe3 28. Kf2 Rc3 29. g4 Bd3 30. Rd1 Bxe2 31. Kxe2 Ra3 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Rc7 g6) 27... Rc2?! { (-0.78 → 0.08) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (27... a5 28. Rg5 f5 29. Bb5 Kf7 30. g4 h6 31. Rh5 Rxe3 32. d5 Bxd5 33. Rxf5+ Ke6 34. Rh5) 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 a5 30. Rf1 a4?! { (0.24 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Re2 was best. } (30... Re2) 31. Ra1 Rc4 32. Kf2 Kf8?! { (1.04 → 1.91) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (32... f5 33. Ke2) 33. Kf3?! { (1.91 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (33. g4 Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Ke4 Rb4 36. h4 Ke6 37. f5+ Kd6 38. g5 h5 39. Ra3 Kc6) 33... Ke7?! { (0.91 → 1.88) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (33... f5 34. h4) 34. Ke4 Kd6 35. Kd3 Kd5?? { (1.71 → 7.86) Blunder. Rb4 was best. } (35... Rb4 36. Ra3 Kc6 37. e4 h5 38. g3 h4 39. gxh4 Kb5 40. Rc3 Rb1 41. d5 Ra1 42. Kd4) 36. e4+ Kc6 37. Kxc4 Kb6 38. Rxa4 Kc6 39. d5+ Kd6?! { (12.16 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } (39... Kd7 40. Ra7+ Ke8 41. e5 h5 42. Kc5 Kf8 43. d6 g6 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. d7 g5 46. f5) 40. Ra7 f6 41. Rf7 g5 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Rh6?! { (Mate in 12 → 37.86) Lost forced checkmate sequence. fxg5 was best. } (43. fxg5 Ke8 44. h4 Ke7 45. Rh6 Kd7 46. Rxh7+ Kd6 47. Kd3 Ke5 48. Rf7 Kd6 49. g6 Ke5) 43... gxf4?! { (37.86 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g4 was best. } (43... g4 44. Rxh7+ Kf6 45. Rh4 g3 46. hxg3 Kf7 47. Rh7+ Kg6 48. Ra7 Kf6 49. e5+ Kf5 50. Rf7+) 44. Rxh7+ Kf6 45. Rh3 Ke5 46. Kd3?! { (Mate in 14 → 20.27) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kc5 was best. } (46. Kc5 Kf6 47. e5+ Kf5 48. d6 Ke6 49. Rh7 Kf5 50. e6 Ke4 51. d7 Kd3 52. d8=Q+ Kc2) 46... f3?! { (20.27 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd6 was best. } (46... Kd6 47. Kd4 Kc7 48. Rf3 Kb6 49. Rxf4 Ka5 50. g4 Ka4 51. d6 Ka5 52. h4 Kb6 53. Ke5) 47. Rxf3 Kd6 48. h4 Ke5 49. h5 Kd6 50. h6 Ke5 51. h7 Kd6 52. g4 Ke5 53. h8=Q+ Kd6 54. Rf6+ Ke5 55. Re6+ Kf4 56. Qe5+ Kxg4 57. Rg6+ Kf3 58. Qf5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0