[Event "2024 Spring Marathon"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RXtbC7l1"] [Date "2024.05.11"] [White "littleplotkin"] [Black "James_Marcus"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.11"] [UTCTime "03:42:40"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2002"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 d5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense } 2. Nc3?! { (0.53 → -0.28) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5) 2... d4 3. Nce2 Nf6 4. Ng3 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5?? { (-0.11 → 2.87) Blunder. Bd7 was best. } (5... Bd7 6. e5) 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxh5 e6 8. f4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qd8 10. c4 g6?! { (4.41 → 5.65) Inaccuracy. dxc3 was best. } (10... dxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Rb1 Ndb4 15. d4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4) 11. cxd5 gxh5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qxh5+ Ke7 14. Bc4 c6 15. Qg5+ Ke8 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Ng5 Qe8 19. Qh3 Kd8 20. Nxe6+ Kc8 21. d3 b5 22. Bb3 Bb4+ 23. Bd2 Bxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Kb7 25. Rhc1 a5 26. Qg2 Rc8 27. Nxd4 a4?! { (5.91 → 8.66) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (27... Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxc6 Qg5+ 30. Kc3 Ka7 31. Qd5 b4+ 32. Kc4) 28. Rxc6 axb3? { (8.24 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxe5 was best. } (28... Nxe5 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Qa7+ Kd6 32. Qb6+ Ke7 33. fxe5 axb3 34. axb3) 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Rc1+ Kb6 32. Rc6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0