[Event "Rated blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/S1XAUtKT"] [Date "2023.11.26"] [White "ElpifiasGM"] [Black "ep1978"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.11.26"] [UTCTime "20:02:23"] [WhiteElo "1535"] [BlackElo "1542"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Nf5?! { (0.79 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (9. e5) 9... Bxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. c4 O-O 12. Rd1 d4 13. Nc3 c5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Nxc5 Qd6?! { (0.78 → 1.36) Inaccuracy. Bxh2+ was best. } (17... Bxh2+ 18. Kf1) 18. Ne4 Qb4 19. b3 c5 20. Rd3 Qb6 21. Qg4 a5 22. Rf3?! { (0.73 → 0.14) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (22. Re1 Rfe8 23. g3 Qc6 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bc7 26. Rde2 Re5 27. Nd2 Qxf3 28. Nxf3 Rxf5) 22... f6?! { (0.14 → 0.77) Inaccuracy. Bf6 was best. } (22... Bf6) 23. Ng3?! { (0.77 → 0.03) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (23. Re1) 23... Bxg3 24. Rxg3 Rf7 25. Re1 a4 26. Re6?! { (0.40 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (26. h3) 26... axb3 27. axb3?? { (-0.50 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxb6 was best. } (27. Rxb6 bxa2 28. h4 a1=Q+ 29. Kh2 Qa7 30. Rc6 Rd8 31. Rd3 Qb8+ 32. Qg3 Qb4 33. Rb3 Qxc4) 27... Qxb3?? { (Mate in 3 → -0.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ra1+ was best. } (27... Ra1+ 28. Qd1 Rxd1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1#) 28. Rxb3?? { (-0.38 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h4 was best. } (28. h4) 28... Ra1+ 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Qd1 Rxd1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1