[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SGLFEUF8"] [Date "2025.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "iabdulrahman20"] [Black "Merlinov"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "SGLFEUF8"] [UTCDate "2025.05.17"] [UTCTime "08:37:19"] [WhiteElo "1962"] [BlackElo "2028"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+25"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A25"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { A25 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian } 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a5 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Ba7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 f5 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 O-O 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 c6 14. Na4 g5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qxb7 Rf7 17. Ne1 e4 18. Bc3 Kg7 19. Nc2 d5 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rb8 22. Qa6 Bc8 23. Qa7 Bd7 24. Nc5 Ng6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. dxe4 fxe4 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rfd1 Be6 29. Nxe6 Rxa7 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd4 Rb7 32. Bxe4 Ne7 33. Bg2 Ke5 34. e3 Rb5 35. f4+ gxf4 36. gxf4+ Ke6 37. b4 Nf5 38. Rd3 d4 39. e4 Ne3 40. f5+ Ke5 41. Rbb3 Rg8 42. Rb2 Rb7 43. Kh1 Rc7 44. h3 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 axb4 46. axb4 Rc2 47. Rd2 d3 48. b5 Nxg2 49. Rbxc2 dxc2 50. Rxc2 Ne3 51. Rc5+ Kxe4 52. b6 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Rb2 54. Rc6 Nxf5 55. Re6+ Kf4 56. Kg1 Ng3 57. Rxh6 Kf3 58. Rf6+ Ke3 59. h4 Ne2+ 60. Kf1 Nf4 61. Kg1 Kf3 62. Rc6 Ne2+ 63. Kh1 Kg3 64. Rc3+ Kxh4 65. Re3 Nf4 66. Re4 Kg3 67. Re3+ Kf2 68. Re4 Ne2 69. Re6 Rb4 70. Rf6+ Nf4 71. b7 Kg3 { White resigns. } 0-1