[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Saa6iijA"] [Date "2025.08.07"] [White "DrRickinCT"] [Black "neilgd72"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "Saa6iijA"] [UTCDate "2025.08.07"] [UTCTime "12:01:00"] [WhiteElo "1583"] [BlackElo "1537"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-17"] [BlackRatingDiff "+18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+45"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 { A22 English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Reversed Dragon } 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. e4?! { (0.42 → -0.45) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (8. d4 exd4 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 c6 12. e4 Nf6) 8... Ndb4 9. d4?! { (-0.44 → -1.34) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (9. a3) 9... exd4 10. Nd5? { (-1.42 → -2.68) Mistake. Ne2 was best. } (10. Ne2 d3 11. Nf4 Nc2 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bf4 Rad8) 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd4? { (-2.65 → -4.80) Mistake. Bf4 was best. } (12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. b4 Be4) 12... Bxg2 13. Nxc6 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxc6 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 a6 19. Rac1 Bb4 20. Re5 Bd6 21. Re3 Bxf4 22. gxf4 f5 23. Rce1 Kf7 24. h4 Rfd8 25. b4?! { (-5.20 → -6.72) Inaccuracy. Kh2 was best. } (25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Kg3 Rd3 27. h5 Rxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Be8 29. Re5 Bxh5 30. Rxf5+ Bf7) 25... Rd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd4 28. h5 Rxf4 29. Kg3 Rxb4 30. f4 h6 31. Re5 Rb5 32. Rxb5? { (-7.58 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re2 was best. } (32. Re2 Rxa5 33. Rd2 Rd5 34. Ra2 a5 35. Ra1 Rd3+ 36. Kh2 a4 37. Re1 Rd2+) 32... axb5 33. Kf2 b4 34. Ke1 b3 35. Kd1 Ke6 36. Kc1 Kd5 37. Kb2 Ke4 38. a6 bxa6 39. Kb1?! { (-21.90 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kxb3 was best. } (39. Kxb3) 39... Kxf4 40. Kb2 Ke3 41. Kxb3 f4 42. Kc4 f3 43. Kc5 Be8 44. Kb4 Bxh5 45. Ka5 f2 46. Kxa6 f1=Q+ 47. Kb7 Qc4 48. Kc8 Qd5 49. Kb8 c5 50. Kc7 c4 { White resigns. } 0-1