[Event "Rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Snj9roOZ"] [Date "2023.06.25"] [White "chris570"] [Black "Merlin1098"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.06.25"] [UTCTime "19:21:13"] [WhiteElo "1933"] [BlackElo "1813"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+28"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 { C45 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation } 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 Re8 9. a3?! { (-0.63 → -1.45) Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. } (9. O-O-O) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxe4 11. O-O-O d5 12. Qf3?? { (-1.68 → -3.78) Blunder. Qd4 was best. } (12. Qd4 Qg5+) 12... Qg5+ 13. Kb1?! { (-3.85 → -5.16) Inaccuracy. Qe3 was best. } (13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14. fxe3 Nf2 15. Bd3 Nxh1 16. Rxh1 Rxe3 17. Bd4 Re8 18. b3 a5 19. g4 Ba6) 13... Rb8? { (-5.16 → -2.83) Mistake. Bg4 was best. } (13... Bg4 14. Qxe4 dxe4 15. h4 Qh5 16. Rd2 Rab8 17. Ba6 Qc5 18. Ka1 Red8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rf1) 14. h3 Bf5?! { (-3.15 → -2.42) Inaccuracy. Qf5 was best. } (14... Qf5 15. Qxf5 Nxc3+ 16. Kc1 Na2+ 17. Kb1 Bxf5 18. Kxa2 Bxc2 19. Rc1 Bb3+ 20. Kb1 Rb6 21. Bd3) 15. g4?! { (-2.42 → -3.18) Inaccuracy. Ka1 was best. } (15. Ka1 h6 16. g3 c5 17. Bg2 d4 18. Ba5 Re7 19. Rhe1 Rbe8 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qb3 Nxf2) 15... Nxc3+? { (-3.18 → -1.31) Mistake. Rb3 was best. } (15... Rb3 16. Ka2 Nxc3+ 17. Kxb3 Nxd1 18. Qxd1 Be4 19. Rg1 Qf6 20. Ka2 Qxf2 21. Bd3 c5 22. Rf1) 16. Qxc3 Be4 17. Rg1? { (-0.55 → -1.79) Mistake. f3 was best. } (17. f3 Bg6) 17... Qf4 18. Rd2?! { (-1.92 → -2.99) Inaccuracy. Qd4 was best. } (18. Qd4 Qd6 19. Qc3 c5 20. Bc4 c6 21. f3 Bg6 22. h4 Qf4 23. h5 Bxc2+ 24. Qxc2 dxc4) 18... Rb7?! { (-2.99 → -2.06) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (18... c5 19. Re2 c4 20. Rg3 Rb3 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxg3 23. fxg3 f6 24. Ka2 Kf7 25. b3) 19. Bd3 Reb8 20. Bxe4?! { (-1.71 → -2.93) Inaccuracy. b3 was best. } (20. b3 d4) 20... Qxe4 21. Rd4? { (-2.48 → -4.75) Mistake. Rd3 was best. } (21. Rd3 Rxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qe6 24. Kb1 c5 25. Re3 Qc6 26. Rge1 h6 27. Re8+ Kh7) 21... Rxb2+ 22. Ka1 Qe5?! { (-4.72 → -3.32) Inaccuracy. Rxc2 was best. } (22... Rxc2 23. Rxe4 Rxc3 24. Ra4 Rcb3 25. Ra5 g6 26. Ka2 Kg7 27. Rf1 Rxh3 28. Rxa7 Rc3 29. Rb1) 23. Re1 Qf6?? { (-3.95 → 4.93) Blunder. Rxc2 was best. } (23... Rxc2 24. Qb4 Rc1+ 25. Ka2 Rxb4 26. Rxe5 Rc2+ 27. Ka1 Rb8 28. Rb4 Rc8 29. f4 Rc3 30. Ra4) 24. Re8+?? { (4.93 → -3.54) Blunder. Qxb2 was best. } (24. Qxb2 Rf8 25. Rd3 Qxf2 26. Rb1 h6 27. Qc3 Qe2 28. Qc5 Qe5+ 29. Ka2 Qe6 30. Rdb3 a5) 24... Rxe8 25. Qxb2 h6 26. c3?! { (-3.71 → -4.87) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (26. f4 Kh7 27. Ra4 Qd6 28. Ka2 Re4 29. Rxa7 Qxf4 30. Qc3 Rc4 31. Qd3+ g6 32. Rb7 Qe5) 26... Re1+ 27. Ka2 Qe6 28. Kb3 c5 29. Ra4 c4+ 30. Kb4?? { (-6.11 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ka2 was best. } (30. Ka2 d4 31. Rb4 d3 32. g5 Kh7 33. Qd2 Qe2 34. Rb2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Re2 36. Rb2 d2) 30... Qb6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1