[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SvRM5DFw"] [Date "2023.12.21"] [White "skros"] [Black "matthewjames1979"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.21"] [UTCTime "17:13:00"] [WhiteElo "2082"] [BlackElo "2163"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B18"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 { B18 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation } 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. c4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Bb2 c5 17. Rae1 Rfe8? { (-0.09 → 1.55) Mistake. cxd4 was best. } (17... cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Qc3 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Nf4 22. Re4 Ng6 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. Nb5) 18. d5 exd5? { (1.51 → 3.05) Mistake. h6 was best. } (18... h6 19. Qb1 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nh4 Qd7 22. Qf5 d4 23. g3 d3 24. Rd2 b5 25. cxb5) 19. Bxf6 gxf6?! { (2.91 → 3.74) Inaccuracy. dxc4 was best. } (19... dxc4 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 gxf6 22. Rxc7 Rxd3 23. Kf1 cxb3 24. axb3 b6 25. Rxa7 Rxb3 26. Rc7) 20. cxd5 Qd6 21. Rd1? { (3.97 → 2.11) Mistake. Re4 was best. } (21. Re4 f5 22. Re5 Kf8 23. Qe3 b6 24. Rxf5 Bh4 25. Ne5 f6 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Qxh4 fxe5) 21... Bf8 22. Nh4?! { (2.14 → 1.52) Inaccuracy. Rxe8 was best. } (22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nh4 Qd7 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qf3 b5 26. Qxf6+ Bg7 27. Qf3 c4 28. Nf5 Be5) 22... Qxd5 23. Qg3+?? { (1.77 → -0.23) Blunder. Rxe8 was best. } (23. Rxe8) 23... Qg5 24. Rxd8 Qxg3?? { (-0.28 → 5.99) Blunder. Rxd8 was best. } (24... Rxd8 25. f4 Qxg3 26. hxg3 b5 27. Rc2 h5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Nf5 Ra8 30. Kf3 a4 31. Rd2) 25. Rexe8 Qxh4 26. Rxf8+ Kg7 27. Rg8+ Kh6 28. Rd3 { Black resigns. } 1-0