[Event "74th Lichess Mega Team Battle"] [Site "https://lichess.org/TzqdHp9m"] [Date "2023.11.17"] [White "Semenychev_Alexander"] [Black "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.11.17"] [UTCTime "18:22:26"] [WhiteElo "2376"] [BlackElo "2742"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. a3 { B20 Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation } Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bc4 Ne7 6. Nf3 Ng6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 a6 9. a4?! { (0.24 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Bf1 was best. } (9. Bf1 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. d4 O-O 15. g3 h6) 9... b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Be4 Qc7 12. Bxc6?! { (-0.30 → -1.15) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (12. h4 O-O-O) 12... Qxc6?! { (-1.15 → -0.56) Inaccuracy. Bxc6 was best. } (12... Bxc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. f4 Be7 16. Ne4 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Rae8 19. Ned6) 13. d3? { (-0.56 → -1.73) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } (13. Ne4) 13... f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qe2 Rg8 16. Qe4 Qc7? { (-1.92 → -0.75) Mistake. Qc8 was best. } (16... Qc8 17. Qg4 Qc7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qh5 O-O-O 20. Bh6 Kb8 21. Kf1 Ka7 22. b3 f5 23. Ned2) 17. Qg4? { (-0.75 → -2.33) Mistake. Nd5 was best. } (17. Nd5 Qc8 18. Qf5 Be7 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Kf1 Qc6 21. Qh3 Rae8 22. a5 b5 23. Re4 Kd8) 17... O-O-O 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Qh5 Bf4 20. Ne4? { (-1.78 → -3.74) Mistake. g3 was best. } (20. g3 Bd6 21. Bh6 Qc6 22. Nd2 Kb8 23. f3 e5 24. Nce4 Bf8 25. c4 d5 26. Nc3 dxc4) 20... Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Nf4 22. Qh4 Nxg2 23. Qxf6?! { (-4.22 → -5.83) Inaccuracy. Qh6 was best. } (23. Qh6 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 f5 25. Ned2 c4 26. Qe3 cxd3 27. cxd3 Kb8 28. Ne5 d6 29. Nec4 b5) 23... Rdf8 24. Qe7 Rxf3 25. Ke2?! { (-5.96 → -10.89) Inaccuracy. Nd6+ was best. } (25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. a5 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Rgf8 28. Re2 bxa5 29. Ke1 Bc6 30. Nc4 R3f5 31. Nd6 R5f6) 25... Nxe1?! { (-10.89 → -6.01) Inaccuracy. Bxe4 was best. } (25... Bxe4 26. Kd1 Nxe1 27. Qh4 Nxd3 28. Qxe4 Rg1+ 29. Ke2 Rxf2+ 30. Kxd3 Rxc1 31. Qa8+ Qb8 32. Qxb8+) 26. Rxe1?! { (-6.01 → -8.57) Inaccuracy. Nd6+ was best. } (26. Nd6+ Kb8 27. Rxe1 Rf4 28. Rf1 Bf3+ 29. Kd2 Rff8 30. Rg1 Qd8 31. Rxg8 Qxe7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 26... Bxe4 27. dxe4? { (-8.84 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qh4 was best. } (27. Qh4 Bc6 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. fxg3 Rgf8 30. Kd2 Rf2+ 31. Re2 Bxa4 32. c3 Kc7 33. g4 Rxe2+) 27... Rgf8? { (Mate in 9 → -7.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxf2+ was best. } { White resigns. } (27... Rxf2+ 28. Kd3 Qf4 29. Re3 Rf3 30. Qe8+ Rxe8 31. c3 Qxe3+ 32. Kc2 Qxe4+ 33. Kb3 Rf4 34. Ka2) 0-1