[Event "Road to Sharjah 2024 - Stage 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/UbrpJEfg"] [Date "2024.03.30"] [White "AlexVanGog"] [Black "Kuban23"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.03.30"] [UTCTime "16:49:25"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2749"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+29"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+2"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation } 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Rc8 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. b3?! { (0.32 → -0.25) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (13. a4 a5 14. h4 h5 15. Bg5 Bb4 16. g3 Rc6 17. Kg2 O-O 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. Rg1 Rc4) 13... Bb5 14. Bb2 Be7?! { (-0.34 → 0.26) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (14... Bb4 15. Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. a3 Ba5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 h6 20. Kg2 O-O 21. h4) 15. Qd2?! { (0.26 → -0.32) Inaccuracy. Bxb5+ was best. } (15. Bxb5+ Qxb5) 15... O-O 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. g4 Nh6 19. h3 a4 20. Qe3 a3 21. Bc3?! { (0.48 → -0.14) Inaccuracy. Rxc8 was best. } (21. Rxc8 Rxc8) 21... Rc6?! { (-0.14 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (21... f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Ne5 Nf7 24. Bd2 Re8 25. Rc7 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Bd8 27. Rc3 Ref8 28. Rc8) 22. Bd2 Rfc8 23. Kg2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qc6 26. Bd2 Qc2 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. Bxc3 f6 29. Ne1 fxe5 30. dxe5 Nf7 31. Nc2 Nd8 32. f4 Nc6 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. b4 g5?! { (0.62 → 1.59) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (34... d4 35. Bd2) 35. fxg5?! { (1.59 → 0.65) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (35. f5) 35... d4?! { (0.65 → 1.42) Inaccuracy. Bxg5 was best. } (35... Bxg5) 36. Nxd4 Nxd4+?! { (1.83 → 2.85) Inaccuracy. Bxb4 was best. } (36... Bxb4 37. Nxc6) 37. Bxd4 Bxb4 38. h4?! { (2.64 → 1.95) Inaccuracy. Ke2 was best. } (38. Ke2 b5) 38... Be7?! { (1.95 → 2.89) Inaccuracy. Bd2 was best. } (38... Bd2 39. Bc5) 39. Ke4 b5?! { (2.64 → 3.57) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (39... Bb4) 40. Kd3 Bb4 41. h5 Be1 42. Bc5 b4 43. Kc4 Bc3 44. Bxb4 Bxe5 45. Bxa3 Bf4 46. Bb4 Bxg5 47. a4 Ke8 48. Kd3 Kd7 49. Bd2 Bd8 50. g5 Kd6 51. Ke4 Ke7 52. a5 Kd6 53. a6 Kc6 54. Be3 Bc7?! { (6.87 → 14.71) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (54... Be7 55. Ke5 Kd7 56. a7 Bb4 57. g6 Bc3+ 58. Bd4 hxg6 59. h6 Bxd4+ 60. Kxd4 g5 61. h7) 55. g6 hxg6?! { (60.67 → Mate in 14) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bb6 was best. } (55... Bb6 56. Bxb6) 56. hxg6 { Black resigns. } 1-0