[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/WFge0N1b"] [Date "2024.04.01"] [White "middleschooldropout"] [Black "wkessler"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.04.01"] [UTCTime "14:16:45"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1731"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+28"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "English Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 b6 { A40 English Defense } 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+?! { (0.70 → 1.30) Inaccuracy. Bb7 was best. } (3... Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd2) 4. c3 Bd6?! { (0.91 → 1.63) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (4... Be7 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O d5 7. e5 c5 8. Na3 c4 9. Bc2) 5. Be3 Nf6?? { (1.39 → 4.12) Blunder. Be7 was best. } (5... Be7 6. e5 a5 7. a3 d6 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 d5 11. h4 Qd7 12. h5) 6. e5 Be7 7. exf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qc2 a5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Bh3 16. Bg5+ Be7 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Rxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxd8 Rhxd8 20. Ng5+ Kf6 21. Nxh3 g6 22. f4 Kf7 23. Re1 a4?? { (6.90 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best. } (23... Re8 24. Ra1 c6 25. f5 Kg8 26. Qd1 gxf5 27. Qh5 Rf8 28. Ng5 Ra7 29. Ne6 Raf7 30. c4) 24. Ng5+ Kf8 25. Qf2 h6? { (8.69 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } (25... Kg8 26. Qh4 Rd7 27. f5 a3 28. bxa3 b5 29. fxg6 h5 30. Bf5 Rf8 31. Be6+ Kg7 32. Bxd7) 26. Ne6+ Ke7 27. Nxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qd4 Kc8 29. Qxd5 Ra5 30. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0