[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/WqOkdIo4"] [Date "2024.02.11"] [White "Merdjani"] [Black "prietobutcher"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.02.11"] [UTCTime "18:26:08"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [BlackElo "1862"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-117"] [BlackRatingDiff "+31"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bf4 b6?! { (0.38 → 1.09) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (9... Re8 10. Bg3) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. c4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 g6 18. b4?! { (0.17 → -0.74) Inaccuracy. Bc7 was best. } (18. Bc7 b5) 18... b5?? { (-0.74 → 1.31) Blunder. Bc3 was best. } (18... Bc3 19. Bf4) 19. c5? { (1.31 → -0.29) Mistake. Bf1 was best. } (19. Bf1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bb3 Rc8 23. Bf4 Be7 24. Bd2 Rd8 25. Be1 Rc8) 19... Bc3 20. Red1?? { (-0.11 → -4.46) Blunder. Rec1 was best. } (20. Rec1) 20... Rxe2 21. Kf1 Rae8 22. a3 Ra2 23. Rd3 Bf6 24. Bc7 Ree2 25. Bg3 Be4 26. Rd6?! { (-5.68 → -7.89) Inaccuracy. Rdb3 was best. } (26. Rdb3 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Rec2 28. a4 h5 29. h4 Bd4 30. Rd1 Bxf2 31. Be5 Bxh4 32. g3 Bg5) 26... Bxb1 27. Rxf6? { (-7.43 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h3 was best. } (27. h3 Bc3 28. Kg1 Bf5 29. c6 Be1 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. c7 Bxf2+ 32. Bxf2 Rxf2 33. c8=Q Rxg2+) 27... Re8?? { (Mate in 4 → -5.34) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bd3 was best. } (27... Bd3 28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. f3 Rxg2+ 30. Ke1 Ra1#) 28. Rxa6?? { (-5.34 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h3 was best. } (28. h3 Bf5 29. Kg1 Be6 30. h4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rxa3 32. f3 Rd3 33. h5 Rd5 34. Rxg6+ hxg6) 28... Bd3+ { White resigns. } 0-1