[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/X0UuJpBe"] [Date "2023.05.20"] [White "tsaklidis"] [Black "mattbcheck"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2023.05.20"] [UTCTime "19:34:59"] [WhiteElo "2053"] [BlackElo "2087"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3?! { (-0.26 → 0.71) Inaccuracy. dxc3 was best. } { B21 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Push Variation } (3... dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4) 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bg5 e6 8. b4 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. a5 Rc8 14. Re1 e5 15. Bc4 Na7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd5 Bc6?! { (-0.06 → 0.63) Inaccuracy. Rxc3 was best. } (17... Rxc3 18. Bxb7) 18. c4 Bxd5 19. cxd5? { (0.82 → -0.80) Mistake. exd5 was best. } (19. exd5 Qd7) 19... Nb5 20. Re3 Bg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Rg3 Qf4 23. Rf3 Qh4 24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Rfc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Nb5 27. Rc4 Qe7 28. Nf3 f5 29. Qc1?! { (0.24 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. exf5 was best. } (29. exf5 Rxf5) 29... fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qf7 31. Rg4 Kh8 32. Qc2 Qf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Nd2 Rf7 { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2