[Event "Rated correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/XQTxfPgn"] [Date "2023.04.03"] [White "Romagna"] [Black "merl1n0"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.04.03"] [UTCTime "18:41:53"] [WhiteElo "2052"] [BlackElo "1868"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+87"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 { C41 Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation } 5. g3?! { (1.06 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. f3 Ne5 9. Qd2 Nbc6) 5... Bg7 6. Bg2 c5? { (0.44 → 2.17) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (6... Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qd2 c5 11. b3) 7. Ne2? { (2.17 → 0.61) Mistake. Nb5 was best. } (7. Nb5 Ke7) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 h5?! { (0.83 → 1.96) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (11... b5 12. Rad1 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Rd8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. f4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2) 12. Bh6?! { (1.96 → 1.34) Inaccuracy. Rad1 was best. } (12. Rad1 Rb8 13. Qxd6 b6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bf4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rb7) 12... Kh7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. b3 b5?! { (1.48 → 2.14) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } (15... Bg4 16. Qe3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rd2 b5 20. Rad1 N5c6 21. Qc3+ Kh7 22. Qf6) 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Be6 18. Rad1 b4 19. Nd5?? { (2.03 → 0.00) Blunder. Na4 was best. } (19. Na4 Bg4 20. Kf1 Nf3 21. h3 Nh2+ 22. Ke1 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Nxc5 Rac8 25. Nxa6 Rxc2) 19... Ra7?? { (0.00 → 2.16) Blunder. Bxd5 was best. } (19... Bxd5 20. f4) 20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. f4?! { (2.26 → 1.08) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (21. h3 Rc7 22. Rxa6 Nc6 23. Bf1 Bc8 24. Rb6 Ne5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Rbd6 Ra7 27. Nc1 Nf6) 21... Bg4?? { (1.08 → 3.05) Blunder. Ng4 was best. } (21... Ng4 22. R1d2 Ne3 23. Bh1 a5 24. R6d3 Ng4 25. c4 Nh6 26. Rd6 a4 27. Ra6 Rd7 28. Rxd7) 22. Bf1?? { (3.05 → -0.18) Blunder. Kf2 was best. } (22. Kf2 Nd7 23. h3 Be6 24. Rxa6 Nf6 25. e5 Ng8 26. c3 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Rb8 28. Ra4 f6) 22... Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Rxe4?? { (-0.32 → 2.86) Blunder. Nxh2 was best. } (23... Nxh2 24. Bg2 Bc8 25. Kg1 Ng4 26. Bf3 Bb7 27. Rd7 Rfe8 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. e5 Bf3 30. Kf2) 24. h3 Rfe8 25. hxg4 Nh2 26. Nc1?! { (2.97 → 2.06) Inaccuracy. R1d2 was best. } (26. R1d2 Nxg4+ 27. Kg1 Ne3 28. Rd7 a5 29. Rc7 c4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Nxc4 32. Rd3 Ne3) 26... Nxf1? { (2.06 → 3.52) Mistake. Nxg4+ was best. } (26... Nxg4+ 27. Kg1 h4 28. gxh4 Ne3 29. Re1 c4 30. Rc6 cxb3 31. axb3 Rxf4 32. Nd3 Rxh4 33. Kf2) 27. Kxf1 h4 28. Nd3 h3?! { (2.96 → 4.07) Inaccuracy. hxg3 was best. } (28... hxg3 29. Rd2) 29. Kg1 Re2 30. Kh1?! { (3.64 → 2.83) Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (30. Ne5 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 g5 32. Rd7 Kg8 33. R7d2 Rxg3 34. Nd7 Kg7 35. fxg5 Kg6 36. Nxc5 Kxg5) 30... Rg2?! { (2.83 → 3.72) Inaccuracy. Rxc2 was best. } (30... Rxc2 31. Ne5 Rxa2 32. Rd7 Kg8 33. R7d2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 f6 35. Nc4 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Rc1 37. Kxh3) 31. Ne5 Rxc2 32. Rxa6 f6? { (3.80 → 6.75) Mistake. g5 was best. } (32... g5 33. Ra7 Rf8 34. Rad7 Rxa2 35. fxg5 Rg2 36. Rf1 c4 37. Nxc4 Re2 38. Rd2 Rfe8 39. Rxe2) 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rxf6 Rf2?! { (6.95 → 11.27) Inaccuracy. Ra8 was best. } (34... Ra8 35. Rxg6+) 35. Rxg6+ Kf8?? { (5.99 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } (35... Kh8 36. Rgd6 c4 37. Rd8 Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kg7 39. Nxc4 Rg2 40. Rd2 Rxg3 41. Ne5 Kf6 42. Kh2) 36. Rf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0